Bill Text: IL HB1359 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that health care workers licensed by the State be automatically and indefinitely suspended at such time as the final trial proceedings are concluded whereby a licensee has been adjudicated and found guilty, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of the State, the laws of any other state, or the laws of the United States of America for any offense reasonably related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of their profession, or arising out of any investigation thereof, and for any offense in which defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, or any other health insurance provider is an essential element, whether or not sentence is imposed. Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act to make similar changes concerning hearing instrument dispensers licensed under the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-31 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0211 [HB1359 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB1359-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 099-0211 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of | ||||
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||||
Section 2105-170 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2105/2105-170 new) | ||||
Sec. 2105-170. Health care workers; automatic suspension | ||||
of license. A health care worker, as defined by the Health Care | ||||
Worker Self-Referral Act, licensed by the Department shall be | ||||
automatically and indefinitely suspended at such time as the | ||||
final trial proceedings are concluded whereby a licensee has | ||||
been either convicted of, or has entered a plea of guilty or | ||||
nolo contendere in a criminal prosecution to, a criminal health | ||||
care or criminal insurance fraud offense, requiring intent, | ||||
under the laws of the State, the laws of any other state, or | ||||
the laws of the United States of America, including, but not | ||||
limited to, criminal Medicare or Medicaid fraud. A certified | ||||
copy of the conviction or judgment shall be the basis for the | ||||
suspension. If a licensee requests a hearing, then the sole | ||||
purpose of the hearing shall be limited to the length of the | ||||
suspension of the licensee's license, as the conviction or | ||||
judgment is a matter of record and may not be challenged.
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