IL HB4913 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-04-17 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 3 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-04-17 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that "community health center" means a migrant health center, community health center, health care program for the homeless or for residents of public housing supported under the federal Public Health Service Act, or FQHC, including an FQHC Look-Alike, as designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that operates at least one federally designated primary health care delivery site in Illinois. Provides that "physician" means a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its branches and does not include a chiropractic physician. In provisions concerning acts constituting the practice of dental hygiene, provides that a public health dental hygienist may not administer local anesthesia except as provided in the amendatory provisions. Provides that a dental hygienist practicing in a community health center may administer local anesthetics upon the successful completion of a training program approved by the Department and under the general supervision of a dentist as long as the community health center: (i) has adopted written policies and procedures establishing supervision by a dentist or physician at the time the local anesthetics are administered, and (ii) ensures that a dentist or physician is physically present in the clinic at the time the local anesthetics are administered.
Title
DENTAL HYGIENIST-ANESTHESIA
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2026-04-10 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2026-04-10 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2026-03-30 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris |
| 2026-03-25 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2026-03-25 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 009-005-000 |
| 2026-03-25 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote |
| 2026-03-18 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee |
| 2026-03-11 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2026-03-11 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lisa Davis |
| 2026-02-17 | House | Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee |
| 2026-02-09 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford |
| 2026-02-06 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2026-02-06 | House | First Reading |
| 2026-02-03 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lisa Davis |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | 25 | 18 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 225 | 25 | 4 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
