republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-5223.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPT AGING-IDPH-BOARD&CARE HOME"
description: "Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that no employee of the Department on Aging, the Area Agencies on Aging, or any agency under contract with the Department, shall make referrals to or disseminate information, either orally or in writing, regarding an unlicensed or uncertified program that is required by law to be licensed or certified. Further provides that information and referrals regarding a board and care home may not be made or provided unless the board and care home has furnished the Department or agency with a copy of its assisted living and shared housing license. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals to develop patient discharge procedures that include prohibitions against discharging or referring a patient to certain facilities if unlicensed or uncertified (rather than unlicensed, uncertified, or unregistered). Requires a board and care home to provide a hospital with a copy of its assisted living and shared housing license. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5223"
citation: "Illinois HB 5223 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2010-02-03"
last_action: "2010-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc0ebac7-5780-40b4-884c-eb59622f368a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5223&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50223&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "03c0b45d9476456890a6119da1af9ac4e0d8a8c6bae71556ee01d1114956618b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 5223 (96th) — DPT AGING-IDPH-BOARD&CARE HOME

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that no employee of the Department on Aging, the Area Agencies on Aging, or any agency under contract with the Department, shall make referrals to or disseminate information, either orally or in writing, regarding an unlicensed or uncertified program that is required by law to be licensed or certified. Further provides that information and referrals regarding a board and care home may not be made or provided unless the board and care home has furnished the Department or agency with a copy of its assisted living and shared housing license. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals to develop patient discharge procedures that include prohibitions against discharging or referring a patient to certain facilities if unlicensed or uncertified (rather than unlicensed, uncertified, or unregistered). Requires a board and care home to provide a hospital with a copy of its assisted living and shared housing license. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5223&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50223&DocNum=5223&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5223eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50223&DocNum=5223&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5223enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50223&DocNum=5223&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Reitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `filing`
- **2010-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2010-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-17** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(c-1) - Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass as Amended Human Services; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2010-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2010-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2010-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-000-000
- **2010-05-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-27** Effective Date July 27, 2010
- **2010-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1318 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc0ebac7-5780-40b4-884c-eb59622f368a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).