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Bill	DOWNSTATE HEALTH ACT-FUND	Amends the Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act. Provides that moneys from fees shall be deposited into the Rural/Downstate Health Access Fund. Provides that moneys in the Rural/Downstate Health Access Fund may be used for programs for the medically underserved. Provides that fees may be collected by the Center for Rural Health and deposited into the Fund for the purpose of administering the J-1 Visa Waiver Program for international medical graduates and that the fees shall be dedicated to funding the J-1 Visa Waiver Program and may not be subject to the Fund's distribution formula. Makes other changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 3440	Illinois SB 3440 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2014-02-14	2014-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/c313451f-34fd-4c3c-936c-9c35efb11dd1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3440&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80792&SessionID=85&GA=98	4a908c5cbd7ae9f0ea39b0a3a8469379cd61ca665ce72f56c0f7c6bedcb1dddf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3440 (98th) — DOWNSTATE HEALTH ACT-FUND

Amends the Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act. Provides that moneys from fees shall be deposited into the Rural/Downstate Health Access Fund. Provides that moneys in the Rural/Downstate Health Access Fund may be used for programs for the medically underserved. Provides that fees may be collected by the Center for Rural Health and deposited into the Fund for the purpose of administering the J-1 Visa Waiver Program for international medical graduates and that the fees shall be dedicated to funding the J-1 Visa Waiver Program and may not be subject to the Fund's distribution formula. Makes other changes.

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 — 43–13 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 69–40 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John G. Mulroe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-03-05 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2014-03-20 Postponed - Public Health
• 2014-03-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-03-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
• 2014-03-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-03-26 Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 007-002-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 27, 2014
• 2014-03-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2014
• 2014-04-02 Third Reading - Passed; 043-013-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2014-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2014-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-040-001 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-18 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1006 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c313451f-34fd-4c3c-936c-9c35efb11dd1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).