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Bill	GRP INS-PHYS THERAPY-COVERAGE	Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that there is coverage under the Act for medically necessary physical therapy and occupational therapy when that therapy is ordered for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or referred for the same purpose (rather than at any time medically necessary physical therapy and occupational therapy is ordered or referred). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1557	Illinois SB 1557 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2011-02-09	2011-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/3cc84d4d-3edb-42f0-806e-f3c232305603	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1557&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57444&SessionID=84&GA=97	bc6efc56ea9034148e294c99d0d383d23400053e2b595113f04501fcc46beafb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1557 (97th) — GRP INS-PHYS THERAPY-COVERAGE

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that there is coverage under the Act for medically necessary physical therapy and occupational therapy when that therapy is ordered for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or referred for the same purpose (rather than at any time medically necessary physical therapy and occupational therapy is ordered or referred). 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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2011-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Insurance referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 Postponed - Insurance
• 2011-03-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Insurance
• 2011-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2011-03-10 Do Pass as Amended Insurance; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2011
• 2011-04-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
• 2011-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-28 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
• 2011-04-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-02 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Re-assigned to Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2011-05-13 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
• 2011-05-20 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2011
• 2011-05-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-27 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2011
• 2011-05-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-26 Effective Date August 26, 2011
• 2011-08-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0604 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3cc84d4d-3edb-42f0-806e-f3c232305603. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).