IL SB2653 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-26 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-26 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Creates the Operating Room Patient Safety Act. Provides that each surgical technologist hired or contracted by a health care facility on or after January 1, 2026 shall meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an individual from performing surgical technology services if the individual is acting within the scope of the individual's license or registration or is a student or intern under the direct supervision of a licensed health care provider. Provides that a health care facility may employ or otherwise contract with an individual to perform surgical technology services and functions who does not meet those requirements if the health care facility makes a diligent and thorough effort and, after such an effort is completed, the facility is unable to employ or contract with a sufficient number of qualified surgical technologists who satisfy the requirements of the Act. Provides that the health care facility shall maintain documentation of its efforts.
Title
OPERATING ROOM SAFETY ACT
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-26 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy |
| 2024-04-24 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio |
| 2024-04-19 | Senate | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| 2024-04-19 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa |
| 2024-04-18 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen |
| 2024-04-18 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson |
| 2024-04-18 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024 |
| 2024-04-10 | Senate | Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 2024-04-05 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 19, 2024 |
| 2024-03-22 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| 2024-03-15 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024 |
| 2024-03-14 | Senate | Postponed - Licensed Activities |
| 2024-03-12 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt |
| 2024-02-21 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 2024-02-21 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Assigned to Licensed Activities |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Doris Turner |
Illinois State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2653&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103 |
| Text | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2653.htm |
