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type: "Bill"
title: "TELEHEALTH-DEFINITION"
description: "Amends the Telehealth Act. Includes clinicians licensed to provide medical services under Illinois law in the definition of \"health care professional\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5070"
citation: "Illinois HB 5070 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/774a5e39-2e60-41ff-b6ac-ead2d1c67282"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5070&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110599&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "f2757661a942a80b45f13612ec8f6a244e216308c129c6e912b261f2283a8a90"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 5070 (100th) — TELEHEALTH-DEFINITION
Amends the Telehealth Act. Includes clinicians licensed to provide medical services under Illinois law in the definition of "health care professional".
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5070&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110599&DocNum=5070&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5070eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110599&DocNum=5070&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5070enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110599&DocNum=5070&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **410** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1111** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2018-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-001-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2018-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
- **2018-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
- **2018-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
- **2018-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2018-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Do Pass Public Health; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2018
- **2018-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2018
- **2018-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 041-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2018-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-27** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0644 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/774a5e39-2e60-41ff-b6ac-ead2d1c67282`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).