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Bill	NURS HM-INFORMAL DISPUTE RES	Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if the Department of Public Health fails to provide a written explanation of the reason or reasons why evidence or arguments submitted for an informal dispute resolution were insufficient to refute the informal dispute resolution findings within 30 days of receiving the informal dispute resolution, then the alleged licensure violation shall be withdrawn from the official record and no penalty shall be imposed. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 5602	Illinois HB 5602 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2016-02-09	2016-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/cc3e4340-4ec6-4e12-b1d9-4d2a4d07a2de	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5602&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95037&SessionID=88&GA=99	2e562b7c935134cd9e3ae92e0abe1e85614119c86afcaecdbd134425dff9f4fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5602 (99th) — NURS HM-INFORMAL DISPUTE RES

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if the Department of Public Health fails to provide a written explanation of the reason or reasons why evidence or arguments submitted for an informal dispute resolution were insufficient to refute the informal dispute resolution findings within 30 days of receiving the informal dispute resolution, then the alleged licensure violation shall be withdrawn from the official record and no penalty shall be imposed. 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 — 91–18 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chuck Weaver — cosponsor (person)
• Michael D. Unes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael D. Unes filing
• 2016-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael D. Unes amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
• 2016-04-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2016-04-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 008-001-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael D. Unes amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-15 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-18 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
• 2016-04-19 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 012-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-04-20 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-018-001 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
• 2016-04-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-25 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2016-05-11 Do Pass Public Health; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
• 2016-05-11 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 050-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-15 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0555 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc3e4340-4ec6-4e12-b1d9-4d2a4d07a2de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).