Health Care Professional Legislation - Illinois

MEDICAID-PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that under the Medicaid program, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse psychiatrists for mental health services they provide, as authorized by Illinois law, to recipients via telepsychiatry. Requires the Department to adopt rules establishing a method to reimburse providers for mental health services provided by telepsychiatry. Provides that the reimbursement methodology for mental health services provided by telemedicine shall be comparable to the reimbursement methodology used by the Department for other services provided by telemedicine. Effective immediately. House Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions similar to those of the bill, amending the Illinois Public Aid Code, but with changes that include the following: (1) provides for reimbursement of federally qualified health centers as defined in the Social Security [...]

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POSTPARTUM MOOD DISORDERS PREV Creates the Postpartum Mood Disorders Prevention Act. Sets out the findings of the General Assembly and the purposes of the Act. Provides that the Director of Public Health, in conjunction with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Board of Nursing, shall work with physicians, healthcare facilities, nurses, and licensed health care workers in the State to develop policies and procedures related to the prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of postpartum mood disorders in women. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Perinatal Mental Health Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act. Sets out the findings of the General Assembly and the purposes of the Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in conjunction with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation [...]

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HEALTH FACILITIES-BOARD Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Extends the sunset of the Act to June 30, 2011 (instead of April 1, 2007). Provides that the Health Facilities Planning Board shall consist of 4 consumer members and 5 health care professionals (instead of 5 appointed members). Provides for the terms of the new members. Deletes a provision that prohibits State Board members from being appointed or serving if they have a spouse, parent, or child who is a member of the Board of Directors of, or has a financial or business interest with, a health care facility. Requires the Board to create a 3-member rules revision subcommittee. Requires the Board to prepare written opinions. Provides that the Board has the burden of proving that the proposed construction, modification, or expenditure is not necessary before it denies an application for a permit. Amends the State Finance Act to exclude the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Fund from a Section of the Act [...]

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HUM RTS-PERSON WITH DISABILITY Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that references throughout the Act to people with a disability will be by use of the term "person with a disability" or the term "disabled" (at present, "handicapped"). In the definition of "place of public accommodation", deletes the existing examples and inserts language listing facilities that are considered public accommodations for purposes of the Article. Provides that it is a civil rights violation to deny or refuse full and equal enjoyment of goods of any place of public accommodation. Provides that it is not a civil rights violation for a health care professional to respond to a person protected under the Act by referring the person to another professional or to refuse to treat or provide services to that person, if in the normal exercise of his or her profession the health care professional would for the same reason respond in the same way to an individual who is not protected under the Act [...]

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ACT ON AGING-MEDICATION MANAGE Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Adds medication management to a program of services that the Department on Aging shall establish to prevent unnecessary institutionalization of persons age 60 and older in need of long term care. Provides that the Department shall establish a program to assist persons 60 years of age or older in managing their medications through agreements with local case coordination units. Requires the Department to establish guidelines and standards for the program by rule. Defines "licensed health care professional". Provides guidelines for the program. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 105/4.02 Deletes everything [...]

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SEXUAL ASSLT SURVIVORS TRTMNT Amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. Deletes the definition of sexual assault. Deletes references in the Act to "hospital emergency services" and replaces it with "(i) transfer services or (ii) hospital emergency services and forensic services". Provides that if a surveyor from the Department of Public Health determines that the hospital is not in compliance with its approved plan to provide transfer services or hospital emergency services and forensic services, the surveyor shall provide the hospital with a written list of the specific items of noncompliance within 10 working days after the conclusion of the surveyor's on site review (now, 2 weeks). Provides that the hospital shall have 10 working days to submit to the Department a plan of correction that contains the hospital's specific proposals for correcting the items of noncompliance (now, 14 working days). Creates a provision allowing for hospitals in the area to be [...]

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INSURANCE-CLINICAL BREAST EXAM Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Provides that every insurer shall provide, in each group or individual policy, contract, or certificate of accident or health insurance issued or renewed for persons who are residents of Illinois, coverage for a complete and thorough physical examination of the breast, including but not limited to a comprehensive clinical breast examination of 6-10 minutes in length (that is, an examination of 3-5 minutes in length for each breast), performed by a health care provider to check for lumps and other changes for the purpose of early detection and prevention of breast cancer as follows: (1) annually for women 18 years of age and older; and (2) at any time at the recommendation of the woman's health care provider. Provides that every insurer must establish a separate and distinct reimbursement code for comprehensive clinical breast [...]

