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type: "Bill"
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title: "TELEHEALTH-DEFINITION"
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description: "Amends the Telehealth Act. Includes clinicians licensed to provide medical services under Illinois law in the definition of \"health care professional\"."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "100th"
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identifier: "HB 5070"
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citation: "Illinois HB 5070 (100th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-14"
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last_action: "2018-07-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/774a5e39-2e60-41ff-b6ac-ead2d1c67282"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5070&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110599&SessionID=91&GA=100"
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source_hash: "f2757661a942a80b45f13612ec8f6a244e216308c129c6e912b261f2283a8a90"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 5070 (100th) — TELEHEALTH-DEFINITION
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Amends the Telehealth Act. Includes clinicians licensed to provide medical services under Illinois law in the definition of "health care professional".
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
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- Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `filing`
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- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-26** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2018-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
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- **2018-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-001-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
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- **2018-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
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- **2018-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2018-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2018-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
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- **2018-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
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- **2018-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2018-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
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- **2018-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2018-04-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-02** Do Pass Public Health; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2018
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- **2018-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2018-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2018
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- **2018-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 041-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-05-18** Passed Both Houses
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- **2018-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
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- **2018-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-27** Effective Date January 1, 2019
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- **2018-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0644 `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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