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Illinois House Bill HB3402

Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3402 Introduced , by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 90/1.3 Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that initial physical therapy evaluations without a referral or an established diagnosis may be performed by a licensed physical therapist via telehealth when the physical therapist determines that an in-person examination is not required based on the physical therapist's clinical judgment and the applicable standard of care (rather than cannot be performed via telehealth unless necessary to address a documented hardship). Provides that a physical therapist or a licensed physical therapy assistant may require the patient to undergo an in-person visit instead of providing telehealth services (rather than the use of telehealth as a primary means of delivering physical therapy must be an exception and documentation must support the clinical justification). Provides that a physical therapist providing telehealth must have the capacity to provide or be able to facilitate a referral to in-person care within the State (rather than must only have the capacity to provide in-person care). Provides that the standard of care for a patient receiving physical therapy through telehealth is equal to the standard of care for in-person care. LRB104 12204 AAS 22309 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3402 Introduced , by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 90/1.3 225 ILCS 90/1.3 Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that initial physical therapy evaluations without a referral or an established diagnosis may be performed by a licensed physical therapist via telehealth when the physical therapist determines that an in-person examination is not required based on the physical therapist's clinical judgment and the applicable standard of care (rather than cannot be performed via telehealth unless necessary to address a documented hardship). Provides that a physical therapist or a licensed physical therapy assistant may require the patient to undergo an in-person visit instead of providing telehealth services (rather than the use of telehealth as a primary means of delivering physical therapy must be an exception and documentation must support the clinical justification). Provides that a physical therapist providing telehealth must have the capacity to provide or be able to facilitate a referral to in-person care within the State (rather than must only have the capacity to provide in-person care). Provides that the standard of care for a patient receiving physical therapy through telehealth is equal to the standard of care for in-person care. LRB104 12204 AAS 22309 b LRB104 12204 AAS 22309 b A BILL FOR
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1111 1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
1212 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1313 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1414 4 Section 5. The Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by
1515 5 changing Section 1.3 as follows:
1616 6 (225 ILCS 90/1.3)
1717 7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
1818 8 Sec. 1.3. Telehealth services.
1919 9 (a) Physical therapy through telehealth services may be
2020 10 used to address access issues to care, enhance care delivery,
2121 11 or increase the physical therapist's ability to assess and
2222 12 direct the patient's performance in the patient's own
2323 13 environment.
2424 14 (b) A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant
2525 15 working under the general supervision of a physical therapist
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2727 17 pursuant to the terms and use defined in the Telehealth Act and
2828 18 the Illinois Insurance Code subject to the following
2929 19 conditions:
3030 20 (1) Initial physical therapy evaluations without a
3131 21 referral or established diagnosis may only be performed by
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3333 23 telehealth when the physical therapist determines that an
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4040 Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that initial physical therapy evaluations without a referral or an established diagnosis may be performed by a licensed physical therapist via telehealth when the physical therapist determines that an in-person examination is not required based on the physical therapist's clinical judgment and the applicable standard of care (rather than cannot be performed via telehealth unless necessary to address a documented hardship). Provides that a physical therapist or a licensed physical therapy assistant may require the patient to undergo an in-person visit instead of providing telehealth services (rather than the use of telehealth as a primary means of delivering physical therapy must be an exception and documentation must support the clinical justification). Provides that a physical therapist providing telehealth must have the capacity to provide or be able to facilitate a referral to in-person care within the State (rather than must only have the capacity to provide in-person care). Provides that the standard of care for a patient receiving physical therapy through telehealth is equal to the standard of care for in-person care.
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