# Illinois HB2676: HLTH CARE PROVIDER WORKFORCE Illinois HB2676, HLTH CARE PROVIDER WORKFORCE, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2025-06-02 (Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2676-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB2676 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: HLTH CARE PROVIDER WORKFORCE - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-04 - Last action: 2025-06-02, Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: higher education, assignments, appropriations- education, health and human services - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (128 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Underserved Health Care Provider Workforce Act. Changes the definition of "designated shortage area" to mean an area designated as a medically underserved area or a health professional shortage area (rather than a physician shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a critical health manpower shortage area). Changes the term "eligible medical student" to "eligible student", and includes in the definition of that term a person who is studying optometry in an optometry college or institution located in Illinois and that a person may agree to practice full-time in a designated shortage area as an optometrist or anesthesiologist one year for each year he or she is a scholarship recipient. Includes a rural health center, a federally qualified health center, a federally qualified health center look alike, and an optometric office in the definition of "medical facility". Includes an optometrist in the definition of "eligible health care provider". Includes an obstetrician or gynecologist in the definition of "primary care physician". Includes loan repayment recipients in a provision regarding scholarship recipients who fail to fulfill specified obligations, and provides that the amounts paid by these scholarship or loan repayment recipients shall be deposited into the fund where the payment originated from (rather than the Community Health Center Care Fund). Repeals a different provision defining "primary care physician". Effective January 1, 2026. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Hoan Huynh (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Martha Deuter (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mattie Hunter (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Norma Hernandez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Yolonda Morris (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-09 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 116 | 0 | | | 2025-03-12 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (28) - 2025-06-02: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-27: Re-referred to Health and Human Services (Senate) - 2025-05-27: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-23: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-09: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Assigned to Appropriations- Education (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-14: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh (House) - 2025-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris (House) - 2025-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter (House) - 2025-04-09: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-08: Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Norma Hernandez (House) - 2025-03-25: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-25: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-13: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-12: Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000 (House) - 2025-03-12: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote (House) - 2025-03-11: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee (House) - 2025-03-10: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-10: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart (House) - 2025-03-04: Assigned to Higher Education Committee (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-02-06: First Reading (House) - 2025-02-04: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2676eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2676ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2676.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2676eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2676ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2676.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2676-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).