Bill Text: IL HB5772 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may enter into contractual agreements with a company that offers telehealth services or text-a-physician services or other text-based health care services. Defines "physician", "telehealth", and "text-based health care services". Effective January 1, 2027.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-05-12 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5772 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB5772-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB5772 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 29.4 heading new
65 ILCS 5/11-29.4-1 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may enter into contractual agreements with a company that offers telehealth services or text-a-physician services or other text-based health care services. Defines "physician", "telehealth", and "text-based health care services". Effective January 1, 2027.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
adding Division 29.4 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 29.4 heading new)
DIVISION 29.4. TEXT-A-PHYSICIAN AND OTHER TELEHEALTH SERVICES
(65 ILCS 5/11-29.4-1 new)
Sec. 11-29.4-1. Text-a-physician and other telehealth
services.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Physician" means any person licensed to practice medicine
in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
"Telehealth" means the evaluation, diagnosis, or
interpretation of patient-specific data that is transmitted by
way of an interactive telecommunication system between a
remote location and a physician located at a distant site that
generates interaction or treatment recommendations for a
patient located at a remote location.
"Text-based health care services" means an asynchronous
program that provides residents of a municipality with the
opportunity to connect with licensed State medical

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professionals, including, but not limited to, physicians, via
text message to obtain answers to medical questions, guidance
concerning medical issues, physician notes for work and
school, and, if necessary, prescriptions for routine
medications. "Text-based health care services" includes
programs that provide text-a-physician services.
(b) A municipality may enter into contractual agreements
with a company that offers telehealth services or
text-a-physician services or other text-based health care
services.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2027.