103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3437

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. William E Hauter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Task Force on Prescribing Psychologist Licensing and Oversight Act. Provides that the Task Force is created within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides for membership, appointment, vacancy, and meeting support of the Task Force. Provides that the subject matter of the Task Force shall include, but not be limited to, the following inquiries: (1) will allowing prescribing psychologists to expand the prescribing psychologists' scope to include children and seniors help increase access to treatment for underserved areas and populations, including rural patients and patients on Medicaid; and (2) do prescribing psychologists receive sufficient regulatory oversight, medical supervision, and disciplinary enforcement to fully protect patient safety. Provides that the Task Force shall prepare an annual report that summarizes its work and makes recommendations resulting from its deliberations. Provides that the Task Force shall submit the report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly. Provides that the Task Force shall submit the first report one year after the first meeting of the Task Force.


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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task
5Force on Prescribing Psychologist Licensing and Oversight Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. The Task Force on Prescribing
7Psychologist Licensing and Oversight is created within the
8Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The Task
9Force shall aim to answer the following questions:
10        (1) How much can prescribing psychologists increase
11    overall access to care in this State?
12        (2) Do prescribing psychologists receive the
13    appropriate training and oversight to protect patient
14    safety?
 
15    Section 10. Membership; appointment; vacancy; meeting
16support.
17    (a) The Task Force shall have the following members:
18        (1) the Secretary of Financial and Professional
19    Regulation, or the Secretary's designee;
20        (2) the Director of the Division of Professional
21    Regulation, or the Director's designee;
22        (3) the Chief Medical Coordinator of the Division of

 

 

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1    Professional Regulation;
2        (4) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or
3    the Speaker's designee;
4        (5) the Minority Leader of the House of
5    Representatives, or the Leader's designee;
6        (6) the President of the Senate, or the President's
7    designee;
8        (7) the Minority Leader of the Senate, or the Leader's
9    designee;
10        (8) a representative of a statewide membership
11    organization for psychiatrists in this State that serves
12    to provide education, professional collaboration, and
13    advocacy for its members, appointed by the Secretary;
14        (9) a psychiatrist licensed and practicing in this
15    State who has received specific training to specialize in
16    treating child and adolescents patients, appointed by the
17    Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation;
18        (10) a psychiatrist licensed and practicing in this
19    State who has received specific training to specialize in
20    treating geriatric patients, appointed by the Secretary of
21    Financial and Professional Regulation;
22        (11) a representative of a statewide membership
23    organization for this State prescribing psychologists that
24    serves to provide education, professional collaboration,
25    and advocacy for its members, appointed by the Secretary
26    of Financial and Professional Regulation;

 

 

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1        (12) a psychologist licensed and practicing in this
2    State who has received specific training to specialize in
3    treating child and adolescents patients, appointed by the
4    Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation; and
5        (13) a psychologist licensed and practicing in this
6    State who has received specific training to specialize in
7    treating geriatric patients, appointed by the Secretary of
8    Financial and Professional Regulation.
9    (b) If a vacancy occurs in the Task Force, the vacancy
10shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment
11for the remainder of the unexpired term.
12    (c) The Task Force shall meet once every 2 months,
13indefinitely, until the Task Force votes to dissolve itself.
14Nothing in this Section prohibits the Task Force from meeting
15more often if it deems it necessary to do so.
16    (d) The Department shall provide administrative support to
17the Task Force.
18    (e) The Task Force shall only meet once a majority of
19members are appointed.
20    (f) The Secretary of Financial and Professional
21Regulation, or the Secretary's designee, shall be the chair of
22the Task Force.
 
23    Section 15. Subject matter of the Task Force. The subject
24matter of the Task Force shall include, but not be limited to,
25the following inquiries:

 

 

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1    (a) Will allowing prescribing psychologists to expand the
2prescribing psychologists' scope to include children and
3seniors help increase access to treatment for underserved
4areas and populations, including rural patients and patients
5on Medicaid?
6    (b) Do prescribing psychologists receive sufficient
7regulatory oversight, medical supervision, and disciplinary
8enforcement to fully protect patient safety?
 
9    Section 20. Report.
10    (a) The Task Force shall prepare an annual report that
11summarizes its work and makes recommendations resulting from
12its deliberations.
13    (b) The Task Force shall submit the report of its findings
14and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
15    (c) The Task Force shall submit the first report no later
16than one year after the first meeting of the Task Force.