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Bill	PHARMCY ASSISTANCE-ELIGIBILITY	Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. In provisions concerning pharmaceutical assistance effective January 1, 2006, provides that Eligibility Group 5 consists of beneficiaries who are otherwise described in Eligibility Groups 2 and 3 who have a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS (instead of who are otherwise described in Eligibility Group 1 and have such a diagnosis). Defines "covered prescription drug" for persons in Eligibility Group 5 according to whether they are otherwise described in Eligibility Group 2 or in Eligibility Group 3. Provides that individuals in Eligibility Group 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 (instead of in Eligibility Group 3 or 4) may opt to receive a $25 monthly payment in lieu of direct prescription drug coverage. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 1257	Illinois HB 1257 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2007-02-13	2007-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/70e15eb9-1708-4499-80df-3b9995aaa296	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1257&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30016&SessionID=51&GA=95	91e96b66fd363cb764d0c0e5e6a890ffb447bdc2c7fb9961c670ce2f890711cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1257 (95th) — PHARMCY ASSISTANCE-ELIGIBILITY

Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. In provisions concerning pharmaceutical assistance effective January 1, 2006, provides that Eligibility Group 5 consists of beneficiaries who are otherwise described in Eligibility Groups 2 and 3 who have a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS (instead of who are otherwise described in Eligibility Group 1 and have such a diagnosis). Defines "covered prescription drug" for persons in Eligibility Group 5 according to whether they are otherwise described in Eligibility Group 2 or in Eligibility Group 3. Provides that individuals in Eligibility Group 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 (instead of in Eligibility Group 3 or 4) may opt to receive a $25 monthly payment in lieu of direct prescription drug coverage. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2007-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz filing
• 2007-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-20 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2007-03-22 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2007-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
• 2007-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-27 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-30 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2007-04-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2007-05-02 Do Pass Public Health; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2007
• 2007-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
• 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2007
• 2007-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0208 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70e15eb9-1708-4499-80df-3b9995aaa296. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).