HB2981 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2981

Introduced , by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 55/2.08
210 ILCS 55/2.11
210 ILCS 55/2.12 rep.

Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. In the definitions of "home services agency" and "home nursing agency", removes language referring to such an agency that acts as a placement agency. Repeals a provision defining "placement agency".

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act is amended by changing Sections 2.08 and 2.11 as follows:

(210 ILCS 55/2.08)

Sec. 2.08. "Home services agency" means an agency that provides services directly, or acts as a placement agency, for the purpose of placing individuals as workers providing home services for consumers in their personal residences. "Home services agency" does not include agencies licensed under the Nurse Agency Licensing Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act and does not include an agency that limits its business exclusively to providing housecleaning services. Programs providing services exclusively through the Community Care Program of the Illinois Department on Aging, the Department of Human Services Office of Rehabilitation Services, or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs are not considered to be a home services agency under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10; 96-577, eff. 8-18-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)

(210 ILCS 55/2.11)

Sec. 2.11. "Home nursing agency" means an agency that provides services directly, or acts as a placement agency, in order to deliver skilled nursing and home health aide services to persons in their personal residences. A home nursing agency provides services that would require a licensed nurse to perform. Home health aide services are provided under the direction of a registered professional nurse or Advanced Practice nurse. A home nursing agency does not require licensure as a home health agency under this Act. "Home nursing agency" does not include an individually licensed nurse acting as a private contractor or a person that provides or procures temporary employment in health care facilities, as defined in the Nurse Agency Licensing Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-379, eff. 1-1-06; 95-951, eff. 8-29-08.)

(210 ILCS 55/2.12 rep.)

Section 10. The Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act is amended by repealing Section 2.12.