(210 ILCS 55/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2807)
Sec. 7. (a) The Director shall appoint a Home Health
and Home Services Advisory Committee composed of 15 voting members and one nonvoting member to advise and consult
with the Director in the administration of this Act. Five of
the appointed voting members shall represent the home health agency
profession.
Of these 5, one shall represent voluntary home health agencies, one shall
represent for-profit home health agencies, one shall represent private
not-for-profit home health agencies, one shall represent institution-based
home health agencies, and one shall represent home health agencies operated
by local health departments. Four of the appointed voting members shall represent the home services agency profession. Four of the appointed
voting members shall represent the general public in the following categories: one individual who is a consumer of home health services or a family member of a consumer of home health services; one individual who is a consumer of home services or a family member of a consumer of home services; and two individuals who represent an organization that advocates for consumers.
One voting member shall be a practicing Illinois licensed physician; and one voting member
shall be an Illinois registered professional nurse with home health agency
experience. The nonvoting member shall be a home services worker. The recommendations of professional, home health industry, and home services industry organizations may be considered in selecting
individuals for appointment to the Home Health and Home Services Advisory Committee.
(b) Each member shall hold office for a term of 3 years,
except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
prior to the expiration of the
term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed
for the remainder of such term and the terms of office of the
members first taking office shall expire, as designated at the
time of appointment, one at the end of the first year, one at
the end of the second year, and 3 at the end of the third year.
The term of office of each of the original appointees shall
commence on January 1, 1978.
(c) The term of office of each of the 6 members appointed to the
Committee as a result of this amendatory Act of 1989 shall commence on
January 1, 1990. The terms of office of the 6 members appointed as a
result of this amendatory Act of 1989 shall expire, as designated at the
time of appointment, 2 at the end of the first year, 2 at the end of the
second year, and two at the end of the third year.
(d) The Committee shall meet as frequently
as the Director deems necessary. Committee members, while
serving on business of the Committee, shall receive actual
and necessary travel and subsistence expenses while so serving
away from their places of residence. (e) The Committee shall provide input and recommendations to the Department on the development of rules for the licensure of home services agencies and home nursing agencies operating in this State. On or before July 1, 2007, the Committee shall issue an interim report to the General Assembly on the status of development and implementation of the rules for home services agency and home nursing agency licensure.
(Source: P.A. 103-257, eff. 1-1-24.)
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