IL HR0042

Urges the Illinois State Medical Society to submit a resolution to the American Medical Association requesting amendments to Policy H-275.970 regarding physician mental health disclosures in licensing and credentialing processes.

Encourages state licensing boards, specialty boards, hospitals, and credentialing organizations to exclude questions about psychoanalysis, counseling, or psychotherapy required during medical training from application forms.

Requires these entities to limit health-related inquiries to conditions that currently impair a physician's judgment or ability to practice medicine competently, using standardized language by 2024.

Mandates the AMA work with the Federation of State Medical Boards, American Hospital Association, American Board of Medical Specialties, and state medical societies to ensure all licensing, credentialing, and privileging applications request only information reasonably needed to assess current fitness to practice and protect physician privacy.

Establishes that medical licensing applications should use specific language asking only whether an applicant is "currently suffering from any condition for which you are not being appropriately treated that impairs your judgment or would otherwise adversely affect your ability to practice medicine competently."