republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/sb-1696.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHFS-TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP"
description: "Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that during the first quarter of State Fiscal Year 2020, the Department of Healthcare of Family Services must convene a technical advisory group consisting of members of all trade associations representing Illinois skilled nursing providers to discuss changes necessary with the federal implementation of Medicare's Patient-Driven Payment Model. Provides that implementation of Medicare's Patient-Driven Payment Model shall, by September 1, 2020, end the collection of the MDS data that is necessary to maintain the current RUG-IV Medicaid payment methodology. Requires the technical advisory group to consider a revised reimbursement methodology that takes into account transparency, accountability, actual staffing as reported under the federally required Payroll Based Journal system, changes to the minimum wage, adequacy in coverage of the cost of care, and a quality component that rewards quality improvements. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1696"
citation: "Illinois SB 1696 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3952543-217c-4122-800e-7a1c5278e405"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1696&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118911&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "c6ab97eea394136d6bace5a1a127df1e9bbec91fe60823919a158ef9b18eb895"
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 1696 (101st) — DHFS-TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that during the first quarter of State Fiscal Year 2020, the Department of Healthcare of Family Services must convene a technical advisory group consisting of members of all trade associations representing Illinois skilled nursing providers to discuss changes necessary with the federal implementation of Medicare's Patient-Driven Payment Model. Provides that implementation of Medicare's Patient-Driven Payment Model shall, by September 1, 2020, end the collection of the MDS data that is necessary to maintain the current RUG-IV Medicaid payment methodology. Requires the technical advisory group to consider a revised reimbursement methodology that takes into account transparency, accountability, actual staffing as reported under the federally required Payroll Based Journal system, changes to the minimum wage, adequacy in coverage of the cost of care, and a quality component that rewards quality improvements. 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=10100SB1696&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118911&DocNum=1696&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1696eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118911&DocNum=1696&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1696enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118911&DocNum=1696&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Heather A. Steans — primary (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Unes — cosponsor (person)
- Yehiel M. Kalish — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Do Pass Human Services; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 048-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2019-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish
- **2019-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
- **2019-05-24** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019
- **2019-05-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2019-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2019-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2019
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0348 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3952543-217c-4122-800e-7a1c5278e405`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).