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".
  


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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 Sections 2.08 and 
62.11 as follows:
 


7    (210 ILCS 55/2.08)


8    Sec. 2.08. "Home services agency" means an agency that 
9provides services directly, or acts as a placement agency, for 
10the purpose of placing individuals as workers providing home 
11services for consumers in their personal residences.  "Home 
12services agency" does not include agencies licensed under the 
13Nurse Agency Licensing Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the 
14Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, the 
15Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or the Assisted 
16Living and Shared Housing Act and does not include an agency 
17that limits its business exclusively to providing 
18housecleaning services.  Programs providing services 
19exclusively through the Community Care Program of the Illinois 
20Department on Aging, the Department of Human Services Office of 
21Rehabilitation Services, or the United States Department of 
22Veterans Affairs are not considered to be a home services 
23agency under this Act.

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10; 96-577, eff. 8-18-09; 
296-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 
397-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
4    (210 ILCS 55/2.11)
5    Sec. 2.11. "Home nursing agency" means an agency that 
6provides services directly, or acts as a placement agency, in 
7order to deliver skilled nursing and home health aide services 
8to persons in their personal residences.  A home nursing agency 
9provides services that would require a licensed nurse to 
10perform. Home health aide services are provided under the 
11direction of a registered professional nurse or Advanced 
12Practice nurse.  A home nursing agency does not require 
13licensure as a home health agency under this Act.  "Home nursing 
14agency" does not include an individually licensed nurse acting 
15as a private contractor or a person that provides or procures 
16temporary employment in health care facilities, as defined in 
17the Nurse Agency Licensing Act.

18(Source: P.A. 94-379, eff. 1-1-06; 95-951, eff. 8-29-08.)
 
19    (210 ILCS 55/2.12 rep.)
20    Section 10. The Home Health, Home Services, and Home 
21Nursing Agency Licensing Act is amended  by repealing Section 
222.12.