Bill Text: IL HB3091 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in supplying medical assistance, to provide for the legally authorized services of persons licensed under the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act as clinical professional counselors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3091 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3091-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3091 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-8 from Ch. 23, par. 5-8
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in supplying medical assistance, to provide for the legally authorized services of persons licensed under the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act as clinical professional counselors.
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 5-8 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-8)
Sec. 5-8. Practitioners. In supplying medical assistance,
the Illinois Department may provide for the legally authorized
services of (i) persons licensed under the Medical Practice Act
of 1987, as amended, except as hereafter in this Section
stated, whether under a general or limited license, (ii)
persons licensed under the Nurse Practice Act as advanced
practice registered nurses, regardless of whether or not the
persons have written collaborative agreements, (iii) persons
licensed or registered under other laws of this State to
provide dental, medical, pharmaceutical, optometric,
podiatric, or nursing services, or other remedial care
recognized under State law, (iv) persons licensed under other
laws of this State as a clinical social worker, and (v) persons
licensed under other laws of this State as physician
assistants. The Department shall adopt rules, no later than 90
days after January 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
99-621), for the legally authorized services of persons

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licensed under other laws of this State as a clinical social
worker. The Department shall provide for the legally authorized
services of persons licensed under the Professional Counselor
and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act
as clinical professional counselors. The utilization of the
services of persons engaged in the treatment or care of the
sick, which persons are not required to be licensed or
registered under the laws of this State, is not prohibited by
this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 99-621, eff. 1-1-17;
100-453, eff. 8-25-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-538, eff.
1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)