Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning coverage for telehealth services, provides that if an individual or group policy of accident or health insurance provides coverage for telehealth services, it must provide coverage for licensed dietitians, nutritionists, and diabetes educators who counsel senior diabetes patients in the patients' homes to remove the hurdle of transportation for patients to receive treatment. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may authorize licensed dietitians, nutritionists, and diabetes educators to counsel senior diabetes patients in the patients' homes to remove the hurdle of transportation for patients to receive treatment.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-5)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1009
[HB5351 Detail]
Bill Drafts
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| Chaptered | 2018-08-22 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Enrolled | 2018-05-25 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Engrossed | 2018-04-13 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Introduced | 2018-02-16 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
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