HB5744ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Health Care Licenses Committee

Filed: 3/3/2010

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5744

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5744 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2105-355 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-355 new)

Sec. 2105-355. Licensing exemptions related to free medical clinics.

(a) Any health care professional authorized by law to provide services at a free medical clinic may do so without being licensed under any Act administered by the Department, provided that the health care professional:

(1) is duly licensed by, or otherwise authorized to practice the profession by, any state or territory of the United States;

(2) restricts his, her, or its licensed or authorized services and duties solely to the provision of care or service at a free medical clinic; and

(3) provides only the care or services that the individual or entity is licensed or otherwise authorized to provide by any state or territory of the United States.

(b) The requirements of this Section 2105-355 do not apply to the exemptions authorized by the Department pursuant to Section 2105-400 of this Act.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".