Public Act 102-0512
 
HB3879 EnrolledLRB102 02639 KTG 12642 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Department of Healthcare and Family 
Services Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
amended  by adding Section 30 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2205/30 new)
    Sec. 30. Health care telementoring.
    (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall 
designate one or more health care telementoring entities based 
on an application to be developed by the Department of 
Healthcare and Family Services. Applicants shall demonstrate a 
record of expertise and demonstrated success in providing 
health care telementoring services. Approved applicants from 
Illinois shall be eligible for State funding in accordance 
with rules developed by the Department of Healthcare and 
Family Services.  Funding shall be provided based on the number 
of physicians who are assisted by each approved health care 
telementoring entity and the hours of assistance provided to 
each physician.
    (b) In this Section, "health care telementoring" means a 
program:
        (1) based on interactive video technology that 
    connects groups of community health care providers in 
    urban and rural underserved areas with specialists in 
    regular real-time collaborative sessions;
        (2) designed around case-based learning and 
    mentorship; and
        (3) that helps local health care providers gain the 
    expertise required to more effectively provide needed 
    services. 
    "Health care telementoring" includes, but is not limited 
to, a program provided to improve services in a variety of 
areas, including, but not limited to, adolescent health, 
Hepatitis C, complex diabetes, geriatrics, mental illness, 
opioid use disorders, substance use disorders, maternity care, 
childhood adversity and trauma, pediatric ADHD, and other 
priorities identified by the Department of Healthcare and 
Family Services. 
  


Effective Date:  1/1/2022