SB1735 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 13055 SPS 18398 b

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Telehealth Act is amended by changing Section 5 and by adding Section 80 as follows:

(225 ILCS 150/5)

Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Health care professional" includes physicians, physician assistants, optometrists, advanced practice registered nurses, clinical psychologists licensed in Illinois, prescribing psychologists licensed in Illinois, dentists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physical therapists, acupuncturists, clinical social workers, speech-language pathologists, audiologists, hearing instrument dispensers, and mental health professionals and clinicians authorized by Illinois law to provide mental health services.

"Telehealth" means the evaluation, diagnosis, or interpretation of electronically transmitted patient-specific data between a remote location and a licensed health care professional that generates interaction or treatment recommendations. "Telehealth" includes telemedicine and the delivery of health care services provided by way of an interactive telecommunications system, as defined in subsection (a) of Section 356z.22 of the Illinois Insurance Code.

(Source: P.A. 100-317, eff. 1-1-18; 100-644, eff. 1-1-19; 100-930, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-84, eff. 7-19-19.)

(225 ILCS 150/80 new)

Sec. 80. Rulemaking. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, in consultation with the appropriate advisory board, may adopt rules to clarify applicable services and administer this Act.