Full Text of HB4862 95th General Assembly
HB4862 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4862
Introduced , by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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305 ILCS 5/5-8 |
from Ch. 23, par. 5-8 |
305 ILCS 5/12-13 |
from Ch. 23, par. 12-13 |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in supplying medical assistance, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide for the legally authorized services of a licensed clinical psychologist or licensed clinical professional counselor. Provides that payment for services rendered to a specific recipient by a licensed clinical psychologist or licensed clinical professional counselor may be authorized only when services are
recommended for that recipient by a person licensed to practice medicine in all
its branches. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 5-8 and 12-13 as follows: | 6 |
| (305 ILCS 5/5-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-8)
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| Sec. 5-8. Practitioners. In supplying medical assistance, | 8 |
| the Illinois
Department may provide for the legally authorized | 9 |
| services of (i) persons
licensed under the Medical Practice Act | 10 |
| of 1987, as amended, except as
hereafter in this Section | 11 |
| stated, whether under a
general or limited license, (ii) | 12 |
| persons licensed or registered
under
other laws of this State | 13 |
| to provide dental, medical, pharmaceutical,
optometric, | 14 |
| podiatric, or nursing services, or other remedial care
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| recognized under State law, and (iii) persons licensed under | 16 |
| other laws of
this State as a clinical social worker , clinical | 17 |
| psychologist, or clinical professional counselor .
The | 18 |
| Department may not provide for legally
authorized services of | 19 |
| any physician who has been convicted of having performed
an | 20 |
| abortion procedure in a wilful and wanton manner on a woman who | 21 |
| was not
pregnant at the time such abortion procedure was | 22 |
| performed. The
utilization of the services of persons engaged | 23 |
| in the treatment or care of
the sick, which persons are not |
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| required to be licensed or registered under
the laws of this | 2 |
| State, is not prohibited by this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-518, eff. 8-28-07.)
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| (305 ILCS 5/12-13) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-13)
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| Sec. 12-13. Rules and regulations. The Department shall | 6 |
| make all rules and
regulations and take such action as may be | 7 |
| necessary or desirable for carrying
out the provisions of this | 8 |
| Code, to the end that its spirit and purpose may be
achieved | 9 |
| and the public aid programs administered efficiently | 10 |
| throughout the
State. However, the rules and regulations shall | 11 |
| not provide that payment for
services rendered to a specific | 12 |
| recipient by (i) a person licensed under
the
Medical Practice | 13 |
| Act of 1987, whether under a general or limited license,
(ii) a
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| person licensed or registered under other laws of this State to | 15 |
| provide dental,
optometric, or pediatric care,
or (iii) a | 16 |
| licensed clinical social worker , clinical psychologist, or | 17 |
| clinical professional counselor
may be authorized only when | 18 |
| services are
recommended for that recipient by a person | 19 |
| licensed to practice medicine in all
its branches.
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| Whenever a rule of the Department requires that an | 21 |
| applicant or
recipient verify information submitted to the | 22 |
| Department, the rule, in
order to make the public fully aware | 23 |
| of what information is required for
verification, shall specify | 24 |
| the acceptable means of verification or shall
list examples of | 25 |
| acceptable means of verification.
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| The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 2 |
| Act are hereby
expressly adopted and incorporated herein, and | 3 |
| shall apply to all
administrative rules and procedures of the | 4 |
| Illinois Department under this Act,
except that Section 5-35 of | 5 |
| the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act relating
to | 6 |
| procedures for rule-making does not apply to the adoption of | 7 |
| any rule
required by federal law in connection with which the | 8 |
| Illinois Department is
precluded by law from exercising any | 9 |
| discretion, and the requirements of the
Administrative | 10 |
| Procedure Act with respect to contested cases are not | 11 |
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to (1) hearings involving eligibility of applicants | 12 |
| or recipients of public
aid or (2) support hearings involving | 13 |
| responsible relatives.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-518, eff. 8-28-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 |
| becoming law.
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