HB2839enr 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2839 Enrolled LRB098 06742 DRJ 36790 b

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 Section 2.05 as follows:

(210 ILCS 55/2.05) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2802.05)

Sec. 2.05. "Home health services" means services provided to a person at his residence according to a plan of treatment for illness or infirmity prescribed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a physician assistant who has been delegated the authority to prescribe home health services by his or her supervising physician, or an advanced practice nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician that delegates the authority to prescribe home health services. Such services include part time and intermittent nursing services and other therapeutic services such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social services, or services provided by a home health aide.

(Source: P.A. 80-804.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.