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SB 2492

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2025 Regular Session

Extends the Illinois Dental Practice Act repeal to 2031 and strengthens licensure, recordkeeping, and investigative powers, including subpoenaing patient records without consent.

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Bill Summary · SB 2492

Summary — SB 2492 (Illinois) — Amendments to Regulatory Sunset Act & Illinois Dental Practice Act

Status: Enacted as Public Act 104-0151 (Governor approved 2025-08-01). Effective dates: some provisions effective August 1, 2025; others effective January 1, 2026. (Bill text and legislative history show passage in both chambers and enrollment with amendments.)

Main purpose

SB 2492 (Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton; Chief House Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan) amends the Regulatory Sunset Act and the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Its principal objectives are to (1) delay the scheduled repeal of the Illinois Dental Practice Act and (2) update licensure, recordkeeping, investigatory, and disciplinary provisions under the Dental Practice Act to reflect modern administrative practices (including electronic contact information) and strengthen investigatory authority.

Key provisions and changes

  • Repeal date extended:
    • Changes the Regulatory Sunset Act so the Illinois Dental Practice Act is no longer scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026; instead it is listed for repeal on January 1, 2031 (i.e., extends the statutory review/repeal date).
  • Contact information and notices:
    • Adds a defined term "email address of record."
    • Requires applicants and licensees to provide a valid address and email address to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (DFPR) upon application or renewal.
    • Requires notification to DFPR of any change in address of record or email address of record within 14 days.
  • Application content and identifiers:
    • Allows Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) to be included among required application information.
  • Misconduct / discipline:
    • Adds "concealment in the application for a license" as a ground allowing DFPR to take action on a license.
  • Investigatory authority and patient records:
    • Grants the Department authority to subpoena dental records of individual patients of dentists and dental hygienists without patient consent where the Department determines reasonable cause exists.
  • Administrative and technical changes:
    • Adds an “agent of a dentist” definition relevant to third‑party financing for dental services.
    • Removes a provision that exhibits in judicial review proceedings must be certified without cost.
    • Makes numerous conforming and editorial changes across many sections of the Dental Practice Act (Sections amended are listed in the enrolled text).

Who is affected

  • Dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental laboratories, and expanded-function assistants (regulated practitioners).
  • The Board of Dentistry and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (DFPR), which gain/clarify investigatory and administrative powers.
  • Patients (because the Department may subpoena individual patient records without patient consent upon a finding of reasonable cause).
  • Applicants and licensees (new obligations to provide and maintain current address and email contact information; new grounds for discipline).

Procedural/timeline aspects

  • Bill passed both chambers and was enrolled and approved by the Governor; enacted as Public Act 104-0151.
  • Effective dates: some provisions effective August 1, 2025; other provisions effective January 1, 2026. The bill text and synopsis indicate the Regulatory Sunset Act change was made effective immediately in terms of legislative implementation; check the Public Act text for exact per‑section effective-date language.

Practical implications / considerations

  • The extension of the repeal date to 2031 preserves the Dental Practice Act for an additional five years before statutory sunset review.
  • The subpoena authority for patient records (without patient consent) strengthens DFPR’s investigatory tools; this may raise privacy and practice‑policy considerations for practitioners and patients.
  • Administrative modernization (required email on file; 14‑day update requirement) aligns licensure administration with electronic communications but creates an ongoing compliance obligation for licensees; failure to keep contact info current could expose licensees to discipline.
  • Inclusion of ITIN accommodates non‑SSN taxpayers in application processes.

If you want, I can:
- Extract and list the specific amended section numbers and short descriptions of each change, or
- Provide a one‑page memo on compliance steps dental practices should take to meet the new notice and records‑retention/subpoena realities.

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

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