Bill Text: IL HB5087 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that physical therapy through telehealth services may be used to address access issues to care, enhance care delivery, or increase the physical therapist's ability to assess and direct the patient's performance in the patient's own environment. Provides that a physical therapist or a physical therapist assistant working under the general supervision of a physical therapist may provide physical therapy through telehealth services pursuant to the terms and use defined in the Telehealth Act and the Illinois Insurance Code under specified conditions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Assigned to Licensed Activities [HB5087 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5087-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 1.3 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 90/1.3 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 1.3. Telehealth services. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Physical therapy through telehealth services may be | ||||||
| 9 | used to address access issues to care, enhance care delivery, | ||||||
| 10 | or increase the physical therapist's ability to assess and | ||||||
| 11 | direct the patient's performance in the patient's own | ||||||
| 12 | environment. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant | ||||||
| 14 | working under the general supervision of a physical therapist | ||||||
| 15 | may provide physical therapy through telehealth services | ||||||
| 16 | pursuant to the terms and use defined in the Telehealth Act and | ||||||
| 17 | the Illinois Insurance Code subject to the following | ||||||
| 18 | conditions: | ||||||
| 19 | (1) Initial physical therapy evaluations without a | ||||||
| 20 | referral or established diagnosis may only be performed by | ||||||
| 21 | a licensed physical therapist and cannot be performed via | ||||||
| 22 | telehealth unless necessary to address a documented | ||||||
| 23 | hardship, including, but not limited to, geographical, | ||||||
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