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Bill	NURS HM-ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS	Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a complaint regarding an alleged violation of the Nursing Home Care Act may be transmitted to the Department of Public Health by electronic means. Provides that when a person requests that the Department investigate an alleged violation of the Act, the Department shall require (instead of shall request) the complainant's identifying information. Allows the complainant to request that his or her identifying information remain confidential or that the complaint be treated as anonymous, and requires the Department to maintain the complainant's confidentiality or anonymity unless: (1) the complainant consents to the disclosure in writing, (2) the Department's investigation results in a judicial proceeding, (3) disclosure of the complainant's identity is essential to the investigation, or (4) disclosure of the complainant's identity is essential for the purposes of investigating or prosecuting the complainant's alleged knowing transmission of a false report to the Department. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5703	Illinois HB 5703 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2014-02-14	2014-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/da40c029-c270-41e5-a101-8848c51993d9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5703&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80915&SessionID=85&GA=98	cbe9ac54b7542689458be8d6a3b52944447d7b2c798226cca41e754c61f06065	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5703 (98th) — NURS HM-ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a complaint regarding an alleged violation of the Nursing Home Care Act may be transmitted to the Department of Public Health by electronic means. Provides that when a person requests that the Department investigate an alleged violation of the Act, the Department shall require (instead of shall request) the complainant's identifying information. Allows the complainant to request that his or her identifying information remain confidential or that the complaint be treated as anonymous, and requires the Department to maintain the complainant's confidentiality or anonymity unless: (1) the complainant consents to the disclosure in writing, (2) the Department's investigation results in a judicial proceeding, (3) disclosure of the complainant's identity is essential to the investigation, or (4) disclosure of the complainant's identity is essential for the purposes of investigating or prosecuting the complainant's alleged knowing transmission of a false report to the Department. 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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael Unes — primary (person)
• Steven M. Landek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
• 2014-03-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2014-03-26 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-28 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael Unes
• 2014-03-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2014-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2014-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
• 2014-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 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 . . . . . . . . . 98-0988 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da40c029-c270-41e5-a101-8848c51993d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).