99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4051
 
Introduced , by Rep. Dan Brady
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



            
105 ILCS 145/10
215 ILCS 125/1-2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1402
215 ILCS 130/1002 from Ch. 73, par. 1501-2
215 ILCS 134/10
215 ILCS 165/2 from Ch. 32, par. 596
215 ILCS 165/7 from Ch. 32, par. 601
770 ILCS 23/5

 Amends the Care of Students with Diabetes Act, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Health Care Services Lien Act to add pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services to the types of health services under the Acts and to add pharmacists as health care providers or health care professionals under the Acts. Effective January 1, 2016.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning pharmacists.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Care of Students with Diabetes Act is 
5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

6 (105 ILCS 145/10)

7 Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

8 "Delegated care aide" means a school employee who has 
9agreed to receive training in diabetes care and to assist 
10students in implementing their diabetes care plan and has 
11entered into an agreement with a parent or guardian and the 
12school district or private school.

13 "Diabetes care plan" means a document that specifies the 
14diabetes-related services needed by a student at school and at 
15school-sponsored activities and identifies the appropriate 
16staff to provide and supervise these services.

17 "Health care provider" means a physician licensed to 
18practice medicine in all of its branches, advanced practice 
19nurse who has a written agreement with a collaborating 
20physician who authorizes the provision of diabetes care, or a 
21physician assistant who has a written supervision agreement 
22with a supervising physician who authorizes the provision of 
23diabetes care, or a pharmacist licensed to practice pharmacy.
 
 
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1 "Principal" means the principal of the school.

2 "School" means any primary or secondary public, charter, or 
3private school located in this State.

4 "School employee" means a person who is employed by a 
5public school district or private school, a person who is 
6employed by a local health department and assigned to a school, 
7or a person who contracts with a school or school district to 
8perform services in connection with a student's diabetes care 
9plan.
This definition must not be interpreted as requiring a 
10school district or private school to hire additional personnel 
11for the sole purpose of serving as a designated care aide.

12(Source: P.A. 96-1485, eff. 12-1-10.)

13 Section 10. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is 
14amended by changing Section 1-2 as follows:




15 (215 ILCS 125/1-2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1402)



16 Sec. 1-2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the 
17context otherwise
requires, the following terms shall have the 
18meanings ascribed to them:

19 (1) "Advertisement" means any printed or published 
20material,
audiovisual material and descriptive literature of 
21the health care plan
used in direct mail, newspapers, 
22magazines, radio scripts, television
scripts, billboards and 
23similar displays; and any descriptive literature or
sales aids 
24of all kinds disseminated by a representative of the health 
 
 
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1care
plan for presentation to the public including, but not 
2limited to, circulars,
leaflets, booklets, depictions, 
3illustrations, form letters and prepared
sales presentations.

4 (2) "Director" means the Director of Insurance.

5 (3) "Basic health care services" means emergency care, and 
6inpatient
hospital and physician care, outpatient medical 
7services, mental
health services and care for alcohol and drug 
8abuse, including any
reasonable deductibles and co-payments, 
9all of which are subject to the
limitations described in 
10Section 4-20 of this Act and as determined by the Director 
11pursuant to rule.

12 (4) "Enrollee" means an individual who has been enrolled in 
13a health
care plan.

14 (5) "Evidence of coverage" means any certificate, 
15agreement,
or contract issued to an enrollee setting out the 
16coverage to which he is
entitled in exchange for a per capita 
17prepaid sum.

18 (6) "Group contract" means a contract for health care 
19services which
by its terms limits eligibility to members of a 
20specified group.

