Public Act 099-0621
 
SB2332 EnrolledLRB099 15980 KTG 40297 b

    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 5-8 as follows:
 
    (305 ILCS 5/5-8)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-8)
    Sec. 5-8. Practitioners. In supplying medical assistance,
the Illinois Department may provide for the legally authorized
services of (i) persons licensed under the Medical Practice Act
of 1987, as amended, except as hereafter in this Section
stated, whether under a general or limited license, (ii)
persons licensed under the Nurse Practice Act as advanced
practice nurses, regardless of whether or not the persons have
written collaborative agreements, (iii) persons licensed or
registered under other laws of this State to provide dental,
medical, pharmaceutical, optometric, podiatric, or nursing
services, or other remedial care recognized under State law,
and (iv) persons licensed under other laws of this State as a
clinical social worker. The Department shall adopt rules, no
later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 99th General Assembly, for the legally authorized
services of persons licensed under other laws of this State as
a clinical social worker. The Department may not provide for
legally authorized services of any physician who has been
convicted of having performed an abortion procedure in a wilful
and wanton manner on a woman who was not pregnant at the time
such abortion procedure was performed. The utilization of the
services of persons engaged in the treatment or care of the
sick, which persons are not required to be licensed or
registered under the laws of this State, is not prohibited by
this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15.)