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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2332 Introduced 1/27/2016, by Sen. Daniel Biss SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 305 ILCS 5/5-8 | from Ch. 23, par. 5-8 |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules, no later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, for the legally recognized services of persons licensed under other laws of this State as a clinical social worker.
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| | SB2332 | | LRB099 15980 KTG 40297 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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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 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 nurses, regardless of whether or not the persons have |
| 14 | | written collaborative agreements, (iii) persons licensed or |
| 15 | | registered
under
other laws of this State to provide dental, |
| 16 | | medical, pharmaceutical,
optometric, podiatric, or nursing |
| 17 | | services, or other remedial care
recognized under State law, |
| 18 | | and (iv) persons licensed under other laws of
this State as a |
| 19 | | clinical social worker. The Department shall adopt rules, no |
| 20 | | later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory |
| 21 | | Act of the 99th General Assembly, for the legally authorized |
| 22 | | services of persons licensed under other laws of this State as |
| 23 | | a clinical social worker.
The Department may not provide for |