Public Act 096-0577
 
HB3779 Enrolled LRB096 09286 DRJ 22208 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 Sections 2.08, 6.3,
and 6.7 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, 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, or 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. 94-379, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
    (210 ILCS 55/6.3)
    Sec. 6.3. Home services agencies; standards; fees.
    (a) Before January 1, 2008, the Department shall adopt
standards for the licensure and operation of home services
agencies operated in this State. The structure of the standards
shall be based on the concept of home services and its focus on
assistance with activities of daily living, housekeeping,
personal laundry, and companionship being provided to an
individual intended to enable that individual to remain safely
and comfortably in his or her own personal residence. As home
services do not include services that would be required to be
performed by an individual licensed under the Nurse Practice
Act, the standards shall be developed from a similar concept.
After consideration and recommendations by the Home Health and
Home Services Advisory Committee, the Department shall adopt
such rules and regulations as are necessary for the proper
regulation of home services agencies. Requirements for
licensure as a home services agency shall include the
following:
        (1) Compliance with the requirements of the Health Care
    Worker Background Check Act.
        (2) Notification, in a form and manner established by
    the Department by rule, to home services workers and
    consumers as to the party or parties responsible under
    State and federal laws for payment of employment taxes,
    social security taxes, and workers' compensation,
    liability, the day-to-day supervision of workers, and the
    hiring, firing, and discipline of workers with the
    placement arrangement for home services.
        (3) Compliance with rules, as adopted by the
    Department, in regard to (i) reporting by the licensee of
    any known or suspected incidences of abuse, neglect, or
    financial exploitation of an eligible adult, as defined in
    the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, by a home services worker
    employed by or placed by the licensee or (ii) reports to a
    law enforcement agency in connection with any other
    individual protected under the laws of the State of
    Illinois.
        (4) Compliance with rules, as adopted by the
    Department, addressing the health, safety, and well-being
    of clients receiving home services.
    (b) The Department may establish fees for home services
agency licensure in rules in a manner that will make the
program self-supporting. The amount of the licensure fees shall
be based on the funding required for operation of the licensure
program. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
the Department may not charge any fee to a certified local
health department in connection with the licensure of a home
services agency.
(Source: P.A. 94-379, eff. 1-1-06; 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)
 
    (210 ILCS 55/6.7)
    Sec. 6.7. Home nursing agencies; standards; fees.
    (a) Before January 1, 2008, the Department shall adopt
standards for the licensure and operation of home nursing
agencies operated in this State. After consideration and
recommendations by the Home Health and Home Services Advisory
Committee, the Department shall adopt such rules as are
necessary for the proper regulation of home nursing agencies.
Requirements for licensure as a home nursing agency shall
include the following:
        (1) Compliance with the requirements of the Health Care
    Worker Background Check Act.
        (2) Notification, in a form and manner established by
    the Department by rule, to home nursing agency workers and
    consumers as to the party or parties responsible under
    State and federal laws for payment of employment taxes,
    social security taxes, and workers' compensation,
    liability, the day-to-day supervision of workers, and the
    hiring, firing, and discipline of workers with the
    placement arrangement for home nursing services.
        (3) Compliance with rules, as adopted by the
    Department, in regard to (i) reporting by the licensee of
    any known or suspected incidences of abuse, neglect, or
    financial exploitation of an eligible adult, as defined in
    the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, by a home nursing care
    worker employed by or placed by the licensee or (ii)
    reports to a law enforcement agency in connection with any
    other individual protected under the laws of the State of
    Illinois.
        (4) Compliance with rules, as adopted by the
    Department, addressing the health, safety, and well-being
    of clients receiving home nursing services.
    (b) The Department may establish fees for home nursing
agency licensure in rules in a manner that will make the
program self-supporting. The amount of the licensure fees shall
be based on the funding required for the operation of the
licensure program. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section, the Department may not charge any fee to a certified
local health department in connection with the licensure of a
home nursing agency.
(Source: P.A. 94-379, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.