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Bill	PRESCRIBING PSYCHOLOGIST	Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Permits hospitals that admit patients for treatment of mental illness to grant medical staff privileges to licensed prescribing psychologists. Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. Requires a psychologist applying for a prescribing psychologist license to have completed 30 psychology doctoral graduate credit hours and 31 credit hours in a Master of Science degree program. Provides that clinical rotation training requirements for prescribing psychologists shall be completed under the administrative supervision of a Director or other faculty member of a regionally approved University that provides training for the master's degree in clinical psychopharmacology. Requires the clinical rotation training to be housed in a healthcare setting and to meet certain academic standards. Provides that all prescriptions written by a prescribing psychologist must contain the prescribing psychologist's name and signature. Provides that physicians may provide collaboration and consultation with prescribing psychologists via telehealth. Permits persons who have 5 years of experience as a prescribing psychologist in another state or at a federal medical facility to apply for an Illinois prescribing psychologist license by endorsement. Makes changes to the Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board. Amends the Telehealth Act. Expands the definition of "health care professional" to include prescribing psychologists. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to reimburse prescribing psychologists for behavioral health services provided via telehealth. Requires the Department to, by rule, establish rates to be paid for specified services provided by clinical psychologists and prescribing psychologists. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 1135	Illinois SB 1135 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2019-02-05	2019-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/f60356fc-43fb-467b-bc49-769caf129dbe	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1135&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=117096&SessionID=108&GA=101	3102188379995e2db9df78fab53c9f42cb20c4887677efe2da504877b141a746	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1135 (101st) — PRESCRIBING PSYCHOLOGIST

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Permits hospitals that admit patients for treatment of mental illness to grant medical staff privileges to licensed prescribing psychologists. Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. Requires a psychologist applying for a prescribing psychologist license to have completed 30 psychology doctoral graduate credit hours and 31 credit hours in a Master of Science degree program. Provides that clinical rotation training requirements for prescribing psychologists shall be completed under the administrative supervision of a Director or other faculty member of a regionally approved University that provides training for the master's degree in clinical psychopharmacology. Requires the clinical rotation training to be housed in a healthcare setting and to meet certain academic standards. Provides that all prescriptions written by a prescribing psychologist must contain the prescribing psychologist's name and signature. Provides that physicians may provide collaboration and consultation with prescribing psychologists via telehealth. Permits persons who have 5 years of experience as a prescribing psychologist in another state or at a federal medical facility to apply for an Illinois prescribing psychologist license by endorsement. Makes changes to the Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board. Amends the Telehealth Act. Expands the definition of "health care professional" to include prescribing psychologists. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to reimburse prescribing psychologists for behavioral health services provided via telehealth. Requires the Department to, by rule, establish rates to be paid for specified services provided by clinical psychologists and prescribing psychologists. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 106–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dave Syverson — cosponsor (person)
• Don Harmon — primary (person)
• Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
• Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
• Tom Demmer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-05 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2019-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-05 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
• 2019-03-06 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2019-03-13 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2019
• 2019-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-04-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2019
• 2019-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2019-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 005-000-000
• 2019-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2019-04-10 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon amendment-passage
• 2019-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Harmon amendment-passage
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2019-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2019-04-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-04-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2019-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2019-05-24 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019
• 2019-05-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-19 Effective Date July 19, 2019
• 2019-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0084 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f60356fc-43fb-467b-bc49-769caf129dbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).