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Bill	NURSING HM-AUTHENTICATION	Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that all physician's orders and plans of treatment shall have the authentication of the physician and that "authentication" means an original written signature or an electronic signature system that allows for the verification of a signer's credentials. Provides that a stamp signature, with or without initials, is not sufficient.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1248	Illinois SB 1248 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2011-02-08	2011-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/c549e653-c5d1-4eee-bebf-52481ded63fe	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1248&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=56886&SessionID=84&GA=97	b180875d30fedc75ede22103b1e42c4146472922394cce7bb85c48b8ac52c602	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1248 (97th) — NURSING HM-AUTHENTICATION

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that all physician's orders and plans of treatment shall have the authentication of the physician and that "authentication" means an original written signature or an electronic signature system that allows for the verification of a signer's credentials. Provides that a stamp signature, with or without initials, is not sufficient.

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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs filing
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 Do Pass Public Health; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2011
• 2011-03-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 3, 2011
• 2011-03-17 Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2011-03-17 Fiscal Note Requested - Withdrawn by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2011-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-31 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2011-03-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-11 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-04-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-04-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-04 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2011-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2011-05-04 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2011-05-04 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Al Riley
• 2011-06-02 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0179 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c549e653-c5d1-4eee-bebf-52481ded63fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).