Bill Text: IL SB2587 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that "health care professionals" includes dentists.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0930 [SB2587 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2587-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 100-0930 | ||||
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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 Telehealth Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 5 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 150/5)
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Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||
"Health care professional" includes physicians, physician | ||||
assistants, dentists, optometrists, advanced practice nurses, | ||||
clinical psychologists licensed in Illinois, and mental health | ||||
professionals and clinicians authorized by Illinois law to | ||||
provide mental health services.
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"Telehealth" means the evaluation, diagnosis, or | ||||
interpretation of electronically transmitted patient-specific | ||||
data between a remote location and a licensed health care | ||||
professional that generates interaction or treatment | ||||
recommendations. "Telehealth" includes telemedicine and the | ||||
delivery of health care services provided by way of an | ||||
interactive telecommunications system, as defined in | ||||
subsection (a) of Section 356z.22 of the Illinois Insurance | ||||
Code.
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(Source: P.A. 100-317, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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