Bill Text: IL HB3879 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to designate one or more health care telementoring entities based on an application to be developed by the Department. Allows approved applicants from Illinois to be eligible for State funding in accordance with rules developed by the Department. Provides that 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. Defines "health care telementoring".

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0512 [HB3879 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3879-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 102-0512
HB3879 Enrolled LRB102 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.