Bill Text: IL HB1825 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning billing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1825 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1825-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1825 Introduced , by Rep. Kathleen Willis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 95/5.5
Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning billing.
LRB102 13927 SPS 19278 b
A BILL FOR
HB1825 LRB102 13927 SPS 19278 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is
amended by changing Section 5.5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 95/5.5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 5.5. Billing. A physician assistant shall not be
allowed to personally bill patients or in any way charge for
services. The The employer of a physician assistant may charge
for services rendered by the physician assistant. All claims
for services rendered by the physician assistant shall be
submitted using the physician assistant's national provider
identification number as the rendering provider whenever
appropriate. Payment for services rendered by a physician
assistant shall be made to his or her employer if the payor
would have made payment had the services been provided by a
physician licensed to provide medicine in all of its branches.
(Source: P.A. 100-453, eff. 8-25-17; 100-559, eff. 12-8-17.)