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type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOLARSHIP-MENTAL HEALTH GRAD"
description: "Creates the Mental Health Graduate Education Scholarship Act. Establishes the Mental Health Graduate Scholarship Program, to be administered by the Department of Human Services. Requires the Department to provide scholarships to qualified individuals who are enrolled in or accepted into a mental health graduate program at a public or private college or university in this State and who agree to being employed in this State as a licensed professional counselor, licensed clinical professional counselor, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed social worker, or licensed clinical social worker in direct patient care in a human services capacity in a designated shortage area for at least one year for each year of scholarship assistance received. Sets forth provisions concerning the functions of the Department, the award and amount of a scholarship, requirements for scholarship recipients, a Mental Health Consortium Advisory Council, student enrollment and the obligations of institutions, and program funding. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 1143"
citation: "Illinois HB 1143 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4631fa2b-4983-4d3c-bc0d-cd2dcbd24657"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1143&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42834&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "e0e5a5a8bae60740ce23bd43c5b087ff3e8153cf13a0352d0726f9b205ba85c2"
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 1143 (96th) — SCHOLARSHIP-MENTAL HEALTH GRAD
Creates the Mental Health Graduate Education Scholarship Act. Establishes the Mental Health Graduate Scholarship Program, to be administered by the Department of Human Services. Requires the Department to provide scholarships to qualified individuals who are enrolled in or accepted into a mental health graduate program at a public or private college or university in this State and who agree to being employed in this State as a licensed professional counselor, licensed clinical professional counselor, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed social worker, or licensed clinical social worker in direct patient care in a human services capacity in a designated shortage area for at least one year for each year of scholarship assistance received. Sets forth provisions concerning the functions of the Department, the award and amount of a scholarship, requirements for scholarship recipients, a Mental Health Consortium Advisory Council, student enrollment and the obligations of institutions, and program funding. 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=09600HB1143&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42834&DocNum=1143&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB1143eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42834&DocNum=1143&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB1143enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42834&DocNum=1143&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **490** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **1180** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Elizabeth Coulson — primary (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `filing`
- **2009-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2009-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2009-03-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2009-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2009-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- **2009-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2009-03-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-03-30** Sponsor Removed Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-04-02** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2009-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 008-000-000
- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Collins `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2009-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2
- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2009-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 118-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2009
- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0672 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4631fa2b-4983-4d3c-bc0d-cd2dcbd24657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).