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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Christi Gillespie and 1 co-sponsor

HB 2895 would let out-of-state clinicians treat Illinois student patients via telehealth (within scope), but the Governor vetoed it (May 13, 2025), so not enacted.

Placed on General Order

Summary — HB 2895 (Telehealth: out‑of‑state providers treating students)

Status
- Introduced: February 2025
- Sponsors: Rep. Janet Yang Rohr; listed primary sponsor Patterson
- Companion bill: SB 1601
- Legislative action: Passed both chambers and transmitted to the Governor (May 2025); vetoed by the Governor on May 13, 2025

Purpose / Intent
- To permit an out‑of‑state health care professional to provide telehealth services to a patient who is physically located in Illinois when that patient is a student attending an Illinois institution of higher education, even if the student is not an Illinois resident when not attending school. The change is intended to expand telehealth access for college and university students (including nonresident students) by allowing their out‑of‑state clinicians to treat them remotely.

Key provisions
- Amends Section 10 of the Telehealth Act (225 ILCS 150/10).
- Authorizes an out‑of‑state health care professional to treat a patient located in Illinois through telehealth if:
- the telehealth treatment is within the practitioner’s scope of practice; and
- the patient is a student attending an Illinois institution of higher education and is otherwise not an Illinois resident when not attending that institution.
- The bill replaces prior language concerning temporary permits and aligns telehealth treatment authority with scope‑of‑practice limits and any sponsoring‑entity agreements (as reflected in the amendment).

Who is affected
- Students enrolled at Illinois institutions of higher education who are physically present in Illinois but maintain non‑resident status (e.g., out‑of‑state undergraduates).
- Out‑of‑state health care professionals who already provide care to such students or wish to do so via telehealth.
- Higher education institutions, campus health centers, insurance payers and campus health administrators who manage or reimburse telehealth services.
- State licensing boards and regulatory agencies responsible for interpreting licensure and telehealth practice rules.

Notable limitations and implementation notes
- The authorization is limited to care within the provider’s scope of practice; the bill does not convert or replace state licensure.
- The text does not explicitly address prescribing controlled substances, supervision, malpractice coverage, credentialing, or reimbursement; these issues may require administrative guidance or separate statutory clarification.
- Because the Governor vetoed the bill on May 13, 2025, the measure did not become law as of that date.