republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-2285.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEFINE-HEALTH CARE EMPLOYER"
description: "Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Adds to the definition of \"health care employer\", a financial management services entity contracted with the Department of Human Services, which is not the employer of personal support workers but supports individuals receiving participant directed services, to administer the individuals' employer authority. Provides that a financial management services entity assists participants in completing background check requirements, collecting and processing time sheets for support workers, and processing payroll, withholding, filing, and payment of applicable federal, State, and local employment-related taxes and insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2285"
citation: "Illinois HB 2285 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adriane Johnson", "Lakesia Collins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b169422-e3b5-4c53-8367-11aa86cb634d"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2285&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=147271&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "809c1caa8418d40aac886b18504ce5ccc07896bb9acfb6e079c17c81d176800f"
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 HB 2285 (103rd) — DEFINE-HEALTH CARE EMPLOYER

Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Adds to the definition of "health care employer", a financial management services entity contracted with the Department of Human Services, which is not the employer of personal support workers but supports individuals receiving participant directed services, to administer the individuals' employer authority. Provides that a financial management services entity assists participants in completing background check requirements, collecting and processing time sheets for support workers, and processing payroll, withholding, filing, and payment of applicable federal, State, and local employment-related taxes and insurance.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2285.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2285eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2285ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2285enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Health and Human Services — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Human Services — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Human Services, Amendment 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adriane Johnson — primary (person)
- Lakesia Collins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lakesia Collins `filing`
- **2023-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lakesia Collins `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Do Pass Health and Human Services; 008-000-000
- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
- **2023-05-10** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0303 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b169422-e3b5-4c53-8367-11aa86cb634d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).