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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning coverage for telehealth services, provides that if an individual or group policy of accident or health insurance provides coverage for telehealth services, it must provide coverage for licensed dietitians, nutritionists, and diabetes educators who counsel senior diabetes patients in the patients' homes to remove the hurdle of transportation for patients to receive treatment. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may authorize licensed dietitians, nutritionists, and diabetes educators to counsel senior diabetes patients in the patients' homes to remove the hurdle of transportation for patients to receive treatment.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 In provisions amending the Illinois Insurance Code concerning requirements if an individual or group policy provides coverage for telehealth, provides that the individual or group policy must provide coverage for licensed dietitian nutritionists and certified diabetes educators (rather than licensed dietitians, nutritionists, and diabetes educators). In provisions amending the Illinois Public Aid Code, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may authorize licensed dietitian nutritionists and certified diabetes educators (rather than rather than licensed dietitians, nutritionists, and diabetes educators) to counsel senior diabetes patients in the patients' homes to remove the hurdle of transportation for patients to receive treatment.
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