Illinois Senate Bill 2069 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning access to psychiatric mental health services via telepsychiatry, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require that a physician or other licensed health care professional be physically present in the same room as the patient for the entire time during which the patient is receiving telepsychiatry services. Provides that the Department shall not require that a physician or other licensed healthcare professional be physically present in the same room as the patient for the entire time during which the patient is receiving telemedicine services. Defines "telemedicine" as the use of a telecommunication system to provide medical services for the purpose of evaluation and treatment when the patient is at one location and the rendering provider is at another location.

DHFS-TELEMEDICINE-REQUIRMNTS

Sen. Pat McGuire [D]

Sen. Pamela Althoff [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2017-08-04	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2017-04-28	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017
2017-04-26	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2017
2017-04-26	Senate	Second Reading
2017-04-17	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
2017-03-16	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 28, 2017
2017-03-16	Senate	Do Pass Special Committee on Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care; 010-000-000
2017-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Special Committee on Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care
2017-02-10	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-02-10	Senate	First Reading
2017-02-10	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pat McGuire

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	5-5.25	Amended Code	Citation Text
305	5	5-5.25a	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2069&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB2069.htm