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Bill	HOSPITAL-MED STAFF PRIVILEGES	Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that in the event that a hospital or the medical staff imposes a summary suspension, the Medical Executive Committee, or other comparable governance committee of the medical staff as specified in the bylaws, must meet as soon as is reasonably possible to review the suspension and to recommend whether it should be affirmed, lifted, expunged, or modified if the suspended physician requests such review, and provides that a summary suspension may not be implemented unless there is actual documentation or other reliable information that an immediate danger exists. Adds provisions concerning peer review used for the purpose of credentialing, privileging, disciplinary action, or other recommendations affecting medical staff membership or exercise of clinical privileges. Effective June 1, 2009.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 546	Illinois HB 546 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2009-02-04	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e7a2ef86-0575-400a-b7e6-4d3f19670add	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=546&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40931&SessionID=76&GA=96	58b6ee105f38cfc5b62d83b0b70f9347e8fb8f85d0921c5240ef23150dfe3946	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 546 (96th) — HOSPITAL-MED STAFF PRIVILEGES

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that in the event that a hospital or the medical staff imposes a summary suspension, the Medical Executive Committee, or other comparable governance committee of the medical staff as specified in the bylaws, must meet as soon as is reasonably possible to review the suspension and to recommend whether it should be affirmed, lifted, expunged, or modified if the suspended physician requests such review, and provides that a summary suspension may not be implemented unless there is actual documentation or other reliable information that an immediate danger exists. Adds provisions concerning peer review used for the purpose of credentialing, privileging, disciplinary action, or other recommendations affecting medical staff membership or exercise of clinical privileges. Effective June 1, 2009.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Timothy L. Schmitz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz filing
• 2009-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-09 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2009-02-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2009-03-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 2009-03-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-14 Effective Date August 14, 2009
• 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0445 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7a2ef86-0575-400a-b7e6-4d3f19670add. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).