Bill Text: IL HB2550 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that an out-of-state health care professional may treat a patient located in this State through telehealth if the patient is a student attending an institution of higher education in this State, but is otherwise not a resident of the State when not attending the institution of higher education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-03-27 - Referred to Assignments [HB2550 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2550-Engrossed.html

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HB2550 Engrossed LRB103 29621 AMQ 56017 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Telehealth Act is amended by changing
Section 10 as follows:
(225 ILCS 150/10)
Sec. 10. Practice authority. A health care professional
treating a patient located in this State through telehealth
services must be licensed or authorized to practice in
Illinois. A health care professional with a temporary permit
for full practice advanced practice registered nurse for
health care, a temporary permit for advanced practice
registered nurse for health care, or a temporary permit for
health care may treat a patient located in this State through
telehealth services in a manner consistent with the health
care professional's scope of practice and agreement with a
sponsoring entity.
An out-of-state health care professional may treat a
patient located in this State through telehealth if the
patient is a student attending an institution of higher
education in this State, but is otherwise not a resident of the
State when not attending the institution of higher education.
(Source: P.A. 102-104, eff. 7-22-21; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.)