Bill Text: IL HB3437 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Task Force on Prescribing Psychologist Licensing and Oversight Act. Provides that the Task Force is created within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides for membership, appointment, vacancy, and meeting support of the Task Force. Provides that the subject matter of the Task Force shall include, but not be limited to, the following inquiries: (1) will allowing prescribing psychologists to expand the prescribing psychologists' scope to include children and seniors help increase access to treatment for underserved areas and populations, including rural patients and patients on Medicaid; and (2) do prescribing psychologists receive sufficient regulatory oversight, medical supervision, and disciplinary enforcement to fully protect patient safety. Provides that the Task Force shall prepare an annual report that summarizes its work and makes recommendations resulting from its deliberations. Provides that the Task Force shall submit the report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly. Provides that the Task Force shall submit the first report one year after the first meeting of the Task Force.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3437 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3437-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3437 Introduced , by Rep. William E Hauter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Task Force on Prescribing Psychologist Licensing and Oversight Act. Provides that the Task Force is created within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides for membership, appointment, vacancy, and meeting support of the Task Force. Provides that the subject matter of the Task Force shall include, but not be limited to, the following inquiries: (1) will allowing prescribing psychologists to expand the prescribing psychologists' scope to include children and seniors help increase access to treatment for underserved areas and populations, including rural patients and patients on Medicaid; and (2) do prescribing psychologists receive sufficient regulatory oversight, medical supervision, and disciplinary enforcement to fully protect patient safety. Provides that the Task Force shall prepare an annual report that summarizes its work and makes recommendations resulting from its deliberations. Provides that the Task Force shall submit the report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly. Provides that the Task Force shall submit the first report one year after the first meeting of the Task Force.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task
Force on Prescribing Psychologist Licensing and Oversight Act.
Section 5. Purpose. The Task Force on Prescribing
Psychologist Licensing and Oversight is created within the
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The Task
Force shall aim to answer the following questions:
(1) How much can prescribing psychologists increase
overall access to care in this State?
(2) Do prescribing psychologists receive the
appropriate training and oversight to protect patient
safety?
Section 10. Membership; appointment; vacancy; meeting
support.
(a) The Task Force shall have the following members:
(1) the Secretary of Financial and Professional
Regulation, or the Secretary's designee;
(2) the Director of the Division of Professional
Regulation, or the Director's designee;
(3) the Chief Medical Coordinator of the Division of

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Professional Regulation;
(4) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or
the Speaker's designee;
(5) the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, or the Leader's designee;
(6) the President of the Senate, or the President's
designee;
(7) the Minority Leader of the Senate, or the Leader's
designee;
(8) a representative of a statewide membership
organization for psychiatrists in this State that serves
to provide education, professional collaboration, and
advocacy for its members, appointed by the Secretary;
(9) a psychiatrist licensed and practicing in this
State who has received specific training to specialize in
treating child and adolescents patients, appointed by the
Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation;
(10) a psychiatrist licensed and practicing in this
State who has received specific training to specialize in
treating geriatric patients, appointed by the Secretary of
Financial and Professional Regulation;
(11) a representative of a statewide membership
organization for this State prescribing psychologists that
serves to provide education, professional collaboration,
and advocacy for its members, appointed by the Secretary
of Financial and Professional Regulation;

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(12) a psychologist licensed and practicing in this
State who has received specific training to specialize in
treating child and adolescents patients, appointed by the
Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation; and
(13) a psychologist licensed and practicing in this
State who has received specific training to specialize in
treating geriatric patients, appointed by the Secretary of
Financial and Professional Regulation.
(b) If a vacancy occurs in the Task Force, the vacancy
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment
for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(c) The Task Force shall meet once every 2 months,
indefinitely, until the Task Force votes to dissolve itself.
Nothing in this Section prohibits the Task Force from meeting
more often if it deems it necessary to do so.
(d) The Department shall provide administrative support to
the Task Force.
(e) The Task Force shall only meet once a majority of
members are appointed.
(f) The Secretary of Financial and Professional
Regulation, or the Secretary's designee, shall be the chair of
the Task Force.
Section 15. Subject matter of the Task Force. The subject
matter of the Task Force shall include, but not be limited to,
the following inquiries:

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(a) Will allowing prescribing psychologists to expand the
prescribing psychologists' scope to include children and
seniors help increase access to treatment for underserved
areas and populations, including rural patients and patients
on Medicaid?
(b) Do prescribing psychologists receive sufficient
regulatory oversight, medical supervision, and disciplinary
enforcement to fully protect patient safety?
Section 20. Report.
(a) The Task Force shall prepare an annual report that
summarizes its work and makes recommendations resulting from
its deliberations.
(b) The Task Force shall submit the report of its findings
and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
(c) The Task Force shall submit the first report no later
than one year after the first meeting of the Task Force.