Bill Text: IL HJR0055 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Telehealth Services Committee to study the cost savings achieved through the expansion of telehealth services under the State's Medical Assistance Program and to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of telehealth services under the State's Medical Assistance Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-03 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HJR0055 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HJR0055-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
3 | defines "telehealth" as the use of a telecommunication system | ||||||
4 | to provide medical services between places of lesser and | ||||||
5 | greater medical capability and/or expertise, for the purpose of | ||||||
6 | evaluation and treatment; medical data exchanged can take the | ||||||
7 | form of multiple formats: text, graphics, still images, audio | ||||||
8 | and video; the information or data exchanged can occur in real | ||||||
9 | time (synchronous) through interactive video or multimedia | ||||||
10 | collaborative environments or in near real time (asynchronous) | ||||||
11 | through "store and forward" applications; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Under the State's Medical Assistance Program, | ||||||
13 | telehealth services were previously limited to medical | ||||||
14 | evaluations between hospitals only; and
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15 | WHEREAS, In order to improve patient access to specialists, | ||||||
16 | while supporting the quality of care patients receive, on | ||||||
17 | January 29, 2010, the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
18 | Services expanded the covered services for telehealth to | ||||||
19 | include telemedicine and telepsychiatry; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Under telehealth expansion, physicians, advanced | ||||||
21 | practice nurses, podiatrists, Federally Qualified Health | ||||||
22 | Centers (FQHCs), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Encounter Rate |
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1 | Clinics (ERCs) are now allowed to render telemedicine services; | ||||||
2 | and
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3 | WHEREAS, Telehealth services are viewed as a | ||||||
4 | cost-effective alternative to the more traditional | ||||||
5 | face-to-face way of providing medical care; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
7 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
8 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Telehealth | ||||||
9 | Services Committee (Committee) to study and assess the cost | ||||||
10 | savings achieved through the expansion of telehealth services | ||||||
11 | under the State's Medical Assistance Program and to evaluate | ||||||
12 | the efficiency and effectiveness of telehealth services under | ||||||
13 | the State's Medical Assistance Program; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That the Committee shall be composed of the | ||||||
15 | following members: | ||||||
16 | (1) two members appointed by the Speaker of the House | ||||||
17 | of Representatives; | ||||||
18 | (2)
two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
19 | House of Representatives; | ||||||
20 | (3)
two members appointed by the President of the | ||||||
21 | Senate; | ||||||
22 | (4)
two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
23 | Senate; and |
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1 | (5)
one member appointed by the Governor; and be it | ||||||
2 | further
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3 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Committee shall be | ||||||
4 | appointed no later than 30 days after the effective date of | ||||||
5 | this resolution and shall serve without compensation; and be it | ||||||
6 | further
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7 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
8 | Services shall provide administrative support to the | ||||||
9 | Committee; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That the Committee shall submit a report on its | ||||||
11 | findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by August 1, | ||||||
12 | 2016.
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