republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-5968.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH FACILITIES-VARIOUS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Reorganizes the provisions concerning definitions. Authorizes the Health Facilities and Services Review Board (\"State Board\") to prescribe and provide forms pertaining to the State Board Staff Report. Provides that a State Board Staff Report shall pertain to applications that include, but are not limited to, applications for permit or exemption, applications for permit renewal, applications for extension of the obligation period, applications requesting a declaratory ruling, and applications under the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act. Further provides that the State Board staff shall submit its State Board Staff Report to the State Board for its approval or denial of a permit. Provides that the State Board shall transcribe each State Board meeting using a certified court reporter and the transcript shall contain the record of the findings and decisions of the State Board. Further provides that State Board members shall provide their rationale when voting on an item before the State Board at a State Board meeting and that the transcript of the State Board meeting shall be incorporated into the Board's final decision. Deletes references to the Department of Public Health and replaces those references with the State Board. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5968"
citation: "Illinois HB 5968 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c196b8a-bd7a-4345-b5b7-98a285759901"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5968&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81276&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "f75c59f73eb9688f9ecc4cf9cabd5b16474d47ae5e70f0ab2bebaad26a431ec9"
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 5968 (98th) — HEALTH FACILITIES-VARIOUS

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Reorganizes the provisions concerning definitions. Authorizes the Health Facilities and Services Review Board ("State Board") to prescribe and provide forms pertaining to the State Board Staff Report. Provides that a State Board Staff Report shall pertain to applications that include, but are not limited to, applications for permit or exemption, applications for permit renewal, applications for extension of the obligation period, applications requesting a declaratory ruling, and applications under the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act. Further provides that the State Board staff shall submit its State Board Staff Report to the State Board for its approval or denial of a permit. Provides that the State Board shall transcribe each State Board meeting using a certified court reporter and the transcript shall contain the record of the findings and decisions of the State Board. Further provides that State Board members shall provide their rationale when voting on an item before the State Board at a State Board meeting and that the transcript of the State Board meeting shall be incorporated into the Board's final decision. Deletes references to the Department of Public Health and replaces those references with the State Board. Makes other changes. 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=09800HB5968&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81276&DocNum=5968&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5968eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81276&DocNum=5968&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5968enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81276&DocNum=5968&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **86–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-03** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2014-03-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-01** Chair placed the bill on Standard Debate
- **2014-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2014-04-01** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 086-027-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-01** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2014-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2014
- **2014-05-23** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2014
- **2014-05-30** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2014-05-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2014-05-30** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-26** Effective Date August 26, 2014
- **2014-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1086 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c196b8a-bd7a-4345-b5b7-98a285759901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).