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| | SB2332 Engrossed | | 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 |