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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing
5Agency Licensing Act is amended by adding Section 3.8 as
6follows:
 
7    (210 ILCS 55/3.8 new)
8    Sec. 3.8. Referrals; license required. A hospital licensed
9under the Hospital Licensing Act, hospital operated under the
10University of Illinois Hospital Act, facility licensed under
11the Nursing Home Care Act, or health care provider licensed
12under any Act of this State that receives funds from this State
13may not refer a patient or the family of a patient to an agency
14unless the agency is licensed under this Act.