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Bill	LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS	Amends the Long Term Acute Care Hospital Quality Improvement Transfer Program Act. Provides that the Continuity and Record Evaluation (CARE) tool shall be identical to the most current version required by Medicare. Provides that the CARE tool shall be completed by a long term acute care (LTAC) hospital and submitted to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services within 13 calendar days (instead of 7 calendar days) after the patient is discharged. Provides that each LTAC hospital shall provide quality and outcome measurement data that is identical to the data specified in Medicare's Long Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program Manual. Removes provisions that specify the quality and outcome data that a LTAC hospital must provide. Provides that the Department must accept data reported to other State or federal authorities and that the Department shall not require LTAC hospitals to manually enter data into the Department's data system if that data has already been submitted to any other State or federal authority. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5488	Illinois HB 5488 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2014-02-13	2014-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/ed59c81c-e6b0-408a-aa8f-ffd872add8cb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5488&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80437&SessionID=85&GA=98	6f2eb3bee73f481bf795e8b1eb294ba4f6ff9345b0c5b562d5a3ca90badb5c39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5488 (98th) — LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS

Amends the Long Term Acute Care Hospital Quality Improvement Transfer Program Act. Provides that the Continuity and Record Evaluation (CARE) tool shall be identical to the most current version required by Medicare. Provides that the CARE tool shall be completed by a long term acute care (LTAC) hospital and submitted to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services within 13 calendar days (instead of 7 calendar days) after the patient is discharged. Provides that each LTAC hospital shall provide quality and outcome measurement data that is identical to the data specified in Medicare's Long Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program Manual. Removes provisions that specify the quality and outcome data that a LTAC hospital must provide. Provides that the Department must accept data reported to other State or federal authorities and that the Department shall not require LTAC hospitals to manually enter data into the Department's data system if that data has already been submitted to any other State or federal authority. Makes other changes. 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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
• Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2014-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-03 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 013-001-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-04-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-09 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 10, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2014-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-22 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2014-04-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2014-04-30 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2014-05-05 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2014
• 2014-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2014-05-14 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2014-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2014
• 2014-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0997 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed59c81c-e6b0-408a-aa8f-ffd872add8cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).