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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2895 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that an out-of-state health care professional may treat a patient located in this State through telehealth if the patient is a student attending an institution of higher education in this State, but is otherwise not a resident of the State when not attending the institution of higher education. |
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| | HB2895 | | LRB104 09446 AAS 19506 b |
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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 Telehealth Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 150/10) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Practice authority. A health care professional |
| 8 | | treating a patient located in this State through telehealth |
| 9 | | services must be licensed or authorized to practice in |
| 10 | | Illinois. A health care professional with a temporary permit |
| 11 | | for full practice advanced practice registered nurse for |
| 12 | | health care, a temporary permit for advanced practice |
| 13 | | registered nurse for health care, or a temporary permit for |
| 14 | | health care may treat a patient located in this State through |
| 15 | | telehealth services in a manner consistent with the health |
| 16 | | care professional's scope of practice and agreement with a |
| 17 | | sponsoring entity. |
| 18 | | An out-of-state health care professional may treat a |
| 19 | | patient located in this State through telehealth if the |
| 20 | | patient is a student attending an institution of higher |
| 21 | | education in this State, but is otherwise not a resident of the |
| 22 | | State when not attending the institution of higher education. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 102-104, eff. 7-22-21; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.) |