HB1279ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Kelly M. Burke

Filed: 10/17/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1279

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1279 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is amended by changing Section 5.5 as follows:

(225 ILCS 95/5.5)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

Sec. 5.5. Billing. A physician assistant shall not be allowed to personally bill patients or in any way charge for services. The employer of a physician assistant may charge for services rendered by the physician assistant. All claims for services rendered by the physician assistant shall be submitted using the physician assistant's national provider identification number as the rendering billing provider whenever appropriate. Payment for services rendered by a physician assistant shall be made to his or her employer if the payor would have made payment had the services been provided by a physician licensed to provide medicine in all of its branches.

(Source: P.A. 100-453, eff. 8-25-17.)

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