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IL HB1270

IL HB1270
HEALTH CARE-VOLUNTEER LICENSE


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Introduced
01/10/2025
In Committee
05/01/2025
Crossed Over
04/08/2025
Passed
08/15/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
08/15/2025

Introduced Session

104th General Assembly

Bill Summary

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In a provision concerning the requirements that a health care professional must meet before he or she can have his or her license placed on volunteer status (rather than being granted a volunteer license), provides that a health care professional must possess an active license that is not currently subject to discipline or under investigation by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (rather than satisfaction of all requirements of the State licensing Act that applies to his or her health care profession and the rules adopted under the Act). Removes the volunteer licensure fee and removes references to volunteer licenses. Provides that a health care professional whose license is in volunteer status may request that the Department change the status of the license to active as long as the request for the change is made during the same renewal period in which the license was previously active or the license is renewed in the same manner, at the same time, and with the same conditions as an active license. Provides that a health care professional who holds an active license that was previously a volunteer license is subject to the requirements of the State licensing Act that applies to his or her health care profession and the rules adopted under the relevant Act. Provides that the Department may adopt rules for the administration of the provisions regarding volunteer licenses (rather than determining by rule the total number of volunteer licenses to be issued). Makes conforming and other changes.

AI Summary

This bill modifies the regulations for volunteer status licenses for healthcare professionals in Illinois. The bill changes the requirements for obtaining a volunteer license status, eliminating the need for a separate volunteer license and instead allowing healthcare professionals (including physicians, dentists, optometrists, physician assistants, and nurses) to place their existing active license in volunteer status. Key changes include removing the licensure fee for volunteer status, allowing professionals to maintain an active license that is not currently under discipline or investigation, and permitting volunteer practitioners to only work in free medical clinics or public health clinics without compensation. Healthcare professionals with a volunteer status license can request to change back to an active status during the same renewal period, and they remain subject to the same professional regulations and standards as other licensed practitioners. The bill simplifies the previous complex process of obtaining and maintaining a volunteer license by streamlining the administrative requirements and removing unnecessary bureaucratic steps. The Department of Professional Regulation retains the authority to adopt rules for administering these provisions and may expand the definition of healthcare professionals eligible for volunteer status through future rulemaking.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (13)

Last Action

Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0170 (on 08/15/2025)

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