IL HB4578

Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act to delete an age-based exception (patients under 17 or over 65 years old) from the restrictions on prescriptive authority delegated by collaborating physicians.

Prescribing psychologists may only prescribe medications for mental health treatment that the collaborating physician generally provides to patients in normal clinical practice, with four remaining exceptions: pregnancy, serious medical conditions, developmental/intellectual disabilities, and benzodiazepine Schedule III controlled substances.

Requires written collaborative agreements between prescribing psychologists and collaborating physicians, with the physician conducting monthly in-person reviews, maintaining monthly medication order reviews, and being available for telecommunications consultation.

Prohibits prescribing psychologists from prescribing narcotic drugs and restricts controlled substance prescriptions to specific delegated medications by brand or generic name, with violations subject to fines up to $50 per prescription and additional disciplinary action.

Limits each collaborating physician to no more than 3 collaborative agreements with prescribing psychologists and requires prescribing psychologists to inform all collaborating physicians of any other collaborative agreements they have signed.