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92_HB6035
LRB9215336DJgc
1 AN ACT in relation to public aid.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 5-8 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 5/5-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-8)
7 Sec. 5-8. Practitioners. In supplying medical assistance,
8 the Illinois Department of Public Aid may provide for the
9 legally authorized services of persons licensed under the
10 Medical Practice Act of 1987, as amended, except as hereafter
11 in this Section stated, whether under a general or limited
12 license, and of persons licensed or registered under other
13 laws of this State to provide dental, medical,
14 pharmaceutical, optometric, podiatric, or nursing services,
15 or other remedial care recognized under State law. The
16 Department may not provide for legally authorized services of
17 any physician who has been convicted of having performed an
18 abortion procedure in a wilful and wanton manner on a woman
19 who was not pregnant at the time such abortion procedure was
20 performed. The utilization of the services of persons
21 engaged in the treatment or care of the sick, which persons
22 are not required to be licensed or registered under the laws
23 of this State, is not prohibited by this Section.
24 (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)