21 (7) "Health care plan" means any arrangement whereby any 
22organization
undertakes to provide or arrange for and pay for 
23or reimburse the
cost of basic health care services, excluding 
24any reasonable deductibles and copayments, from providers 
25selected by
the Health Maintenance Organization and such 
26arrangement
consists of arranging for or the provision of such 
 
 
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1health care services, as
distinguished from mere 
2indemnification against the cost of such services,
except as 
3otherwise authorized by Section 2-3 of this Act,
on a per 
4capita prepaid basis, through insurance or otherwise. A "health

5care plan" also includes any arrangement whereby an 
6organization undertakes to
provide or arrange for or pay for or 
7reimburse the cost of any health care
service for persons who 
8are enrolled under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid
Code or 
9under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act through

10providers selected by the organization and the arrangement 
11consists of making
provision for the delivery of health care 
12services, as distinguished from mere
indemnification. A 
13"health care plan" also includes any arrangement pursuant
to 
14Section 4-17. Nothing in this definition, however, affects the 
15total
medical services available to persons eligible for 
16medical assistance under the
Illinois Public Aid Code.

17 (8) "Health care services" means any services included in 
18the furnishing
to any individual of medical, or dental, or 
19pharmacy care, or the hospitalization or
incident to the 
20furnishing of such care or hospitalization as well as the

21furnishing to any person of any and all other services for the 
22purpose of
preventing, alleviating, curing or healing human 
23illness or injury.

24 (9) "Health Maintenance Organization" means any 
25organization formed
under the laws of this or another state to 
26provide or arrange for one or
more health care plans under a 
 
 
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1system which causes any part of the risk of
health care 
2delivery to be borne by the organization or its providers.

3 (10) "Net worth" means admitted assets, as defined in 
4Section 1-3 of
this Act, minus liabilities.

5 (11) "Organization" means any insurance company, a 
6nonprofit
corporation authorized under the Dental
Service Plan 
7Act or the Voluntary
Health Services Plans Act,
or a 
8corporation organized under the laws of this or another state 
9for the
purpose of operating one or more health care plans and 
10doing no business other
than that of a Health Maintenance 
11Organization or an insurance company.
"Organization" shall 
12also mean the University of Illinois Hospital as
defined in the 
13University of Illinois Hospital Act or a unit of local 
14government health system operating within a county with a 
15population of 3,000,000 or more.

16 (12) "Provider" means any physician, hospital facility,

17facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, pharmacist, 
18or facility or long-term care facility as those terms are 
19defined in the Nursing Home Care Act or other person which is 
20licensed or otherwise authorized
to furnish health care 
21services and also includes any other entity that
arranges for 
22the delivery or furnishing of health care service.

23 (13) "Producer" means a person directly or indirectly 
24associated with a
health care plan who engages in solicitation 
25or enrollment.

26 (14) "Per capita prepaid" means a basis of prepayment by 
 
 
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1which a fixed
amount of money is prepaid per individual or any 
2other enrollment unit to
the Health Maintenance Organization or 
3for health care services which are
provided during a definite 
4time period regardless of the frequency or
extent of the 
5services rendered
by the Health Maintenance Organization, 
6except for copayments and deductibles
and except as provided in 
7subsection (f) of Section 5-3 of this Act.

8 (15) "Subscriber" means a person who has entered into a 
9contractual
relationship with the Health Maintenance 
10Organization for the provision of
or arrangement of at least 
11basic health care services to the beneficiaries
of such 
12contract.

13(Source: P.A. 97-1148, eff. 1-24-13; 98-651, eff. 6-16-14; 
1498-841, eff. 8-1-14; revised 10-24-14.)


15 Section 15. The Limited Health Service Organization Act is 
16amended by changing Section 1002 as follows:




17 (215 ILCS 130/1002) (from Ch. 73, par. 1501-2)



18 Sec. 1002. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the 
19context
otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the 
20meanings ascribed
to them:

21 "Advertisement" means any printed or published material,

22audiovisual material and descriptive literature of the limited 
23health care
plan used in direct mail, newspapers, magazines, 
24radio scripts, television
scripts, billboards and similar 
 
 
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1displays; and any descriptive literature or
sales aids of all 
2kinds disseminated by a representative of the limited
health 
3care plan for presentation to the public including, but not 
4limited
to, circulars, leaflets, booklets, depictions, 
5illustrations, form letters
and prepared sales presentations.

6 "Copayment" means the amount that an enrollee must pay in 
7order to
receive a specific service that is not fully prepaid.

8 "Director" means the Director of Insurance.

9 "Enrollee" means an individual who has been enrolled in a 
10limited health care plan.

