102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1735

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Emil Jones, III

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 150/5
225 ILCS 150/80 new

    Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, in consultation with the appropriate advisory board, may adopt rules to clarify applicable services and administer the Act. Changes the definition of "health care professional" to include acupuncturists.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Telehealth Act is amended by changing
5Section 5 and by adding Section 80 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 150/5)
7    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    "Health care professional" includes physicians, physician
9assistants, optometrists, advanced practice registered nurses,
10clinical psychologists licensed in Illinois, prescribing
11psychologists licensed in Illinois, dentists, occupational
12therapists, pharmacists, physical therapists, acupuncturists,
13clinical social workers, speech-language pathologists,
14audiologists, hearing instrument dispensers, and mental health
15professionals and clinicians authorized by Illinois law to
16provide mental health services.
17    "Telehealth" means the evaluation, diagnosis, or
18interpretation of electronically transmitted patient-specific
19data between a remote location and a licensed health care
20professional that generates interaction or treatment
21recommendations. "Telehealth" includes telemedicine and the
22delivery of health care services provided by way of an
23interactive telecommunications system, as defined in

 

 

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1subsection (a) of Section 356z.22 of the Illinois Insurance
2Code.
3(Source: P.A. 100-317, eff. 1-1-18; 100-644, eff. 1-1-19;
4100-930, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-84, eff.
57-19-19.)
 
6    (225 ILCS 150/80 new)
7    Sec. 80. Rulemaking. The Department of Financial and
8Professional Regulation, in consultation with the appropriate
9advisory board, may adopt rules to clarify applicable services
10and administer this Act.