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PUB HEALTH-HIV TESTING Amends the AIDS Confidentiality Act. Provides that information concerning testing for HIV infection in subjects may be provided according to guidelines. Provides that a health facility may combine the form used to obtain written informed consent for HIV testing with forms used to obtain written informed consent for general medical care or any other medical test or procedure. Provides that no health care provider or professional may order an HIV test without making available to the person tested information about the meaning of the test results, the availability of additional or confirmatory testing, if appropriate, and the availability of referrals for further information or counseling (now, the provision only applies to a health care professional). Includes provisions concerning informed consent by health care providers and professionals (now, provisions only apply to health care providers). Makes corresponding changes in provisions concerning the disclosure [...]

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ASSISTD LIVNG-HEALTH CARE PROF Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that for the purposes of certain categories of persons who may not be accepted for residency in an establishment, a licensed health care professional may (instead of may not) be employed by the owner or operator of the establishment, its parent entity, or any other entity with ownership common to either the owner or operator of the establishment or parent entity, including but not limited to an affiliate of the owner or operator of the establishment. Effective immediately. House Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 210 ILCS 9/10 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides [...]

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PB HLTH-SEXUALLY TRANS DISEASE Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that any person licensed under the Act shall dispense drugs or medicine with a label indicating the name of the patient except in the practice of expedited partner therapy for the treatment of sexually transmissible diseases. Makes corresponding changes in the Pharmacy Practice Act and the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Amends the Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act. Adds a definition of "health care professional" and "expedited partner therapy". Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish and administer an expedited partner therapy program for the treatment of persons with sexually transmissible diseases, as determined by the Department, taking into account the recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and other nationally recognized medical authorities. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health care professional who [...]

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DHS-GOOD SAMARITN-DRUG OVRDOSE Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act and the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that the Director of Human Services may publish an annual report on statewide drug overdose trends, may establish a program to provide for the publication of drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response literature, may provide advice to State and local officials concerning drug overdose problems, and may award grants to create or support local drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response projects. Provides for civil and criminal immunity for (i) any person who is not otherwise licensed to administer an opioid antagonist if he or she, acting with reasonable care, administers without fee an opioid antagonist and believes in good faith that another person is experiencing a drug overdose and (ii) a health care provider who, acting in good faith, prescribes, dispenses, or distributes an opioid antagonist to a person who, in the judgment of [...]

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AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to provide coverage for autism spectrum disorders to the extent that the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders are not already covered by the policy or plan. Provides that this coverage shall be subject to a maximum benefit of $36,000 per year, but shall not be subject to any limits on the number of visits to an autism service provider. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 130/4003

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PUB HLTH-PRENATAL HIV TESTING Amends the Perinatal HIV Prevention Act. Provides that every health care professional who provides health care services to a pregnant woman shall provide the woman with HIV counseling and perform (instead of recommend) HIV testing in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings, unless she has already received an HIV test during pregnancy or she refuses in writing to take the test. Provides that every health care professional who provides health care services to a pregnant women, prior to providing an HIV test, must provide the pregnant woman with oral or written information and inform the woman of her right to refuse the test, and, upon request, provide the woman with the necessary forms to register her refusal. Provides that every health care professional who provides health care services to a pregnant woman shall not perform [...]

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ASSISTD LIVNG-HEALTH CARE PROF Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that for the purposes of certain categories of persons who may not be accepted for residency in an establishment, a licensed health care professional may (instead of may not) be employed by the owner or operator of the establishment, its parent entity, or any other entity with ownership common to either the owner or operator of the establishment or parent entity, including but not limited to an affiliate of the owner or operator of the establishment. Effective immediately. House Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 210 ILCS 9/10 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides [...]

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PUB HEALTH-HIV TESTING Amends the AIDS Confidentiality Act. Provides that information concerning testing for HIV infection in subjects may be provided according to guidelines. Provides that a health facility may combine the form used to obtain written informed consent for HIV testing with forms used to obtain written informed consent for general medical care or any other medical test or procedure. Provides that no health care provider or professional may order an HIV test without making available to the person tested information about the meaning of the test results, the availability of additional or confirmatory testing, if appropriate, and the availability of referrals for further information or counseling (now, the provision only applies to a health care professional). Includes provisions concerning informed consent by health care providers and professionals (now, provisions only apply to health care providers). Makes corresponding changes in provisions concerning the disclosure [...]

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SEXUAL ASSLT SURVIVORS TRTMNT Amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. Deletes the definition of sexual assault. Deletes references in the Act to "hospital emergency services" and replaces it with "(i) transfer services or (ii) hospital emergency services and forensic services". Provides that if a surveyor from the Department of Public Health determines that the hospital is not in compliance with its approved plan to provide transfer services or hospital emergency services and forensic services, the surveyor shall provide the hospital with a written list of the specific items of noncompliance within 10 working days after the conclusion of the surveyor's on site review (now, 2 weeks). Provides that the hospital shall have 10 working days to submit to the Department a plan of correction that contains the hospital's specific proposals for correcting the items of noncompliance (now, 14 working days). Creates a provision allowing for hospitals in the area to be [...]

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