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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1825 Introduced , by Rep. Kathleen Willis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning billing.
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| | HB1825 | | LRB102 13927 SPS 19278 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 5.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 95/5.5) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) |
| 8 | | Sec. 5.5. Billing. A physician assistant shall not be |
| 9 | | allowed to personally bill patients or in any way charge for |
| 10 | | services. The The employer of a physician assistant may charge |
| 11 | | for services rendered by the physician assistant. All claims |
| 12 | | for services rendered by the physician assistant shall be |
| 13 | | submitted using the physician assistant's national provider |
| 14 | | identification number as the rendering provider whenever |
| 15 | | appropriate. Payment for services rendered by a physician |
| 16 | | assistant shall be made to his or her employer if the payor |
| 17 | | would have made payment had the services been provided by a |
| 18 | | physician licensed to provide medicine in all of its branches.
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| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 100-453, eff. 8-25-17; 100-559, eff. 12-8-17.)
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