Illinois House Bill 5313 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Creates the Telehealth Act. Provides that telehealth services consist of (1) the provision of services and the mode of delivering health care services, including, but not limited to, primary care, counseling, psychiatry, emergency care, and specialty care and public health services via information and communication technologies, including, but not limited to, remote patient monitoring, to facilitate the examination, assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management, and self-management of a patient's health care while the patient is at the originating site and the health care provider is at a distant site and (2) as it relates to the delivery of health care, mental health care, or substance use disorder treatment, the use of interactive audio, video, or other telecommunications or electronic technology by a health care provider to deliver a health care service within the scope of practice of the health care provider from the distant site to the originating site at which the patient is located. Sets forth the requirements for the delivery of telehealth services and telepsychiatry services. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to provide that health care plans and policies must provide coverage for telehealth services, including primary care, counseling, psychiatry, emergency care, and specialty care as set forth in the Illinois Insurance Code and as otherwise set forth in the Telehealth Act. Sets forth requirements concerning the coverage of telehealth services.

TELEHEALTH ACT-COVERAGE

Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [D]

Rep. Brandon Phelps [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-04-11	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2014-04-09	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2014-04-09	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2014-04-09	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
2014-03-26	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2014-03-25	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
2014-03-25	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 023-000-000
2014-03-24	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-24	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
2014-03-03	House	Assigned to Insurance Committee
2014-02-07	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-07	House	First Reading
2014-02-07	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-22.3f	Amended Code	Citation Text
215	125	5-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
215	130	4003	Amended Code	Citation Text
215	165	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
215	5	356z.22	New Code	See Bill Text
5	375	6.11	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	5-1069.3	Amended Code	Citation Text
65	5	10-4-2.3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5313&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5313.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5313ham001.htm