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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Behavior Analyst Licensing Act is amended
5by changing Section 20 and 150 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 6/20)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
8    Sec. 20. License required; exemptions.
9    (a) Beginning 10 months after the adoption of the rules
10required under subsection (b) of Section 80 30 months after
11the effective date of this Act, an individual shall not engage
12in the practice of applied behavior analysis unless licensed
13under this Act or covered by an exemption under subsection
14(c).
15    (a-5) An individual licensed under this Act as an
16assistant behavior analyst shall not engage in the practice of
17applied behavior analysis unless supervised by a licensed
18clinical psychologist or licensed behavior analyst.
19    (b) Beginning 10 months after the adoption of the rules
20required under subsection (b) of Section 80 30 months after
21the effective date of this Act, an individual shall not use the
22title "licensed behavior analyst", "L.B.A.", "licensed
23assistant behavior analyst", "L.A.B.A.", or similar words or

 

 

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1letters indicating the individual is licensed as a behavior
2analyst or assistant behavior analyst unless the individual is
3actually licensed under this Act.
4    (c) This Act does not prohibit any of the following:
5        (1) Self-care by a patient or uncompensated care by a
6    friend or family member who does not represent or hold
7    oneself out to be a behavior analyst or assistant behavior
8    analyst.
9        (2) An individual from implementing a behavior
10    analytic treatment plan under the extended authority,
11    direction, and supervision of a licensed behavior analyst
12    or licensed assistant behavior analyst.
13        (3) A clinical psychologist, social worker,
14    psychiatric nurse, speech-language pathologist,
15    audiologist, professional counselor, clinical
16    professional counselor, clinical social worker, or
17    marriage and family therapist from performing or
18    advertising activities that are considered to be the
19    practice of applied behavior analysis under this Act if
20    the activities are consistent with the laws of this State,
21    the individual's training, and any code of ethics of the
22    individual's respective professions, so long as the
23    individual does not use the titles provided in subsection
24    (b).
25        (4) An individual from performing activities that are
26    considered to be the practice of applied behavior analysis

 

 

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1    under this Act if the activities are with nonhumans,
2    including applied animal behaviorists and animal trainers.
3    The individual may use the title "behavior analyst" but
4    shall not represent oneself as a licensed behavior analyst
5    or licensed assistant behavior analyst unless the
6    individual holds a license issued by the State.
7        (5) An individual who provides general applied
8    behavior analysis services to organizations, so long as
9    the services are for the benefit of the organizations and
10    do not involve direct services to individuals. The
11    individual may use the title "behavior analyst" but may
12    not represent oneself as a licensed behavior analyst or
13    licensed assistant behavior analyst unless the individual
14    holds a license issued by the State.
15        (6) An individual who is a matriculated student at a
16    nationally accredited university approved in rules or a
17    postdoctoral fellow from performing activities that are
18    considered to be the practice of applied behavior analysis
19    under this Act if the activities are part of a defined
20    program of study, course, practicum, internship, or
21    postdoctoral fellowship, provided that the applied
22    behavior analysis activities are directly supervised by a
23    licensed behavior analyst under this Act or a licensed
24    clinical psychologist.
25        (7) An individual who is not licensed under this Act
26    from pursuing field experience in the practice of behavior

 

 

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1    analysis if the experience is supervised by a licensed
2    behavior analyst or a licensed psychologist.
3        (8) An individual with a learning behavior specialist
4    or school support personnel endorsement from the State
5    Board of Education, the school district in which the
6    school is located, or a special education joint agreement
7    serving the school district in which the school is located
8    from delivering behavior analytic services in a school
9    setting when employed by that school as long as those
10    services are defined in the scope of practice for that
11    endorsement and that person is not in any manner held out
12    to the public as a licensed behavior analyst or licensed
13    assistant behavior analyst.
14        (9) A qualified intellectual disabilities
15    professional, meeting the minimum federal education
16    requirements outlined in 42 CFR 483.430, who is performing
17    the duties required for individuals with intellectual or
18    developmental disabilities in programs and facilities
19    regulated by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
20    Services, the Department of Human Services, or the
21    Department of Public Health, so long as the individual
22    does not use the titles provided in subsection (b).
23        (10) A service provider, designated by the Department
24    of Human Services, from providing behavior intervention
25    and treatment, so long as the individual does not use the
26    titles provided in subsection (b).

 

 

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1    (d) This Act does not apply to an individual who, on the
2effective date of this Act, is engaging in the practice of
3applied behavior analysis under the medical assistance program
4under the Illinois Public Aid Code while that individual is
5seeking the education, training, and experience necessary to
6obtain a license under this Act.
7    (e) No licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant
8behavior analyst shall engage in the practice of
9speech-language pathology or the practice of audiology, as
10defined in the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
11Audiology Practice Act, unless licensed to do so under that
12Act.
13(Source: P.A. 102-953, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
14    (225 ILCS 6/150)
15    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
16    Sec. 150. License restrictions and limitations.
17Notwithstanding the exclusion in paragraph (2) of subsection
18(c) of Section 20 that permits an individual to implement a
19behavior analytic treatment plan under the extended authority,
20direction, and supervision of a licensed behavior analyst or
21licensed assistant behavior analyst, beginning 24 months after
22the Department has commenced issuance of licenses under this
23Act, no business organization shall provide, attempt to
24provide, or offer to provide behavior analysis services unless
25every member, partner, shareholder, director, officer, holder

 

 

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1of any other ownership interest, agent, and employee who
2renders applied behavior analysis services holds a currently
3valid license issued under this Act. No business shall be
4created that (i) has a stated purpose that includes behavior
5analysis, or (ii) practices or holds itself out as available
6to practice behavior analysis therapy, unless it is organized
7under the Professional Service Corporation Act or Professional
8Limited Liability Company Act. Nothing in this Act shall
9preclude individuals licensed under this Act from practicing
10directly or indirectly for a physician licensed to practice
11medicine in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of
121987 or for any legal entity as provided under subsection (c)
13of Section 22.2 of the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
14(Source: P.A. 102-953, eff. 5-27-22; 102-1118, eff. 1-18-23.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.