Bill Text: IL SB2587 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that "health care professionals" includes dentists.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0930 [SB2587 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2587-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that "health care professionals" includes dentists.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0930 [SB2587 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2587-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Telehealth Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 5 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 150/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Health care professional" includes physicians, physician | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | assistants, dentists, optometrists, advanced practice nurses, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | clinical psychologists licensed in Illinois, and mental health | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | professionals and clinicians authorized by Illinois law to | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | provide mental health services.
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13 | "Telehealth" means the evaluation, diagnosis, or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | interpretation of electronically transmitted patient-specific | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | data between a remote location and a licensed health care | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | professional that generates interaction or treatment | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | recommendations. "Telehealth" includes telemedicine and the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | delivery of health care services provided by way of an | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | interactive telecommunications system, as defined in | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | subsection (a) of Section 356z.22 of the Illinois Insurance | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Code.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 100-317, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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