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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 5.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 95/5.5) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) |
| 8 | | Sec. 5.5. Billing. A physician assistant shall not be |
| 9 | | allowed to personally bill patients or in any way charge for |
| 10 | | services. The employer of a physician assistant may charge for |
| 11 | | services rendered by the physician assistant. All claims for |
| 12 | | services rendered by the physician assistant shall be submitted |
| 13 | | using the physician assistant's national provider |
| 14 | | identification number as the rendering billing provider |
| 15 | | whenever appropriate. Payment for services rendered by a |
| 16 | | physician assistant shall be made to his or her employer if the |
| 17 | | payor would have made payment had the services been provided by |
| 18 | | a physician licensed to provide medicine in all of its |
| 19 | | branches.
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| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 100-453, eff. 8-25-17.)
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| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 22 | | becoming law.
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