Sen. Ram Villivalam
Filed: 4/13/2021
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 677
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 677 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law | ||||||
5 | of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
6 | adding Section 2105-365 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-365 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 2105-365. Continuing education; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||
9 | and other dementias. | ||||||
10 | (a) As used in this Section, "health care professional" | ||||||
11 | means a person licensed or registered by the Department under | ||||||
12 | the following Acts: the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the | ||||||
13 | Nurse Practice Act, the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, | ||||||
14 | the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Physical Therapy Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of | ||||||
16 | 1987, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, |
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1 | the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary | ||||||
2 | Act, the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act, the | ||||||
3 | Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Respiratory Care | ||||||
4 | Practice Act, the Professional Counselor and Clinical | ||||||
5 | Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act, and the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. | ||||||
7 | (b) For license or registration renewals occurring on or | ||||||
8 | after January 1, 2023, a health care professional who has | ||||||
9 | continuing education requirements must complete at least a | ||||||
10 | one-hour course in training on the diagnosis, treatment, and | ||||||
11 | care of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other | ||||||
12 | dementias per renewal period. This training shall include, but | ||||||
13 | not be limited to, assessment and diagnosis, effective | ||||||
14 | communication strategies, and management and care planning. | ||||||
15 | This requirement shall only apply to health care professionals | ||||||
16 | who provide health care services to adult populations age 26 | ||||||
17 | or older in the practice of their profession. A health care | ||||||
18 | professional may count this one hour for completion of this | ||||||
19 | course toward meeting the minimum credit hours required for | ||||||
20 | continuing education. Any training on Alzheimer's disease and | ||||||
21 | other dementias applied to meet any other State licensure | ||||||
22 | requirement, professional accreditation or certification | ||||||
23 | requirement, or health care institutional practice agreement | ||||||
24 | may count toward the continuing education requirement under | ||||||
25 | this Section. | ||||||
26 | (c) The Department may adopt rules for the implementation |
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1 | of this Section.
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.".
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