HB2550 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 29621 AMQ 56017 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2550

Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 150/10

Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that a health care professional may treat a patient located in another state if the patient is a student attending an out-of-state institution of higher education but is otherwise a resident in the State when not attending the institution of higher education.

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 10 as follows:

(225 ILCS 150/10)

Sec. 10. Practice authority. A health care professional treating a patient located in this State through telehealth services must be licensed or authorized to practice in Illinois. A health care professional with a temporary permit for full practice advanced practice registered nurse for health care, a temporary permit for advanced practice registered nurse for health care, or a temporary permit for health care may treat a patient located in this State through telehealth services in a manner consistent with the health care professional's scope of practice and agreement with a sponsoring entity.

A health care professional may treat a patient located in another state if the patient is a student attending an out-of-state institution of higher education but is otherwise a resident in the State when not attending the institution of higher education.

(Source: P.A. 102-104, eff. 7-22-21; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.)