republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-1784.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUB-AID-DHFS-VARIOUS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the State Finance Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Renames the Family Care Fund the Medical Interagency Program Fund. Provides that the Fund is created for the purposes of receiving, investing, and distributing moneys in accordance with (i) an approved State plan or waiver under the Social Security Act (instead of a waiver under the Social Security Act resulting from a specified Family Care waiver request) and (ii) an interagency agreement. Makes changes to provisions concerning: the prescreening of long term care facility residents who apply for Medicaid; the FamilyCare program; emergency services audits; and other matters. Repeals a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to operate a pilot project to determine the effect of raising the income and non-exempt asset eligibility thresholds for certain persons with disabilities on those persons' ability to maintain their homes in the community and avoid institutionalization. Repeals a provision requiring the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to jointly establish an interagency committee to assist the departments in making recommendations on incorporating health care advocates into education, training, and placement programs geared towards TANF recipients. Repeals The Illinois Welfare and Rehabilitation Services Planning Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1784"
citation: "Illinois SB 1784 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b08704b-2f5d-428d-86f5-3fc192b19f5c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1784&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57833&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "9415a722e98769a162029e524dddba80d8f295b4cfe1a4cf4951a0084f007a1b"
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 SB 1784 (97th) — PUB-AID-DHFS-VARIOUS

Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the State Finance Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Renames the Family Care Fund the Medical Interagency Program Fund. Provides that the Fund is created for the purposes of receiving, investing, and distributing moneys in accordance with (i) an approved State plan or waiver under the Social Security Act (instead of a waiver under the Social Security Act resulting from a specified Family Care waiver request) and (ii) an interagency agreement. Makes changes to provisions concerning: the prescreening of long term care facility residents who apply for Medicaid; the FamilyCare program; emergency services audits; and other matters. Repeals a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to operate a pilot project to determine the effect of raising the income and non-exempt asset eligibility thresholds for certain persons with disabilities on those persons' ability to maintain their homes in the community and avoid institutionalization. Repeals a provision requiring the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to jointly establish an interagency committee to assist the departments in making recommendations on incorporating health care advocates into education, training, and placement programs geared towards TANF recipients. Repeals The Illinois Welfare and Rehabilitation Services Planning Act. Effective immediately.

## 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=09700SB1784&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57833&DocNum=1784&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1784eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57833&DocNum=1784&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1784enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57833&DocNum=1784&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony DeLuca — cosponsor (person)
- Derrick Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2011-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2011-03-01** Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000 `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** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2011-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2011-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 008-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
- **2011-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2011-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-28** Effective Date June 28, 2011
- **2011-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0048 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b08704b-2f5d-428d-86f5-3fc192b19f5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).