republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-3849.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PATIENT PRESCRIPTION PICK UP"
description: "Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that any authorized employee (instead of an advanced practice registered nurse, practical nurse, registered nurse, or physician) of an organization that provides hospice services to a hospice patient or that provides home health services to a person may receive a patient's prescription orders, including controlled substances, and deliver the prescription orders to the patient."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 3849"
citation: "Illinois HB 3849 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie A. Morrison", "Nicolle Grasse"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ab8f64f-7f54-49b6-87cd-acc8aa4826e8"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3849&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=162741&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "cf7e10de520b30b2ac455925de759c3ea4ab9fb9cdeab6f6e87e323b17f18500"
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 3849 (104th) — PATIENT PRESCRIPTION PICK UP

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that any authorized employee (instead of an advanced practice registered nurse, practical nurse, registered nurse, or physician) of an organization that provides hospice services to a hospice patient or that provides home health services to a person may receive a patient's prescription orders, including controlled substances, and deliver the prescription orders to the patient.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3849.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3849eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3849enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Health Care Availability & Access — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Insurance — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
- Nicolle Grasse — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Briel — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Deuter — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Nabeela Syed — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Katz Muhl — cosponsor (person)
- Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicolle Grasse `filing`
- **2025-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-11** Assigned to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 014-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2025-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2025-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2025-04-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2025-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
- **2025-04-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 10, 2025 `reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2025-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2025-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2025-05-07** Do Pass Insurance; 012-000-000
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2025-05-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0336 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ab8f64f-7f54-49b6-87cd-acc8aa4826e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).