11 "Evidence of coverage" means any certificate, agreement or

12contract issued to an enrollee setting out the coverage to 
13which that
enrollee is entitled in exchange for a per capita 
14prepaid sum.

15 "Group contract" means a contract for limited health 
16services
which by its terms limits eligibility to members of a 
17specified group.

18 "In-plan covered services" means covered limited health 
19services
obtained from providers who are employed by, under 
20contract with, referred
by, or otherwise affiliated with the 
21LHSO and emergency services.

22 "Limited health care plan" means any arrangement whereby an

23organization undertakes to provide or arrange for and, pay for 
24or reimburse
the cost of any limited health services from 
25providers selected by the
limited health service organization 
26and such arrangement consists of
arranging for or the provision 
 
 
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1of such limited health services on a per
capita prepaid basis, 
2as distinguished from mere indemnification against
the cost of 
3such limited services on a per capita prepaid basis through

4insurance except as otherwise provided under Section 3009.

5 "Limited health service" means ambulance care services, 
6dental care
services, vision care services, pharmaceutical 
7services, pharmacist-provided services, clinical laboratory

8services, and podiatric care services. Limited health service 
9shall not
include hospital, medical, surgical or emergency 
10services except when those
services are essential to the 
11delivery of the limited health service.
Essential hospital, 
12medical, surgical, or emergency services shall be covered

13unless specifically excluded.

14 "Limited health service organization" (LHSO) means any 
15organization
formed under the laws of this or another state to 
16provide or arrange for
one or more limited health care plans 
17under a system which causes any part
of the risk of limited 
18health care delivery to be borne by the organization
or its 
19providers.

20 "Net worth" means admitted assets, as defined in Section 
211003 of
this Act, minus liabilities.

22 "Organization" means any insurance company or other 
23corporation
organized under the laws of this or another state 
24for the purpose of
operating one or more limited health care 
25plans and doing no business other
than that of a health 
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1organization or an insurance company. Organization does not 
2include (1)
any entity otherwise authorized on the effective 
3date of this Act pursuant
to the laws of this State either to 
4provide any limited health service on a
prepayment basis or to 
5indemnity for any limited health service; nor does
it include 
6(2) any provider or other entity when providing or arranging 
7for
the provision of limited health services pursuant to a 
8contract with a
limited health service organization or with any 
9entity described in (1) of
this definition.

10 "Out-of-plan covered services" means non-emergency, 
11self-referred
covered limited health services obtained from 
12providers who are not
otherwise employed by, under contract 
13with, or otherwise affiliated with
the LHSO or services 
14obtained without a referral from providers who have
contracted 
15to provide limited health services to the enrollee on behalf of

16the limited health care plan.

17 "Point-of-service product" (POS) means a group contract 
18that includes
both in-plan covered services and out-of-plan 
19covered services as well as a
POS contract in which the risk 
20for out-of-plan covered services is borne
through reinsurance. 
21This term does not apply to indemnity benefits
offered through 
22an LHSO that are underwritten in whole by a licensed
insurance 
23carrier and offered in conjunction with the LHSO benefit 
24package.

25 "Provider" means any physician, dentist, pharmacist, 
26health facility, or
other person or institution which is duly 
 
 
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1licensed or otherwise authorized
to deliver or furnish limited 
2health services and also includes any other
entity that 
3arranges for the delivery or furnishing of limited health 
4service.

5 "Per capita prepaid" means a basis of payment by which a 
6fixed
amount of money is prepaid per individual or any other 
7enrollment unit to
the limited health service organization or 
8for limited health services
which are provided during a 
9definite time period regardless of the
frequency or extent of 
10the services rendered, except for copayments of a
fixed amount 
11by the limited health service organization.

12 "Subscriber" means the person whose employment or other 
13status,
except for family dependency, is the basis for 
14entitlement to limited
health services pursuant to a contract 
15with an organization authorized to
provide or arrange for such 
16services under this Act.

