IL HB1270

Allows health care professionals with active licenses to apply for "volunteer status" instead of a separate "volunteer license," streamlining the process for those wishing to provide unpaid services

Eliminates all fees for applications and renewals of licenses in volunteer status, removing the previous fee structure that only waived fees for the first 500 volunteer licenses

Restricts volunteer practice to free medical clinics (as defined in the Good Samaritan Act) and public health clinics, with no compensation permitted

Permits health care professionals to convert their volunteer status license back to active status during the same renewal period or by completing standard renewal requirements

Applies to physicians, dentists, optometrists, physician assistants, nurses, and advanced practice registered nurses, with the Department authorized to expand this list by rule