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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Telehealth Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (225 ILCS 150/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Asynchronous store and forward system" means the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | transmission of a patient's medical information through an | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | electronic communications system at an originating site to a | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | health care professional or facility at a distant site that | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | does not require real-time or synchronous interaction between | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the health care professional and the patient. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Distant site" means the location at which the health care | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | professional rendering the telehealth service is located. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | "Established patient" means a patient with a relationship | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | with a health care professional in which there has been an | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | exchange of an individual's protected health information for | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | the purpose of providing patient care, treatment, or services. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | "E-visit" means a patient-initiated non-face-to-face | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | communication through an online patient portal between an | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | established patient and a health care professional. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | "Facility" includes a facility that is owned or operated |
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1 | by a hospital under the Hospital Licensing Act or University | ||||||
2 | of Illinois Hospital Act, a facility under the Nursing Home | ||||||
3 | Care Act, a rural health clinic, a federally qualified health | ||||||
4 | center, a local health department, a community mental health | ||||||
5 | center, a behavioral health clinic as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. | ||||||
6 | Code 140.453, an encounter rate clinic, a skilled nursing | ||||||
7 | facility, a substance use treatment program licensed by the | ||||||
8 | Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery of the | ||||||
9 | Department of Human Services, a school-based health center as | ||||||
10 | defined in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 641.10, a physician's office, a | ||||||
11 | podiatrist's office, a supportive living program provider, a | ||||||
12 | hospice provider, home health agency, or home nursing agency | ||||||
13 | under the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency | ||||||
14 | Licensing Act, a facility under the ID/DD Community Care Act, | ||||||
15 | community-integrated living arrangements as defined in the | ||||||
16 | Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and | ||||||
17 | Certification Act, and a provider who receives reimbursement | ||||||
18 | for a patient's room and board. | ||||||
19 | "Health care professional" includes, but is not limited | ||||||
20 | to, physicians, physician assistants, optometrists, advanced | ||||||
21 | practice registered nurses, clinical psychologists licensed in | ||||||
22 | Illinois, prescribing psychologists licensed in Illinois, | ||||||
23 | dentists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physical | ||||||
24 | therapists, clinical social workers, speech-language | ||||||
25 | pathologists, audiologists, hearing instrument dispensers, | ||||||
26 | athletic trainers, licensed certified substance use disorder |
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1 | treatment providers and clinicians, and mental health | ||||||
2 | professionals and clinicians authorized by Illinois law to | ||||||
3 | provide mental health services, and qualified providers listed | ||||||
4 | under paragraph (8)
of subsection (e) of Section 3 of the Early | ||||||
5 | Intervention
Services System Act, dietitian nutritionists | ||||||
6 | licensed in Illinois, and health care professionals associated | ||||||
7 | with a facility.
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8 | "Interactive telecommunications system" means an audio and | ||||||
9 | video system, an audio-only telephone system (landline or | ||||||
10 | cellular), or any other telecommunications system permitting | ||||||
11 | 2-way, synchronous interactive communication between a patient | ||||||
12 | at an originating site and a health care professional or | ||||||
13 | facility at a distant site. "Interactive telecommunications | ||||||
14 | system" does not include a facsimile machine, electronic mail | ||||||
15 | messaging, or text messaging. | ||||||
16 | "Originating site" means the location at which the patient | ||||||
17 | is located at the time telehealth services are provided to the | ||||||
18 | patient via telehealth. | ||||||
19 | "Remote patient monitoring" means the use of connected | ||||||
20 | digital technologies or mobile medical devices to collect | ||||||
21 | medical and other health data from a patient at one location | ||||||
22 | and electronically transmit that data to a health care | ||||||
23 | professional or facility at a different location for | ||||||
24 | collection and interpretation. | ||||||
25 | "Telehealth services" means the evaluation, diagnosis, or | ||||||
26 | interpretation of electronically transmitted patient-specific |
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1 | data between a remote location and a licensed health care | ||||||
2 | professional that generates interaction or treatment | ||||||
3 | recommendations. "Telehealth services" includes telemedicine | ||||||
4 | and the delivery of health care services, including mental | ||||||
5 | health treatment and substance use disorder treatment and | ||||||
6 | services to a patient, regardless of patient location, | ||||||
7 | provided by way of an interactive telecommunications system, | ||||||
8 | asynchronous store and forward system, remote patient | ||||||
9 | monitoring technologies, e-visits, or virtual check-ins.
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10 | "Virtual check-in" means a brief patient-initiated | ||||||
11 | communication using a technology-based service, excluding | ||||||
12 | facsimile, between an established patient and a health care | ||||||
13 | professional. "Virtual check-in" does not include | ||||||
14 | communications from a related office visit provided within the | ||||||
15 | previous 7 days, nor communications that lead to an office | ||||||
16 | visit or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest | ||||||
17 | available appointment. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-84, eff. 7-19-19; | ||||||
19 | 102-104, eff. 7-22-21.)
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