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SB 2452

Child support; create presumption that support continues past the age of majority for a disabled child.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Rod Hickman and 1 co-sponsor

Would require chancery court hearings and medical certs to decide if child support continues past majority when an adult child is disabled.

Died In Conference
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Bill Summary · SB 2452

Summary — SB 2452 (2025) — Child support; presumption that support continues past majority for a disabled child / Acupuncture Practice Act amendments

Status: Died in Conference (conference process concluded without enactment — listed as "Died In Conference" 2025-04-03)
Introduced: March 13, 2025 (sponsor: Sen. Emil Jones, III; House sponsor Rhoads)
Related bill: HB 1812 (companion)

Purpose
- The bill contains two major subject areas as advanced in the legislative text: (1) changes to the Acupuncture Practice Act to broaden the defined scope of “acupuncture,” and (2) new procedural and evidentiary rules authorizing chancery-court hearings to determine whether child support may continue after a child reaches the age of majority when the adult child is disabled.

Key provisions
1. Acupuncture Practice Act amendments
- Expands the statutory definition of “acupuncture” to explicitly include ordering laboratory tests (consistent with State law) to check, track, evaluate, and monitor status and effectiveness of pain management, herbal medicinal plans, dietary and exercise plans, and physician-provided orders.
- Removes an existing statutory restriction that an acupuncturist who is not also licensed as a physical therapist "shall not hold himself or herself out" as qualified to provide physical therapy/physiotherapy services (text in the bill is partially disordered but indicates removal of that prohibition).

  1. Child-support continuation (adult disabled child)
    • Requires the chancery court to conduct a hearing to determine whether child support may continue past a child's anticipated age of majority when:
      • The adult child is incapable of self-support due to a physical or mental disability; and
      • The disability existed during the child’s minority.
    • Pre‑hearing procedures: court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the adult child’s interests; the guardian must be present at the hearing.
    • Evidentiary requirements: the record must include certificates based on a personal examination of the adult child by either:
      • Two licensed physicians; or
      • One licensed physician and one licensed psychologist, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant.
    • Examinations may be face‑to‑face or via telemedicine provided the telemedicine exam uses audiovisual connection and is performed by a physician licensed in Illinois. Professionals conducting examinations must not be in a supervisory/collaborative relationship that would create a conflict; they may be called to testify at the hearing.
    • Language change: the House amendment replaces a mandatory presumption (“shall be presumed to…”) with permissive language (“may”), making continuation of support contingent on court determination after the required hearing.

Who is affected
- Acupuncturists and their patients: broader scope for practice (including ordering labs) and possible ability to present themselves more broadly with regard to related therapies (text removes prior limitation regarding representing as physical therapists).
- Parents and adult children seeking continuation of child support because of disability: creates a statutory pathway and evidentiary standards for court consideration.
- Courts (chancery), medical professionals (physicians, psychologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants) and potential guardians ad litem who will participate in hearings.

Procedural/timeline notes
- The bill advanced through committee and both houses at various points but ultimately failed to be enacted, recorded as "Died In Conference" on 2025-04-03.
- House amendments (Adopted) added the hearing and evidence framework and adjusted some repeal/effective date language in the text; there are inconsistent repeal-date lines in the amendment record indicating revisions to timing language. The bill contained references to existing scheduled repeal dates for certain sections (e.g., Section scheduled to be repealed Jan 1, 2028).

Bottom line
- SB 2452 sought to (a) broaden licensed acupuncturists’ statutory scope to include ordering certain lab tests and remove a statutory limitation on representing physical‑therapy competency, and (b) establish a mandatory court-hearing process with defined medical-certification requirements for continuing child support for an adult child with a disability. The measure did not become law.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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