17 "Uncovered expense" means the cost of limited health 
18services that
are the obligation of a limited health service 
19organization for which an
enrollee may be liable in the event 
20of the insolvency of the organization.
Costs incurred by a 
21provider who has agreed in writing not to bill
enrollees, 
22except for permissible supplemental charges, shall be 
23considered
covered expenses.

24(Source: P.A. 87-1079; 88-568, eff. 8-5-94; 88-667, eff. 
259-16-94.)


 
 
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1 Section 20. The Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act 
2is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:




3 (215 ILCS 134/10)



4 Sec. 10. Definitions. : 

5 "Adverse determination" means a determination by a health 
6care plan under
Section 45 or by a utilization review program 
7under Section
85 that
a health care service is not medically 
8necessary.

9 "Clinical peer" means a health care professional who is in 
10the same
profession and the same or similar specialty as the 
11health care provider who
typically manages the medical 
12condition, procedures, or treatment under
review.

13 "Department" means the Department of Insurance.

14 "Emergency medical condition" means a medical condition 
15manifesting itself by
acute symptoms of sufficient severity 
16(including, but not limited to, severe
pain) such that a 
17prudent
layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health 
18and medicine, could
reasonably expect the absence of immediate 
19medical attention to result in: 

20  (1) placing the health of the individual (or, with 
21 respect to a pregnant
woman, the
health of the woman or her 
22 unborn child) in serious jeopardy;

23  (2) serious
impairment to bodily functions; or

24  (3) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ
or part.

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1screening
examination and
evaluation by a physician licensed to 
2practice medicine in all its branches, or
to the extent 
3permitted
by applicable laws, by other appropriately licensed 
4personnel under the
supervision of or in
collaboration with a 
5physician licensed to practice medicine in all its
branches to 
6determine whether
the need for emergency services exists.

7 "Emergency services" means, with respect to an enrollee of 
8a health care
plan,
transportation services, including but not 
9limited to ambulance services, and
covered inpatient and 
10outpatient hospital services
furnished by a provider
qualified 
11to furnish those services that are needed to evaluate or 
12stabilize an
emergency medical condition. "Emergency services" 
13does not
refer to post-stabilization medical services.

14 "Enrollee" means any person and his or her dependents 
15enrolled in or covered
by a health care plan.

16 "Health care plan" means a plan, including, but not limited 
17to, a health maintenance organization, a managed care community 
18network as defined in the Illinois Public Aid Code, or an 
19accountable care entity as defined in the Illinois Public Aid 
20Code that receives capitated payments to cover medical services 
21from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, that 
22establishes, operates, or maintains a
network of health care 
23providers that has entered into an agreement with the
plan to 
24provide health care services to enrollees to whom the plan has 
25the
ultimate obligation to arrange for the provision of or 
26payment for services
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1ongoing quality assurance,
utilization review programs, or 
2dispute resolution.
Nothing in this definition shall be 
3construed to mean that an independent
practice association or a 
4physician hospital organization that subcontracts
with
a 
5health care plan is, for purposes of that subcontract, a health 
6care plan.

7 For purposes of this definition, "health care plan" shall 
8not include the
following:

9  (1) indemnity health insurance policies including 
10 those using a contracted
provider network;

11  (2) health care plans that offer only dental or only 
12 vision coverage;

13  (3) preferred provider administrators, as defined in 
14 Section 370g(g) of
the
Illinois Insurance Code;

15  (4) employee or employer self-insured health benefit 
16 plans under the
federal Employee Retirement Income 
17 Security Act of 1974;

18  (5) health care provided pursuant to the Workers' 
19 Compensation Act or the
Workers' Occupational Diseases 
20 Act; and

21  (6) not-for-profit voluntary health services plans 
22 with health maintenance
organization
authority in 
23 existence as of January 1, 1999 that are affiliated with a 
24 union
and that
only extend coverage to union members and 
25 their dependents.

26 "Health care professional" means a physician, a registered 
 
 
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1professional
nurse,
a pharmacist, or other individual 
2appropriately licensed or registered
to provide health care 
3services.

