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type: "Bill"
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title: "HLTH FACILITY-LANGUAGE ASSIST"
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description: "Amends the Language Assistance Services Act. Makes changes in the list of things a health facility must do to ensure access to health care information and services for limited-English-speaking or non-English-speaking residents and deaf residents. Provides that a facility must do all (instead of one or more) of the following: (1) adopt and review annually a policy for providing language assistance services to patients with language or communication barriers; (2) develop and post notices that advise patients and their families of the availability of interpreters; and (3) notify the facility's employees of the language services available at the facility and train them on how to make these language services available to patients. Provides that, in addition, a facility may do one or more of the following: (i) review existing policies regarding interpreters; (ii) adopt a policy for language assistance services that includes certain procedures; (iii) identify and record a patient's primary language and dialect; (iv) prepare a list of interpreters; (v) review standardized forms and other materials; (vi) consider providing its nonbilingual staff with standardized picture and phrase sheets; and (vii) develop community liaison groups. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "95th"
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identifier: "SB 544"
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citation: "Illinois SB 544 (95th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 55
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2007-02-08"
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last_action: "2007-10-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c18ebf67-3d82-4282-aa90-c25a8f2b2eb2"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=544&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28367&SessionID=51&GA=95"
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source_hash: "46e669bd01a7abc997be6c6f0907ad77522e9ed8356351998b91f18479dd0180"
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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 SB 544 (95th) — HLTH FACILITY-LANGUAGE ASSIST
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Amends the Language Assistance Services Act. Makes changes in the list of things a health facility must do to ensure access to health care information and services for limited-English-speaking or non-English-speaking residents and deaf residents. Provides that a facility must do all (instead of one or more) of the following: (1) adopt and review annually a policy for providing language assistance services to patients with language or communication barriers; (2) develop and post notices that advise patients and their families of the availability of interpreters; and (3) notify the facility's employees of the language services available at the facility and train them on how to make these language services available to patients. Provides that, in addition, a facility may do one or more of the following: (i) review existing policies regarding interpreters; (ii) adopt a policy for language assistance services that includes certain procedures; (iii) identify and record a patient's primary language and dialect; (iv) prepare a list of interpreters; (v) review standardized forms and other materials; (vi) consider providing its nonbilingual staff with standardized picture and phrase sheets; and (vii) develop community liaison groups. Effective immediately.
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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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0544&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28367&DocNum=544&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0544eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28367&DocNum=544&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0544enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28367&DocNum=544&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Motion — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Motion — **112–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- William Delgado — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `filing`
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- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services
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- **2007-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Human Services
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- **2007-03-08** Postponed - Human Services
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- **2007-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-03-14** Do Pass as Amended Human Services; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
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- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
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- **2007-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Human Services
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- **2007-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Human Services; 008-000-000
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- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
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- **2007-04-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-04-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-04-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Human Services
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- **2007-04-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Human Services; 006-000-000
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- **2007-05-08** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Table Amendment - Prevailed Delgado
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- **2007-05-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled `amendment-failure`
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- **2007-05-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Delgado `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
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- **2007-05-08** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-05-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2007-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-05-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
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- **2007-05-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-05-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-24** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-25** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2007
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- **2007-05-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-05-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
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- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2007-08-28** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
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- **2007-10-02** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 3, 2007
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- **2007-10-03** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. William Delgado
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- **2007-10-03** 3/5 Vote Required
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- **2007-10-03** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 053-000-000
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- **2007-10-04** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 10, 2007
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- **2007-10-05** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
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- **2007-10-11** 3/5 Vote Required
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- **2007-10-11** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 112-000-000
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- **2007-10-11** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
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- **2007-10-17** Effective Date October 11, 2007
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- **2007-10-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0667 `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/c18ebf67-3d82-4282-aa90-c25a8f2b2eb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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