SB2993 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2993

Introduced 1/27/2026, by Sen. Rachel Ventura

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 60/2	from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2
225 ILCS 60/7.3 new
225 ILCS 60/10	from Ch. 111, par. 4400-10

Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that "artificial intelligence" has the meaning given to that term in the Illinois Human Rights Act. Prohibits a person licensed under the Act from allowing artificial intelligence to prescribe medication if the person licensed under the Act does not maintain full control and responsibility for the prescription. Establishes penalty provisions for violations of provisions concerning the use of artificial intelligence to prescribe medication. Grants the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation investigatory authority for those violations and rulemaking authority regarding the authorized use of artificial intelligence to prescribe medication. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by changing Sections 2 and 10 and adding Section 7.3 as follows:

(225 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall have the following meanings, except where the context requires otherwise:

"Act" means the Medical Practice Act of 1987.

"Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.

"Artificial intelligence" has the meaning given to that term in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.

"Chiropractic physician" means a person licensed to treat human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative surgery. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a chiropractic physician from providing advice regarding the use of non-prescription products or from administering atmospheric oxygen. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize a chiropractic physician to prescribe drugs.

"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

"Disciplinary action" means revocation, suspension, probation, supervision, practice modification, reprimand, required education, fines or any other action taken by the Department against a person holding a license.

"Email address of record" means the designated email address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.

"Final determination" means the governing body's final action taken under the procedure followed by a health care institution, or professional association or society, against any person licensed under the Act in accordance with the bylaws or rules and regulations of such health care institution, or professional association or society.

"Fund" means the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund.

"Impaired" means the inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety due to physical or mental disabilities as evidenced by a written determination or written consent based on clinical evidence including deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill, or abuse of drugs or alcohol, of sufficient degree to diminish a person's ability to deliver competent patient care.

"International medical graduate" means a medical graduate (i) who has been trained in a country other than the United States; (ii) whose education has been certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates; (iii) who has passed Step 1, Step 2 Clinical Knowledge, and Step 3 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination as required by this Act; (iv) who maintains an unencumbered license from another country; and (v) who is not licensed to practice medicine in any state or territory of the United States.

"Medical Board" means the Illinois State Medical Board.

"Physician" means a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act to practice medicine in all of its branches or a chiropractic physician.

"Professional association" means an association or society of persons licensed under this Act, and operating within the State of Illinois, including but not limited to, medical societies, osteopathic organizations, and chiropractic organizations, but this term shall not be deemed to include hospital medical staffs.

"Program of care, counseling, or treatment" means a written schedule of organized treatment, care, counseling, activities, or education, satisfactory to the Medical Board, designed for the purpose of restoring an impaired person to a condition whereby the impaired person can practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety of a sufficient degree to deliver competent patient care.

"Reinstate" means to change the status of a license or permit from inactive or nonrenewed status to active status.

"Restore" means to remove an encumbrance from a license due to probation, suspension, or revocation.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation.

(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-1, eff. 4-27-23.)

(225 ILCS 60/7.3 new)

Sec. 7.3. Use of artificial intelligence to prescribe medication.

(a) No person licensed under this Act shall allow artificial intelligence to prescribe medication if the person licensed under this Act does not maintain full control and responsibility for the prescription.

(b) In addition to any other penalties under this Act, any individual, corporation, or entity found in violation of this Section shall pay a civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed $10,000 per violation, as determined by the Department, with penalties assessed based on the degree of harm and the circumstances of the violation. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the Department after a hearing is held in accordance with Section 2105-100 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. An individual, corporation, or entity found in violation of this Act shall pay the civil penalty within 60 days after the date of an order by the Department imposing the civil penalty. The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and executed in the same manner as any judgment from a court of record.

(c) The Department may investigate any actual, alleged, or suspected violation of this Section.

(225 ILCS 60/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-10)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

Sec. 10. The Department shall:

(A) make rules for establishing reasonable minimum standards of educational requirements to be observed by medical, osteopathic and chiropractic colleges;

(B) effectuate the policy of the State of Illinois that the quality of medical training is an appropriate concern in the recruiting, licensing, credentialing and participation in residency programs of physicians. However, it is inappropriate to discriminate against any physician because of national origin or geographic location of medical education;

(B-5) publish on its website information concerning the process for requesting a rehearing under Section 40 and the process for restoring a license under Section 43 after the successful completion of a term of probation, suspension, or revocation of a license; and

(C) formulate rules and regulations required for the administration of this Act; and .

(D) adopt rules regarding the authorized use of artificial intelligence to prescribe medication in accordance with Section 7.3.

(Source: P.A. 102-229, eff. 1-1-22.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.