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.