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type: "Bill"
title: "MED PRACTICE ACT-COMPLAINTS"
description: "Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that upon any person's request, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall disclose to the person the status of the Disciplinary Board's review of a specific report or complaint. Provides that the request may be made at any time, including prior to the Disciplinary Board's determination as to whether there are sufficient facts to warrant further investigation or action. Provides that the Department shall, at least 14 days prior to the date set for the hearing, notify in writing any person who filed a complaint against the accused of the time and place for the hearing of the charges against the accused before the Disciplinary Board and inform such person whether he or she may provide testimony at the hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1476"
citation: "Illinois HB 1476 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ce09444-6397-4acd-9583-eaa8c77cff8e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1476&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58238&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "9c8274ba4bd4434bd4ca8a3ba1c4cc7b7ac2c9355316110b43a5928ee3d7d223"
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 1476 (97th) — MED PRACTICE ACT-COMPLAINTS
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that upon any person's request, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall disclose to the person the status of the Disciplinary Board's review of a specific report or complaint. Provides that the request may be made at any time, including prior to the Disciplinary Board's determination as to whether there are sufficient facts to warrant further investigation or action. Provides that the Department shall, at least 14 days prior to the date set for the hearing, notify in writing any person who filed a complaint against the accused of the time and place for the hearing of the charges against the accused before the Disciplinary Board and inform such person whether he or she may provide testimony at the hearing.
## 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=09700HB1476&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58238&DocNum=1476&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1476eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58238&DocNum=1476&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1476enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58238&DocNum=1476&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **430** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **8432** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `filing`
- **2011-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-15** Assigned to Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee
- **2011-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-15** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-05** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-05** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-06** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee
- **2011-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-032-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2011-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2011-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2011-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2011-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 15, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2011-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-05-04** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2011
- **2011-05-16** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2011
- **2011-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2011
- **2011-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 043-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-19** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0449 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ce09444-6397-4acd-9583-eaa8c77cff8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).