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type: "Bill"
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title: "HOSPITALS-ER COPAYMENT"
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description: "Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, hospitals organized or licensed under the Acts shall not require a patient in the hospital's emergency room to pay a copayment before receiving treatment for the patient's medical emergency."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "103rd"
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identifier: "HB 3955"
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citation: "Illinois HB 3955 (103rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Camille Y. Lilly", "Mattie Hunter"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2023-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0db70ea3-ae61-4005-9ef7-6fc2f90c3c3d"
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source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3955&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=149225&SessionID=112"
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source_hash: "2c19c6ceabc3537339eeb7d8e8f927667f9b8afa62c594607358d909586fc77c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 3955 (103rd) — HOSPITALS-ER COPAYMENT
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Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, hospitals organized or licensed under the Acts shall not require a patient in the hospital's emergency room to pay a copayment before receiving treatment for the patient's medical emergency.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3955.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3955eng.pdf)
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3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3955ham001.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3955enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Insurance — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **55–1** (pass) · lower
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- Human Services, Amendment 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Human Services — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Camille Y. Lilly — primary (person)
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- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
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- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly `filing`
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- **2023-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000
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- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
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- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2023-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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- **2023-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-27** Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
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- **2023-04-26** Do Pass Insurance; 008-000-000
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 27, 2023 `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2023
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- **2023-05-10** Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-10** Passed Both Houses
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- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-30** Effective Date January 1, 2024
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- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0213 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0db70ea3-ae61-4005-9ef7-6fc2f90c3c3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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