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Bill	EXT REV-PHYSICIAN LICENSURE	Amends the Health Carrier External Review Act. In the provision concerning standard external review, provides that before a determination on an appeal relating to a determination based on treatment being experimental or investigational is made, a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 (instead of licensed to practice medicine in all its branches) shall certify that a certain situation is applicable. Contains a nonacceleration clause.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5079	Illinois HB 5079 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2010-01-26	2010-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/ebcc9321-bc0d-4ce4-9aa8-0e71a991fbdf	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5079&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49845&SessionID=76&GA=96	bddebd40623cc48c7b0dd285fb5af4fc84823b6c623514aa0fda461cfe31df9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5079 (96th) — EXT REV-PHYSICIAN LICENSURE

Amends the Health Carrier External Review Act. In the provision concerning standard external review, provides that before a determination on an appeal relating to a determination based on treatment being experimental or investigational is made, a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 (instead of licensed to practice medicine in all its branches) shall certify that a certain situation is applicable. Contains a nonacceleration clause.

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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greg Harris — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-01-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris filing
• 2010-01-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-09 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Licenses Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-02-24 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-02 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-04 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
• 2010-03-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Insurance referral-committee
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass Insurance; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-02 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0967 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebcc9321-bc0d-4ce4-9aa8-0e71a991fbdf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).