republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-2976.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUB AID-FUND DISBURSEMENTS"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that disbursements made from the Drug Rebate Fund shall be made for payments for reimbursement (rather than for payments to pharmacies for reimbursement) or coverage for prescription drugs and other pharmacy products provided to a recipient of medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act of 2008, and the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act (rather than to a recipient of medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code or the Children's Health Insurance Program Act). Provides that disbursements made from the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund shall include payments covering administrative expenses. Provides that federal funds received by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the Child Support Enforcement Program shall be deposited in the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund or the Child Support Administrative Fund. Expands the scope of the Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund to include recoveries made by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in respect to applicants and recipients under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act and the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes other changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2976"
citation: "Illinois SB 2976 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-03"
last_action: "2010-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b9dd7f8-0c66-46d9-ac68-ec8fec11f5e6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2976&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=50152&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "6c9ca7cb3c8a5974acbdc9ea8f439902feb934da5e9c1be01db2c81a8fd126e0"
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 SB 2976 (96th) — PUB AID-FUND DISBURSEMENTS

Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that disbursements made from the Drug Rebate Fund shall be made for payments for reimbursement (rather than for payments to pharmacies for reimbursement) or coverage for prescription drugs and other pharmacy products provided to a recipient of medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act of 2008, and the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act (rather than to a recipient of medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code or the Children's Health Insurance Program Act). Provides that disbursements made from the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund shall include payments covering administrative expenses. Provides that federal funds received by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the Child Support Enforcement Program shall be deposited in the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund or the Child Support Administrative Fund. Expands the scope of the Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund to include recoveries made by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in respect to applicants and recipients under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act and the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes other changes.

## 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=09600SB2976&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=50152&DocNum=2976&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2976eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=50152&DocNum=2976&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2976enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=50152&DocNum=2976&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–11** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `filing`
- **2010-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-23** Do Pass Human Services; 005-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 24, 2010
- **2010-02-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2010
- **2010-03-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2010-03-11** Third Reading - Passed; 034-020-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-18** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-011-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1100 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b9dd7f8-0c66-46d9-ac68-ec8fec11f5e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).