Bill Text: IL HB1457 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that to protect a resident's funds, a facility shall place any monthly allowance to which a resident is entitled in that resident's personal account, or give it to the resident, unless the facility has written authorization from the resident or the resident's guardian (now, the resident or the resident's guardian or if the resident is a minor, his parent) to handle it differently. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1457 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1457-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1457
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1457 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 90/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 4251)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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8 | Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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9 | (1) "Physical therapy" means all of the following: | ||||||
10 | (A) Examining, evaluating, and testing individuals who | ||||||
11 | may have mechanical, physiological, or developmental | ||||||
12 | impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or | ||||||
13 | other health and movement-related conditions, classifying | ||||||
14 | these disorders, determining a rehabilitation prognosis | ||||||
15 | and plan of therapeutic intervention, and assessing the | ||||||
16 | on-going effects of the interventions. |
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1 | (B) Alleviating impairments, functional limitations, | ||||||
2 | or disabilities by designing, implementing, and modifying | ||||||
3 | therapeutic interventions that may include, but are not | ||||||
4 | limited to, the evaluation or treatment of a person through | ||||||
5 | the use of the effective properties of physical measures | ||||||
6 | and heat, cold, light, water, radiant energy, electricity, | ||||||
7 | sound, and air and use of therapeutic massage, therapeutic | ||||||
8 | exercise, mobilization, and rehabilitative procedures, | ||||||
9 | with or without mechanical or assistive devices or | ||||||
10 | instruments , for the purposes of preventing, correcting, | ||||||
11 | or alleviating a physical or mental impairment, functional | ||||||
12 | limitation, or disability. | ||||||
13 | (C) Reducing the risk of injury, impairment, | ||||||
14 | functional limitation, or disability, including the | ||||||
15 | promotion and maintenance of fitness, health, and | ||||||
16 | wellness. | ||||||
17 | (D) Engaging in administration, consultation, | ||||||
18 | education, and research.
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19 | Physical therapy
includes, but is not limited to: (a) | ||||||
20 | performance
of specialized tests and measurements, (b) | ||||||
21 | administration of specialized
treatment procedures including | ||||||
22 | the use of non-surgical invasive techniques , (c) | ||||||
23 | interpretation of referrals from physicians, dentists, | ||||||
24 | advanced practice nurses, physician assistants,
and podiatric | ||||||
25 | physicians, (d) establishment, and modification of physical | ||||||
26 | therapy
treatment programs, (e) administration of topical |
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1 | medication used in generally
accepted physical therapy | ||||||
2 | procedures when such medication is prescribed
by the patient's | ||||||
3 | physician, licensed to practice medicine in all its branches,
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4 | the patient's physician licensed to practice podiatric | ||||||
5 | medicine, the patient's advanced practice nurse, the patient's | ||||||
6 | physician assistant, or the
patient's dentist, and (f) | ||||||
7 | supervision or teaching of physical therapy.
Physical therapy | ||||||
8 | does not include radiology, electrosurgery or surgery , | ||||||
9 | chiropractic
technique or determination of a differential
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10 | diagnosis; provided, however,
the limitation on determining a | ||||||
11 | differential diagnosis shall not in any
manner limit a physical | ||||||
12 | therapist licensed under this Act from performing
an evaluation | ||||||
13 | pursuant to such license. Nothing in this Section shall limit
a | ||||||
14 | physical therapist from employing appropriate physical therapy | ||||||
15 | techniques
that he or she is educated and licensed to perform. | ||||||
16 | A physical therapist
shall refer to a licensed physician, | ||||||
17 | advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, dentist, or | ||||||
18 | podiatric physician any patient
whose medical condition | ||||||
19 | should, at the time of evaluation or treatment, be
determined | ||||||
20 | to be beyond the scope of practice of the physical therapist.
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21 | (2) "Physical therapist" means a person who practices | ||||||
22 | physical therapy
and who has met all requirements as provided | ||||||
23 | in this Act.
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24 | (3) "Department" means the Department of Professional | ||||||
25 | Regulation.
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26 | (4) "Director" means the Director of Professional |
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1 | Regulation.
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2 | (5) "Board" means the Physical Therapy Licensing and | ||||||
3 | Disciplinary Board approved
by the Director.
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4 | (6) "Referral" means a written or oral authorization for | ||||||
5 | physical therapy services for a patient by a physician, | ||||||
6 | dentist, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, or | ||||||
7 | podiatric physician who maintains medical supervision of the | ||||||
8 | patient and makes a diagnosis or verifies that the patient's | ||||||
9 | condition is such that it may be treated by a physical | ||||||
10 | therapist.
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11 | (7) "Documented current and relevant diagnosis" for the | ||||||
12 | purpose of
this Act means a diagnosis, substantiated by | ||||||
13 | signature or oral verification
of a physician, dentist, | ||||||
14 | advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, or podiatric | ||||||
15 | physician, that a patient's condition is such
that it may be | ||||||
16 | treated by physical therapy as defined in this Act, which
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17 | diagnosis shall remain in effect until changed by the | ||||||
18 | physician, dentist, advanced practice nurse, physician | ||||||
19 | assistant,
or podiatric physician.
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20 | (8) "State" includes:
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21 | (a) the states of the United States of America;
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22 | (b) the District of Columbia; and
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23 | (c) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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24 | (9) "Physical therapist assistant" means a person licensed | ||||||
25 | to assist a
physical therapist and who has met all requirements | ||||||
26 | as provided in this Act
and who works under the supervision of |
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1 | a licensed physical therapist to assist
in implementing the | ||||||
2 | physical therapy treatment program as established by the
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3 | licensed physical therapist. The patient care activities | ||||||
4 | provided by the
physical therapist assistant shall not include | ||||||
5 | the interpretation of referrals,
evaluation procedures, or the | ||||||
6 | planning or major modification of patient programs.
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7 | (10) "Physical therapy aide" means a person who has | ||||||
8 | received on
the job training, specific to the facility in which | ||||||
9 | he is employed, but who
has not completed an approved physical | ||||||
10 | therapist assistant program.
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11 | (11) "Advanced practice nurse" means a person licensed | ||||||
12 | under the Nurse Practice Act who has a collaborative agreement | ||||||
13 | with a collaborating physician that authorizes referrals to | ||||||
14 | physical therapists. | ||||||
15 | (12) "Physician assistant" means a person licensed under | ||||||
16 | the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 who has been | ||||||
17 | delegated authority to make referrals to physical therapists.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 98-214, eff. 8-9-13.)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.".
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