Sen. William Delgado
Filed: 4/30/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 887




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 887 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Home Health, Home Services, and Home 
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Nursing Agency Licensing Act is amended  by changing Section 
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2.11 as 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 licensed nurse.  A home nursing agency does not 
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require qualify for licensure as a home health agency under 
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this Act.  "Home nursing agency" does not include an 
 


 






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individually licensed nurse acting as a private contractor or a 
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person that provides or procures temporary employment in health 
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care facilities, as 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 
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becoming law.".