4 "Health care provider" means any physician, pharmacist, 
5hospital facility, facility licensed under the Nursing Home 
6Care Act, long-term care facility as defined in Section 1-113 
7of the Nursing Home Care Act, or other
person that is licensed 
8or otherwise authorized to deliver health care
services. 
9Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to define Independent 
10Practice Associations or
Physician-Hospital Organizations as 
11health care providers.

12 "Health care services" means any services included in the 
13furnishing to any
individual of medical or pharmacist care, or 
14the
hospitalization incident to the furnishing of such care, as 
15well as the
furnishing to any person of
any and all other 
16services for the purpose of preventing,
alleviating, curing, or 
17healing human illness or injury including home health
and 
18pharmaceutical services and products.

19 "Medical director" means a physician licensed in any state 
20to practice
medicine in all its
branches appointed by a health 
21care plan.

22 "Person" means a corporation, association, partnership,

23limited liability company, sole proprietorship, or any other 
24legal entity.

25 "Pharmacist" has the same meaning as set forth in the 
26Pharmacy Practice Act. 
 
 
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1 "Physician" means a person licensed under the Medical

2Practice Act of 1987.

3 "Post-stabilization medical services" means health care 
4services
provided to an enrollee that are furnished in a 
5licensed hospital by a provider
that is qualified to furnish 
6such services, and determined to be medically
necessary and 
7directly related to the emergency medical condition following

8stabilization.

9 "Stabilization" means, with respect to an emergency 
10medical condition, to
provide such medical treatment of the 
11condition as may be necessary to assure,
within reasonable 
12medical probability, that no material deterioration
of the 
13condition is likely to result.

14 "Utilization review" means the evaluation of the medical 
15necessity,
appropriateness, and efficiency of the use of health 
16care services, procedures,
and facilities.

17 "Utilization review program" means a program established 
18by a person to
perform utilization review.

19(Source: P.A. 98-651, eff. 6-16-14; 98-841, eff. 8-1-14; 
20revised 10-24-14.)


21 Section 25. The Voluntary Health Services Plans Act is 
22amended by changing Sections 2 and 7 as follows:




23 (215 ILCS 165/2) (from Ch. 32, par. 596)



24 Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act, the following terms 
 
 
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1have the respective
meanings set forth in this section, unless 
2different meanings are plainly
indicated by the context:

3 (a) "Health Services Plan Corporation" means a corporation 
4organized under
the terms of this Act for the purpose of 
5establishing and operating a voluntary
health services plan and 
6providing other medically related services.

7 (b) "Voluntary health services plan" means either a plan or 
8system under which
medical, hospital, nursing and relating 
9health services may
be rendered to a subscriber or beneficiary 
10at the expense of a health
services plan corporation, or any 
11contractual arrangement to provide,
either directly or through 
12arrangements with others, dental care services
to subscribers 
13and beneficiaries.

14 (c) "Subscriber" means a natural person to whom a 
15subscription certificate
has been issued by a health services 
16plan corporation. Persons eligible
under Section 5-2 of the 
17Illinois Public Aid Code may be subscribers if
a written 
18agreement exists, as specified in Section 25 of this Act, 
19between
the Health Services Plan Corporation and the Department 
20of Healthcare and Family Services.
A subscription certificate 
21may be issued to such persons at no cost.

22 (d) "Beneficiary" means a person designated in a 
23subscription certificate
as one entitled to receive health 
24services.

25 (e) "Health services" means those services ordinarily 
26rendered by physicians
licensed in Illinois to practice 
 
 
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1medicine in all of its branches, by podiatric physicians

2licensed in Illinois to practice podiatric medicine, by 
3dentists and dental
surgeons licensed to practice in Illinois, 
4by nurses registered in Illinois,
by dental hygienists licensed 
5to practice in Illinois, by pharmacists licensed in Illinois to 
6practice pharmacy, and by assistants
and technicians acting 
7under professional supervision; it likewise means
hospital 
8services as usually and customarily rendered in Illinois, and 
9the
compounding and dispensing of drugs and medicines by 
10pharmacists and assistant
pharmacists registered in Illinois.

11 (f) "Subscription certificate" means a certificate issued 
12to a subscriber
by a health services plan corporation, setting 
13forth the terms and conditions
upon which health services shall 
14be rendered to a subscriber or a beneficiary. 

