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type: "Bill"
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title: "CULTURAL HEALTHCARE PROGRAM"
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description: "Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Culturally Competent Healthcare Demonstration Program. Defines \"culturally competent health care\". Provides that the Program shall establish models that reflect best practices in culturally competent health care and that expand the delivery of culturally competent health care in Illinois. Provides guidelines for the administration of the Program. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "95th"
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identifier: "SB 545"
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citation: "Illinois SB 545 (95th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2007-02-08"
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last_action: "2007-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cecf376-3f74-4ca1-86b5-79887a19429d"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=545&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28368&SessionID=51&GA=95"
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source_hash: "daf759ad5e41665ac20072ff80c0644e150e32b35138f7605c143fad8f4fbdef"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 545 (95th) — CULTURAL HEALTHCARE PROGRAM
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Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Culturally Competent Healthcare Demonstration Program. Defines "culturally competent health care". Provides that the Program shall establish models that reflect best practices in culturally competent health care and that expand the delivery of culturally competent health care in Illinois. Provides guidelines for the administration of the Program. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0545&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28368&DocNum=545&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0545eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28368&DocNum=545&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0545enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28368&DocNum=545&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **106–9** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elga L. Jefferies — cosponsor (person)
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- William Delgado — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `filing`
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- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Health
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- **2007-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-03-07** Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2007
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- **2007-03-07** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
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- **2007-03-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
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- **2007-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2007
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- **2007-03-15** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
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- **2007-03-15** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
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- **2007-03-15** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-03-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-04-16** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
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- **2007-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-04-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
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- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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- **2007-05-22** Sponsor Removed Sen. Mattie Hunter
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- **2007-05-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-05-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2007-05-29** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-31** Removed from Short Debate Status
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- **2007-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
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- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 106-009-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-05-31** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
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- **2007-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - June 1, 2007
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- **2007-06-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William Delgado `filing`
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- **2007-06-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-06-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2007-06-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Public Health; 008-000-000
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- **2007-06-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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- **2007-06-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 3/5 Vote Required
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- **2007-06-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 050-000-000
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- **2007-06-29** Passed Both Houses
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- **2007-07-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2007-09-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2007-09-25** Effective Date September 25, 2007
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- **2007-09-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0630 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cecf376-3f74-4ca1-86b5-79887a19429d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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