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SB 1064 Illinois Senate · 93rd Regular Session

COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACT

Summary
Creates the Community Benefits Act. Provides that a nonprofit hospital shall develop (i) an organizational mission statement that identifies the hospital's commitment to serving the health care needs of the community and (ii) a community benefits plan defined as an operational plan for serving the community's health care needs that sets out goals and objectives for providing community benefits that include charity care and government sponsored indigent health care and identifies the populations and communities served by the hospital. Provides that each nonprofit hospital shall prepare an annual report of the community benefits plan to be filed with the Attorney General and provides a civil penalty for failure to file the report.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2003
Committee Review
May 2003
Senate Passage
May 2003
House Passage
May 2003
Signed into Law
Aug 2003
Introduced Apr 4, 2003 Signed Aug 8, 2003
Floor votes · Senate Apr 4, 2003 · House May 30, 2003

How they voted

49–2
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 53
Apr 4, 2003
D Democratic28
27 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican25
22 Yea 2 Nay 1
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
3
Aug 8, 2003
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 30, 2003
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 30, 2003
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (92-19-3)
house
May 22, 2003
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
lower
Apr 9, 2003
Committee
Assigned to Executive Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2003
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2003
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 4, 2003
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-2-2)
senate
Apr 2, 2003
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Crotty
upper
Apr 2, 2003
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Health & Human Services; 011-000-000
upper
Apr 2, 2003
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
upper
Apr 1, 2003
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
upper
Apr 1, 2003
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
upper
Mar 13, 2003
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000
upper
Feb 26, 2003
Committee
Assigned to Health & Human Services
upper
Feb 19, 2003
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

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