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Bill	THIRD PARTY NON GOVT ENT	Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services are authorized to contract with third-party, nongovernmental entities for administrative functions related to medical assistance applicant eligibility determinations and ongoing caseload support. Effective July 1, 2011.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1656	Illinois HB 1656 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2011-02-15	2011-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/c2b217e3-0c8d-414b-a26e-8d7b179ab38e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1656&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58812&SessionID=84&GA=97	62642b6ac2fbd4113794b94e479bce364da633bae2e3a5d63e2791128af6bfc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1656 (97th) — THIRD PARTY NON GOVT ENT

Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services are authorized to contract with third-party, nongovernmental entities for administrative functions related to medical assistance applicant eligibility determinations and ongoing caseload support. Effective July 1, 2011.

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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2011-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2011-03-29 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-29 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-06 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2011-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Postponed - Human Services
• 2011-05-10 Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter amendment-introduction
• 2011-05-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Services
• 2011-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2011
• 2011-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2011-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2011
• 2011-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0172 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2b217e3-0c8d-414b-a26e-8d7b179ab38e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).