103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2684 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules permitting reimbursement under the fee-for-service and managed care medical assistance programs for remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests, utilizing established Current Procedural Terminology codes, as published by the American Medical Association, for these procedures when the patient is in a residence or other off-site location from the patient's provider and the same standard of care is met as would be present during an in-person visit. Provides that remote ultrasounds and remote fetal nonstress tests are only eligible for reimbursement when the provider uses digital technology that meets certain criteria. Provides which fetal nonstress test requires a place of service modifier for at-home monitoring in order to qualify for reimbursement. Requires the Department to issue guidance to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2684 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new 305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules permitting reimbursement under the fee-for-service and managed care medical assistance programs for remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests, utilizing established Current Procedural Terminology codes, as published by the American Medical Association, for these procedures when the patient is in a residence or other off-site location from the patient's provider and the same standard of care is met as would be present during an in-person visit. Provides that remote ultrasounds and remote fetal nonstress tests are only eligible for reimbursement when the provider uses digital technology that meets certain criteria. Provides which fetal nonstress test requires a place of service modifier for at-home monitoring in order to qualify for reimbursement. Requires the Department to issue guidance to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2684 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new 305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new 305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules permitting reimbursement under the fee-for-service and managed care medical assistance programs for remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests, utilizing established Current Procedural Terminology codes, as published by the American Medical Association, for these procedures when the patient is in a residence or other off-site location from the patient's provider and the same standard of care is met as would be present during an in-person visit. Provides that remote ultrasounds and remote fetal nonstress tests are only eligible for reimbursement when the provider uses digital technology that meets certain criteria. Provides which fetal nonstress test requires a place of service modifier for at-home monitoring in order to qualify for reimbursement. Requires the Department to issue guidance to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b A BILL FOR SB2684LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b SB2684 LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b SB2684 LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b 1 AN ACT concerning public aid. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by 5 adding Section 5-5.24a as follows: 6 (305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new) 7 Sec. 5-5.24a. Remote ultrasounds and remote fetal 8 nonstress tests; reimbursement. 9 (a) As used in this Section, "CPT code" means the medical 10 billing code set contained in the most recent version of the 11 Current Procedural Terminology code book published by the 12 American Medical Association. 13 (b) The Department shall adopt rules permitting 14 reimbursement under the fee-for-service and managed care 15 medical assistance programs for remote ultrasound procedures 16 and remote fetal nonstress tests, utilizing established CPT 17 codes for these procedures, when the patient is in a residence 18 or other off-site location from the patient's provider and the 19 same standard of care is met as would be present during an 20 in-person visit. 21 (c) Remote ultrasounds and remote fetal nonstress tests 22 are only eligible for reimbursement when the provider uses 23 digital technology: 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2684 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new 305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new 305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules permitting reimbursement under the fee-for-service and managed care medical assistance programs for remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests, utilizing established Current Procedural Terminology codes, as published by the American Medical Association, for these procedures when the patient is in a residence or other off-site location from the patient's provider and the same standard of care is met as would be present during an in-person visit. Provides that remote ultrasounds and remote fetal nonstress tests are only eligible for reimbursement when the provider uses digital technology that meets certain criteria. Provides which fetal nonstress test requires a place of service modifier for at-home monitoring in order to qualify for reimbursement. Requires the Department to issue guidance to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b A BILL FOR 305 ILCS 5/5-5.24a new LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b SB2684 LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b SB2684- 2 -LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b SB2684 - 2 - LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b SB2684 - 2 - LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b SB2684 - 2 - LRB103 35787 KTG 65870 b