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Bill	DHS-LONG-TERM CARE REBALANCING	Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services' report on a scheduled reduction in individuals receiving care at a State developmental disabilities facility shall be given to the General Assembly within 30 days of when a decision by the Secretary of the Department is made to decrease the population (rather than within 30 days of when a decision is made to decrease the population). Provides that the Department, at the Direction of the Governor, (rather than the Department) shall transfer funds from the facility realizing a reduction in the number of individuals served to the appropriate line item providing appropriation authority for the new venues of care, as necessary to carry out the objectives of the Governor's long-term care rebalancing efforts or to otherwise facilitate the transition of services to the new venues of care. Exempts such transfers from specified provisions of the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5679	Illinois HB 5679 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2012-02-16	2012-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0b900bee-b357-4d1d-aee7-c943014e615a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5679&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=66157&SessionID=84&GA=97	f6e6adfd4537c9f5c3aff35019b0d23dc87cc1a732caea7e0524de52893e96ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5679 (97th) — DHS-LONG-TERM CARE REBALANCING

Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services' report on a scheduled reduction in individuals receiving care at a State developmental disabilities facility shall be given to the General Assembly within 30 days of when a decision by the Secretary of the Department is made to decrease the population (rather than within 30 days of when a decision is made to decrease the population). Provides that the Department, at the Direction of the Governor, (rather than the Department) shall transfer funds from the facility realizing a reduction in the number of individuals served to the appropriate line item providing appropriation authority for the new venues of care, as necessary to carry out the objectives of the Governor's long-term care rebalancing efforts or to otherwise facilitate the transition of services to the new venues of care. Exempts such transfers from specified provisions of the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2012-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2012-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2012-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
• 2012-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2012-03-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2012-03-29 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2012-03-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-13 Effective Date July 13, 2012
• 2012-07-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0793 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b900bee-b357-4d1d-aee7-c943014e615a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).