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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing |
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| Agency Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 2.11 as |
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| follows:
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| (210 ILCS 55/2.11) |
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| Sec. 2.11. "Home nursing agency" means an agency that |
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| provides services directly, or acts as a placement agency, in |
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| order to deliver skilled nursing and home health aide services |
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| to persons in their personal residences. A home nursing agency |
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| provides services that would require a licensed nurse to |
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| perform. Home health aide services are provided under the |
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| direction of a registered professional nurse or Advanced |
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| Practice nurse. A home nursing agency does not require qualify |
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| for licensure as a home health agency under this Act. "Home |
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| nursing agency" does not include an individually licensed nurse |
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| acting as a private contractor or a person that provides or |
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| procures temporary employment in health care facilities, as |
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| defined in the Nurse Agency Licensing Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-379, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |