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| Bill | HFS-FED FAMILY OPPORTUNITY ACT | Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to implement the Medical Assistance provisions of the federal Family Opportunity Act (enacted as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005) as soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Requires the Department to take all necessary and appropriate steps to try to secure (i) a grant for a demonstration project regarding home and community-based alternatives to psychiatric residential treatment facilities for children, as authorized by the federal Act, and (ii) the location in Illinois of a family-to-family health information center, as authorized by the federal Act. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | HB 209 | Illinois HB 209 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 36 | 2 | 2007-01-08 | 2007-08-10 | openstates | ocd-bill/1fd79459-25d1-46ec-ac0f-7447cb160a48 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=209&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26881&SessionID=51&GA=95 | 6b3394a694d797abeea8dbe549c530be18c30e3e3d305bd00b1e77063eb46f4d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 209 (95th) — HFS-FED FAMILY OPPORTUNITY ACT
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to implement the Medical Assistance provisions of the federal Family Opportunity Act (enacted as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005) as soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Requires the Department to take all necessary and appropriate steps to try to secure (i) a grant for a demonstration project regarding home and community-based alternatives to psychiatric residential treatment facilities for children, as authorized by the federal Act, and (ii) the location in Illinois of a family-to-family health information center, as authorized by the federal Act. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Carolyn H. Krause — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2007-01-08 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
filing - 2007-01-19 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-01-31 Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee
referral-committee - 2007-02-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- 2007-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 2007-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Availability and Access Committee
amendment-introduction - 2007-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability and Access Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2007-02-28 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 013-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- 2007-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2007-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-03-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- 2007-03-08 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2007-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 13, 2007
reading-1 - 2007-03-16 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2007-03-20 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-03-20 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-30 Assigned to Public Health
referral-committee - 2007-04-25 Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2007
- 2007-04-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- 2007-04-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- 2007-05-03 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
- 2007-05-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- 2007-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-05-15 Passed Both Houses
- 2007-06-13 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2007-08-10 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2007-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2007
- 2007-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0037
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1fd79459-25d1-46ec-ac0f-7447cb160a48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).