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Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
Filed: 3/13/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2407
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2407 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-8)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-8. Practitioners. In supplying medical assistance, |
| 8 | | the Illinois
Department may provide for the legally authorized |
| 9 | | services of (i) persons
licensed under the Medical Practice Act |
| 10 | | of 1987, as amended, except as
hereafter in this Section |
| 11 | | stated, whether under a
general or limited license, (ii) |
| 12 | | persons licensed under the Nurse Practice Act as advanced |
| 13 | | practice registered nurses, regardless of whether or not the |
| 14 | | persons have written collaborative agreements, (iii) persons |
| 15 | | licensed or registered
under
other laws of this State to |
| 16 | | provide dental, medical, pharmaceutical,
optometric, |
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| 1 | | podiatric, or nursing services, or other remedial care
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| 2 | | recognized under State law, (iv) persons licensed under other |
| 3 | | laws of
this State as a clinical social worker, and (v) persons |
| 4 | | licensed under other laws of this State as physician |
| 5 | | assistants. The Department shall adopt rules, no later than 90 |
| 6 | | days after January 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act |
| 7 | | 99-621), for the legally authorized services of persons |
| 8 | | licensed under other laws of this State as a clinical social |
| 9 | | worker.
The Department shall provide for the legally authorized |
| 10 | | services of persons licensed under the Professional Counselor |
| 11 | | and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act |
| 12 | | as clinical professional counselors. The
utilization of the |
| 13 | | services of persons engaged in the treatment or care of
the |
| 14 | | sick, which persons are not required to be licensed or |
| 15 | | registered under
the laws of this State, is not prohibited by |
| 16 | | this Section.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 99-621, eff. 1-1-17; |
| 18 | | 100-453, eff. 8-25-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-538, eff. |
| 19 | | 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)".
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