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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4642 Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that a pediatric neurologist or any other physician who diagnoses autism in a child must provide to the child's family, at a follow-up appointment, a pamphlet listing autism-specific support services in the area. |
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| | HB4642 | | LRB104 17769 AAS 31201 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 Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 67 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 60/67 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 67. Autism diagnosis; pamphlets. A pediatric |
| 8 | | neurologist or any other physician who diagnoses autism in a |
| 9 | | child must provide to the child's family, at a follow-up |
| 10 | | appointment, a pamphlet listing autism-specific support |
| 11 | | services in the area. |