Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that to ensure a behavioral health clinic that is enrolled as a provider under the medical assistance program maintains staff who are licensed to engage in the practice of applied behavior analysis, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall, by rule, include a behavioral analyst licensed under the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act to the Department's definition of "licensed practitioner of the healing arts". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-04-06 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer [HB2281 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Dagmara Avelar [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Maura Hirschauer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-049	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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