republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-1522.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOAN REPAY-PHYSICIANS ACT"
description: "Creates the Loan Repayment Assistance for Physicians Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish an educational loan repayment assistance program for physicians who practice in Illinois. Provides that beginning July 1, 2005, the Department shall consider applications for assistance under the program. Sets forth eligibility requirements for applicants. Provides that for each year that a qualified applicant practices full-time as a physician, the Department shall, subject to appropriation, award a grant to that person in an amount equal to the amount in educational loans that the person must repay that year. Provides that the total amount in grants that a person may be awarded shall not exceed $25,000. Provides that loan payment recipients who fail to practice full-time in Illinois for 3 years shall repay the Department a sum equal to 3 times the amount received under the program. Effective July 1, 2005."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1522"
citation: "Illinois HB 1522 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-10"
last_action: "2005-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3b97152-9b12-4d96-8d98-e4104b5587d5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1522&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16338&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "ceecb266d410e0efbad12c9d1268011465213ff7c6cb04cf29b00e525622ed1f"
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 1522 (94th) — LOAN REPAY-PHYSICIANS ACT

Creates the Loan Repayment Assistance for Physicians Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish an educational loan repayment assistance program for physicians who practice in Illinois. Provides that beginning July 1, 2005, the Department shall consider applications for assistance under the program. Sets forth eligibility requirements for applicants. Provides that for each year that a qualified applicant practices full-time as a physician, the Department shall, subject to appropriation, award a grant to that person in an amount equal to the amount in educational loans that the person must repay that year. Provides that the total amount in grants that a person may be awarded shall not exceed $25,000. Provides that loan payment recipients who fail to practice full-time in Illinois for 3 years shall repay the Department a sum equal to 3 times the amount received under the program. Effective July 1, 2005.

## 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=09400HB1522&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16338&DocNum=1522&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1522eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16338&DocNum=1522&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1522enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16338&DocNum=1522&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **97–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **32–23** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Coulson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `filing`
- **2005-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-005-010 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2005-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
- **2005-03-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 16, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2005-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Verified
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 032-023-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-29** Effective Date July 29, 2005
- **2005-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0368 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3b97152-9b12-4d96-8d98-e4104b5587d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).