# Illinois HB3769: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY REFERRALS Illinois HB3769, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY REFERRALS, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-07-24 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0591) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB3769-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB3769 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY REFERRALS - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-07 - Last action: 2026-07-24, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0591 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 8 - Subjects: health care licenses, assignments, licensed activities - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (194 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. Requires a licensed occupational therapist or licensed occupational therapy assistant who intends to provide services for individuals, groups, and populations concerning occupational therapy needs without a referral to do so within the licensee's scope of practice. Provides that a referral is not required for the purpose of providing consultations, habilitation services, screenings, education, wellness services, preventions services, environmental assessments, and work-related ergonomic services. Provides that, except for occupational therapy services within the licensee's scope of practice at the time of evaluation and services provided pursuant to provisions concerning when referrals are not required, an occupational therapist shall refer a patient to the patient's treating health care professional of record, or to a health care professional of the patient's choosing if there is no health care professional of record, if the patient meets certain criteria. Provides that an occupational therapist shall refer a patient to the patient's treating health care professional of record, or to a health care professional of the patient's choosing if there is no health care professional of record if the patient does not demonstrate measurable or function improvement after 10 visits (rather than after 10 visits or 15 business days, whichever occurs first). ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Bob Morgan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Debbie Meyers-Martin (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jawaharial Williams (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie A. Morrison (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mary Edly-Allen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mattie Hunter (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert F. Martwick (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Suzy Glowiak Hilton (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-21 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 59 | 0 | | | 2026-05-06 | Senate | Do Pass Licensed Activities; | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 107 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | House | Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-03-19 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; | pass | 14 | 0 | | ## Actions (35) - 2026-07-24: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0591 (House) - 2026-07-24: Effective Date January 1, 2027 (House) - 2026-07-24: Governor Approved (House) - 2026-06-18: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2026-06-01: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter (Senate) - 2026-05-31: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (Senate) - 2026-05-31: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton (Senate) - 2026-05-31: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Passed Both Houses (House) - 2026-05-21: Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-05-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** (Senate) - 2026-05-14: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-14: Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Do Pass Licensed Activities; 009-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-04-28: Assigned to Licensed Activities (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-02-26: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin (House) - 2026-02-26: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 (House) - 2026-02-13: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-02-11: Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-11: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-25: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-25: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-19: Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 014-000-000 (House) - 2025-03-19: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams (House) - 2025-03-11: Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee (House) - 2025-02-18: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-02-18: First Reading (House) - 2025-02-07: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bob Morgan (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3769eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3769enr.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3769.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/10400HB3769eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3769enr.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3769.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-HB3769-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).