Illinois Senate Bill 1670

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on August 11 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0554
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for a public body that is a HIPAA-covered entity, "private information" includes electronic medical records and all information, including demographic information, contained within or extracted from an electronic medical records system operated or maintained by the public body in compliance with State and federal medical privacy laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its regulations. Exempts from disclosure under the Act all information that is protected health information that may be contained within or extracted from any record held by a public body that is a HIPAA-covered entity. Defines "HIPAA-covered entity" and "protected health information".

FOIA-MEDICAL RECORDS

Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [D]

Sen. Willie Preston [D]

Sen. Laura Murphy [D]

Rep. Marcus Evans [D]

2023-05-19 - Senate - Concurrence in Senate (Y: 57 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-05-11 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 113 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-30 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 57 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-08-11	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0554
2023-08-11	Senate	Effective Date January 1, 2024
2023-08-11	Senate	Governor Approved
2023-06-16	Senate	Sent to the Governor
2023-05-19	Senate	Passed Both Houses
2023-05-19	Senate	Senate Concurs
2023-05-19	Senate	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
2023-05-17	Senate	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
2023-05-16	Senate	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive
2023-05-16	Senate	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
2023-05-16	Senate	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
2023-05-11	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 15, 2023
2023-05-11	Senate	Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
2023-05-11	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
2023-05-11	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2023-05-11	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
2023-05-10	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-05-10	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-05-10	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 010-000-000
2023-05-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2023-05-02	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
2023-05-01	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
2023-05-01	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2023-04-26	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2023-04-26	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
2023-04-26	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
2023-04-25	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2023-04-25	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2023-04-18	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2023-04-11	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-04-11	House	First Reading
2023-04-04	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2023-03-31	House	Arrived in House
2023-03-30	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
2023-03-30	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
2023-03-29	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 30, 2023
2023-03-29	Senate	Second Reading
2023-03-09	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023
2023-03-09	Senate	Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
2023-03-07	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
2023-02-21	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-08	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-08	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	140	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	140	7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1670&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1670.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1670eng.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1670enr.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/103/103-0554.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1670ham001.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1670ham002.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/103/senate/10300SB1670_03302023_052000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/103/house/10300SB1670_05112023_007000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/103/senate/10300SB1670ham002_05192023_042000C.pdf