House Sponsors: SAVIANO-COULSON-WOOLARD. Senate Sponsors: VIVERITO Short description: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PRACTIC AC Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 to add a caption. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 95/6 Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 85/3 from Ch. 111, par. 4123 225 ILCS 85/4 from Ch. 111, par. 4124 225 ILCS 95/6 from Ch. 111, par. 4606 225 ILCS 95/7 from Ch. 111, par. 4607 225 ILCS 95/7.5 new 225 ILCS 95/21 from Ch. 111, par. 4621 210 ILCS 25/7-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-101 325 ILCS 5/4 from Ch. 23, par. 2054 720 ILCS 570/102 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1102 Replaces the title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 to provide that payments for services rendered by a physician assistant shall be made to his or her employer if payment would have been made had the services been provided by a physician. Allows a supervising physician to supervise up to 2 (now, one) physician assistants. Sets forth additional grounds for discipline of a licensee under the Act. Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act to allow physician assistants to prescribe Schedule III, IV, and V controlled substances in accordance with written guidelines set by rule of the Department. Further amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act to expand the definition of "practitioner" to include a physician assistant. Amends the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act to add physician assistants to the list of persons who may authorize a clinical laboratory to examine specimens. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 to state that physician assistants have limited prescriptive authority under the new Act. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to add physician assistants to the list of persons and entities that must report cases of suspected child abuse. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: TOTAL VETO STANDS Last action date: 97-10-30 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status