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Bill HLTH FACILITY-LANGUAGE ASSIST Amends the Language Assistance Services Act. Makes changes in the list of things a health facility must do to ensure access to health care information and services for limited-English-speaking or non-English-speaking residents and deaf residents. Provides that a facility must do all (instead of one or more) of the following: (1) adopt and review annually a policy for providing language assistance services to patients with language or communication barriers; (2) develop and post notices that advise patients and their families of the availability of interpreters; and (3) notify the facility's employees of the language services available at the facility and train them on how to make these language services available to patients. Provides that, in addition, a facility may do one or more of the following: (i) review existing policies regarding interpreters; (ii) adopt a policy for language assistance services that includes certain procedures; (iii) identify and record a patient's primary language and dialect; (iv) prepare a list of interpreters; (v) review standardized forms and other materials; (vi) consider providing its nonbilingual staff with standardized picture and phrase sheets; and (vii) develop community liaison groups. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 95th SB 544 Illinois SB 544 (95th)
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Illinois SB 544 (95th) — HLTH FACILITY-LANGUAGE ASSIST

Amends the Language Assistance Services Act. Makes changes in the list of things a health facility must do to ensure access to health care information and services for limited-English-speaking or non-English-speaking residents and deaf residents. Provides that a facility must do all (instead of one or more) of the following: (1) adopt and review annually a policy for providing language assistance services to patients with language or communication barriers; (2) develop and post notices that advise patients and their families of the availability of interpreters; and (3) notify the facility's employees of the language services available at the facility and train them on how to make these language services available to patients. Provides that, in addition, a facility may do one or more of the following: (i) review existing policies regarding interpreters; (ii) adopt a policy for language assistance services that includes certain procedures; (iii) identify and record a patient's primary language and dialect; (iv) prepare a list of interpreters; (v) review standardized forms and other materials; (vi) consider providing its nonbilingual staff with standardized picture and phrase sheets; and (vii) develop community liaison groups. 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

  • Motion — 53–0 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
  • Motion — 112–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • William Delgado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado filing
  • 2007-02-08 First Reading reading-1
  • 2007-02-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2007-02-21 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
  • 2007-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado amendment-introduction
  • 2007-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2007-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services
  • 2007-03-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Human Services
  • 2007-03-08 Postponed - Human Services
  • 2007-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
  • 2007-03-14 Do Pass as Amended Human Services; 011-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2007-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
  • 2007-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2007-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
  • 2007-03-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado amendment-introduction
  • 2007-03-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2007-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Human Services
  • 2007-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Human Services; 008-000-000
  • 2007-03-30 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 reading-3
  • 2007-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado amendment-introduction
  • 2007-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2007-04-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Human Services
  • 2007-04-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Human Services; 006-000-000
  • 2007-05-08 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
  • 2007-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Table Amendment - Prevailed Delgado
  • 2007-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled amendment-failure
  • 2007-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Delgado amendment-passage
  • 2007-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
  • 2007-05-08 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2007-05-08 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2007-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2007-05-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
  • 2007-05-15 First Reading reading-1
  • 2007-05-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2007-05-24 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
  • 2007-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2007
  • 2007-05-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2007-05-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2007-05-30 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2007-05-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2007-05-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2007-05-31 Passed Both Houses
  • 2007-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2007-08-28 Governor Amendatory Veto executive-veto
  • 2007-10-02 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 3, 2007
  • 2007-10-03 Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. William Delgado
  • 2007-10-03 3/5 Vote Required
  • 2007-10-03 Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 053-000-000
  • 2007-10-04 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 10, 2007
  • 2007-10-05 Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
  • 2007-10-11 3/5 Vote Required
  • 2007-10-11 Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 112-000-000
  • 2007-10-11 Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
  • 2007-10-17 Effective Date October 11, 2007
  • 2007-10-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0667 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c18ebf67-3d82-4282-aa90-c25a8f2b2eb2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).

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