15 (g) "Physician rendering service for a plan" means a 
16physician licensed
in Illinois to practice medicine in all of 
17its branches who has undertaken
or agreed, upon terms and 
18conditions acceptable both to himself and to the
health 
19services plan corporation involved, to furnish medical service 
20to
the plan's subscribers and beneficiaries.

21 (h) "Dentist or dental surgeon rendering service for a 
22plan" means a dentist
or dental surgeon licensed in Illinois to 
23practice dentistry or dental surgery
who has undertaken or 
24agreed, upon terms and conditions acceptable both
to himself 
25and to the health services plan corporation involved, to 
26furnish
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1subscribers and beneficiaries. 

2 (i) "Director" means the Director of Insurance of the State 
3of Illinois.

4 (j) "Person" means any of the following: a natural person, 
5corporation,
partnership or unincorporated association.

6 (k) "Podiatric physician or podiatric surgeon rendering 
7service for a plan" means
any podiatric physician or podiatric 
8surgeon licensed in Illinois to practice podiatry,
who has 
9undertaken or agreed, upon terms and conditions acceptable both

10to himself and to the health services plan corporation 
11involved, to furnish
podiatric or podiatric surgical services 
12to the plan's subscribers and beneficiaries.

13 (l) "Pharmacist rendering service for a plan" means a 
14pharmacist licensed in Illinois to practice pharmacy who has 
15undertaken or agreed, upon terms and conditions acceptable both 
16to the pharmacist and to the health services plan corporation 
17involved, to furnish pharmacy and pharmacist-provided service 
18to the plan's subscribers and beneficiaries.
19(Source: P.A. 98-214, eff. 8-9-13.)





20 (215 ILCS 165/7) (from Ch. 32, par. 601)



21 Sec. 7. 
Every physician licensed in Illinois to practice 
22medicine in
all of its branches, every podiatric physician 
23licensed to practice podiatric medicine
in Illinois, every 
24pharmacist licensed to practice pharmacy in Illinois, and every 
25dentist and dental surgeon licensed to
practice in Illinois may 
 
 
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1be eligible to render medical, podiatric, pharmacy, or dental

2services respectively, upon such terms and conditions as may be 
3mutually
acceptable to such physician, podiatric physician, 
4pharmacist, dentist or dental surgeon and to the
health 
5services plan corporation involved. Such a corporation shall

6impose no restrictions on the physicians, podiatric 
7physicians, pharmacist, dentists, or dental surgeons
who treat 
8its subscribers as to methods of diagnosis or treatment. The

9private physician-patient relationship shall be maintained, 
10and
subscribers shall at all times have free choice of any 
11physician, podiatric physician, dentist, pharmacist, or dental 
12surgeon who is rendering service on behalf of the
corporation. 
13All of the records, charts, files and other data of a
health 
14services plan corporation pertaining to the condition of health

15of its subscribers and beneficiaries shall be and remain 
16confidential,
and no disclosure of the contents thereof shall 
17be made by the
corporation to any person, except upon the prior 
18written authorization
of the particular subscriber or 
19beneficiary concerned.

20(Source: P.A. 98-214, eff. 8-9-13.)


21 Section 30. The Health Care Services Lien Act is amended by 
22changing Section 5 as follows:




23 (770 ILCS 23/5)



24 Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:

 
 
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1 "Health care professional" means any individual in any of 
2the following
license
categories: licensed physician, licensed 
3dentist,
licensed optometrist, licensed naprapath, licensed

4clinical
psychologist, or licensed physical therapist, or 
5licensed pharmacist.

6 "Health care provider" means any entity in any of the 
7following license
categories:
licensed hospital, licensed home 
8health
agency,
licensed ambulatory surgical treatment
center, 
9licensed long-term care facilities, or licensed
emergency 
10medical services personnel, or licensed pharmacy.
11 This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly applies to 
12causes of action accruing on or after its effective date.

13(Source: P.A. 93-51, eff. 7-1-03; 94-403, eff. 1-1-06.)



14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
151, 2016.