Illinois House Bill 1437

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-10 - House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that the State of Illinois ratifies and approves the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact. Provides that the purpose of the Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services, and states that the Compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of state licensure. In the Compact, contains provisions concerning definitions, state participation in the Compact, active duty military personnel and their spouses, adverse actions, establishment of the Physical Therapy Compact Commission, a data system, rulemaking, oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement, date of implementation, withdrawal, construction, and severability.

PHYSICAL THERAPY COMPACT

Rep. Lawrence Walsh [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-10	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-10	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-10	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-07	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
2023-03-06	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-06	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
2023-02-28	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
2023-02-24	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-24	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
2023-02-07	House	Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
2023-01-31	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-01-31	House	First Reading
2023-01-25	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	90	33.5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1437&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB1437.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB1437ham001.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB1437ham002.htm