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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5070 Introduced , by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Telehealth Act. Includes clinicians licensed to provide medical services under Illinois law in the definition of "health care professional".
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB5070 | | LRB100 19827 XWW 35103 b |
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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Telehealth Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 150/5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
| 8 | | "Health care professional" includes physicians, physician |
| 9 | | assistants, optometrists, advanced practice nurses, clinical |
| 10 | | psychologists licensed in Illinois, and mental health |
| 11 | | professionals and clinicians authorized by Illinois law to |
| 12 | | provide mental health services, and any clinician licensed to |
| 13 | | provide medical services under Illinois law.
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| 14 | | "Telehealth" means the evaluation, diagnosis, or |
| 15 | | interpretation of electronically transmitted patient-specific |
| 16 | | data between a remote location and a licensed health care |
| 17 | | professional that generates interaction or treatment |
| 18 | | recommendations. "Telehealth" includes telemedicine and the |
| 19 | | delivery of health care services provided by way of an |
| 20 | | interactive telecommunications system, as defined in |
| 21 | | subsection (a) of Section 356z.22 of the Illinois Insurance |
| 22 | | Code.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 100-317, eff. 1-1-18.)
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