(410 ILCS 70/5.5)
Sec. 5.5. Minimum reimbursement requirements for follow-up healthcare.
(a) Every hospital, health care professional, laboratory, or pharmacy that provides follow-up healthcare to a sexual assault survivor, with the consent of the sexual assault survivor and as ordered by the attending physician, an advanced practice nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician, or physician assistant who has been delegated authority by a supervising physician shall be reimbursed for the follow-up healthcare services provided. Follow-up healthcare services include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) a physical examination;
(2) laboratory tests to determine the presence or
absence of sexually transmitted disease; and
(3) appropriate medications, including HIV
prophylaxis.
(b) Reimbursable follow-up healthcare is limited to office visits with a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant within 90 days after an initial visit for hospital emergency services.
(c) Nothing in this Section requires a hospital, health care professional, laboratory, or pharmacy to provide follow-up healthcare to a sexual assault survivor.
(Source: P.A. 95-432, eff. 1-1-08.)
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