Full Text of SB2057 103rd General Assembly
SB2057sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Christopher Belt Filed: 3/9/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2057
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2057 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 2, line 12, after "3,", by inserting "3.1,"; and | 4 | | on page 7, line 21, after "(l)", by inserting " remediation of | 5 | | and compensation for visual deficits, including "; and | 6 | | on page 13, immediately below line 8, by inserting the | 7 | | following:
| 8 | | "(225 ILCS 75/3.1)
| 9 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
| 10 | | Sec. 3.1. Referrals. | 11 | | (a) A licensed occupational therapist or licensed
| 12 | | occupational therapy assistant may evaluate, initiate, and | 13 | | provide occupational therapy services and consult with, | 14 | | educate, evaluate, and monitor
services for individuals, |
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| 1 | | groups, and populations concerning occupational therapy needs | 2 | | without a referral . Except as indicated in subsections (b) and | 3 | | (c) of this Section, implementation
of direct occupational | 4 | | therapy treatment to individuals for their specific
health | 5 | | care conditions shall be based upon a referral from a licensed
| 6 | | physician, dentist, podiatric physician, advanced practice | 7 | | registered nurse, physician assistant, or optometrist.
| 8 | | (b) (Blank). A referral is not required for the purpose of | 9 | | providing consultation, habilitation, screening, education, | 10 | | wellness, prevention, environmental assessments, and | 11 | | work-related ergonomic services to individuals, groups, or | 12 | | populations. | 13 | | (c) Referral from a physician or other health care | 14 | | provider is not required for evaluation or intervention for | 15 | | children and youths if an occupational therapist or | 16 | | occupational therapy assistant provides services in a | 17 | | school-based or educational environment, including the child's | 18 | | home. | 19 | | (d) An occupational therapist shall refer to a licensed | 20 | | physician, dentist,
optometrist, advanced practice registered | 21 | | nurse, physician assistant, or podiatric physician any a | 22 | | patient to the patient's treating health care professional of | 23 | | record, or to a health care professional of the patient's | 24 | | choosing if there is no health care professional of record, | 25 | | if: | 26 | | (1) the patient does not demonstrate measurable or |
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| 1 | | functional improvement after 10 visits or 15 business | 2 | | days, whichever occurs first, and continued improvement | 3 | | thereafter; | 4 | | (2) the patient was under the care of an occupational | 5 | | therapist without a diagnosis established by a health care | 6 | | professional of a chronic disease that may benefit from | 7 | | occupational therapy and returns for services for the same | 8 | | or similar condition 30 calendar days after being | 9 | | discharged by the occupational therapist; or | 10 | | (3) the patient's whose medical condition should , at | 11 | | the
time of evaluation or services treatment , is be | 12 | | determined to be beyond the scope of
practice of the | 13 | | occupational therapist.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .)"; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | on page 24, by replacing lines 11 through 21 with the | 17 | | following: | 18 | | "(24) Failing to refer a patient or individual whose | 19 | | medical condition should, at the time of evaluation or | 20 | | treatment, be determined to be beyond the scope of | 21 | | practice of the occupational therapist to an appropriate | 22 | | health care professional Having treated patients other | 23 | | than by the practice of occupational therapy as defined in | 24 | | this Act, or having treated patients as a licensed | 25 | | occupational therapist independent of a referral from a |
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| 1 | | physician advanced practice registered nurse or physician | 2 | | assistant in accordance with Section 3.1, dentist, | 3 | | podiatric physician, or optometrist, or having failed to | 4 | | notify the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, | 5 | | physician assistant, dentist, podiatric physician, or | 6 | | optometrist who established a diagnosis that the patient | 7 | | is receiving occupational therapy pursuant to that | 8 | | diagnosis ;".
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