SB0887enr 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0887 Enrolled LRB095 05650 RAS 25740 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 2.11 as follows:

(210 ILCS 55/2.11)

Sec. 2.11. "Home nursing agency" means an agency that provides services directly, or acts as a placement agency, in order to deliver skilled nursing and home health aide services to persons in their personal residences. A home nursing agency provides services that would require a licensed nurse to perform. Home health aide services are provided under the direction of a registered professional nurse or Advanced Practice nurse. A home nursing agency does not require qualify for licensure as a home health agency under this Act. "Home nursing agency" does not include an individually licensed nurse acting as a private contractor or a person that provides or procures temporary employment in health care facilities, as defined in the Nurse Agency Licensing Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-379, eff. 1-1-06.)

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