98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2839

 

Introduced , by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 55/2.05  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2802.05

    Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. Provides that "home health services" includes services prescribed by a physician assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 changing Section 2.05 as
6follows:
 
7    (210 ILCS 55/2.05)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2802.05)
8    Sec. 2.05. "Home health services" means services provided
9to a person at his residence according to a plan of treatment
10for illness or infirmity prescribed by a physician or by a
11physician assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant
12Practice Act of 1987. Such services include part time and
13intermittent nursing services and other therapeutic services
14such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech
15therapy, medical social services, or services provided by a
16home health aide.
17(Source: P.A. 80-804.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.