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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5772

Introduced 5/12/2026, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 29.4 heading new
65 ILCS 5/11-29.4-1 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may
enter into contractual agreements with a company that offers telehealth
services or text-a-physician services or other text-based health care
services. Defines "physician", "telehealth", and "text-based health care
services". Effective January 1, 2027.
LRB104 21601 TRT 37060 b

A BILL FOR

HB5772
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AN ACT concerning local government.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
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adding Division 29.4 as follows:

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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 29.4 heading new)
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DIVISION 29.4.

TEXT-A-PHYSICIAN AND OTHER TELEHEALTH SERVICES

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(65 ILCS 5/11-29.4-1 new)
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Sec. 11-29.4-1.
Text-a-physician and other telehealth
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services.

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(a) As used in this Section:
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"Physician" means any person licensed to practice medicine
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in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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"Telehealth" means the evaluation, diagnosis, or
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interpretation of patient-specific data that is transmitted by
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way of an interactive telecommunication system between a
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remote location and a physician located at a distant site that
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generates interaction or treatment recommendations for a
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patient located at a remote location.
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"Text-based health care services" means an asynchronous
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program that provides residents of a municipality with the
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opportunity to connect with licensed State medical

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professionals, including, but not limited to, physicians, via
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text message to obtain answers to medical questions, guidance
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concerning medical issues, physician notes for work and
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school, and, if necessary, prescriptions for routine
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medications. "Text-based health care services" includes
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programs that provide text-a-physician services.
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(b) A municipality may enter into contractual agreements
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with a company that offers telehealth services or
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text-a-physician services or other text-based health care
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services.

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect January
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1, 2027.

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