INS-TELEHEALTH PROVIDER INFO Senate SponsorsSen. Jacqueline Y. Collins House Sponsors(Rep. Dagmara Avelar and Frances Ann Hurley) 7/9/2021SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0092 215 ILCS 124/5215 ILCS 124/25Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that a network plan shall make available, through a directory, information about whether a provider offers the use of telehealth or telemedicine to deliver services, what modalities are used and what services via telehealth or telemedicine are provided, and whether the provider has the ability and willingness to include in a telehealth or telemedicine encounter a family caregiver who is in a separate location than the patient if the patient so wishes and provides his or her consent. Defines "family caregiver". Effective immediately.Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning information that a network plan shall make available through an electronic provider directory or in print, provides that information concerning use of telehealth or telemedicine includes, but is not limited to, whether the provider offers the use of telehealth or telemedicine to deliver services to patients for whom it would be clinically appropriate (rather than whether the provider offers the use of telehealth or telemedicine to deliver services) and what modalities are used and what types of services may be provided via telehealth or telemedicine (rather than what modalities are used and what services via telehealth or telemedicine are provided). In provisions requiring providers to notify the network plan of changes to their information listed in the provider directory, includes the information concerning use of telehealth or telemedicine. Effective immediately. 2/19/2021SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins 2/19/2021SenateFirst Reading 2/19/2021SenateReferred to Assignments 3/3/2021SenateAssigned to Insurance 4/9/2021SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins 4/9/2021SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 4/13/2021SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Insurance 4/14/2021SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted 4/15/2021SenateDo Pass as Amended Insurance; 010-000-000 4/15/2021SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2021 4/20/2021SenateSecond Reading 4/20/2021SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 21, 2021 4/23/2021SenateThird Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 4/26/2021HouseArrived in House 4/28/2021HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar 4/28/2021HouseFirst Reading 4/28/2021HouseReferred to Rules Committee 5/4/2021HouseAssigned to Insurance Committee 5/11/2021HouseDo Pass / Consent Calendar Insurance Committee; 017-000-000 5/12/2021HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar 5/13/2021HouseSecond Reading - Consent Calendar 5/13/2021HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar 5/14/2021HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar 5/18/2021HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley 5/21/2021HouseThird Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day 5/26/2021HouseThird Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 111-000-001 5/26/2021SenatePassed Both Houses 6/24/2021SenateSent to the Governor 7/9/2021SenateGovernor Approved 7/9/2021SenateEffective Date July 9, 2021 7/9/2021SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0092