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| | HB2839 Enrolled | | LRB098 06742 DRJ 36790 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing |
| 5 | | Agency Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 2.05 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (210 ILCS 55/2.05) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2802.05)
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| 8 | | Sec. 2.05.
"Home health services" means services provided
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| 9 | | to a person at his residence according to a plan of treatment
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| 10 | | for illness or infirmity
prescribed by a physician licensed to |
| 11 | | practice medicine in all its branches, a physician assistant |
| 12 | | who has been delegated the authority to prescribe home health |
| 13 | | services by his or her supervising physician, or an advanced |
| 14 | | practice nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a |
| 15 | | collaborating physician that delegates the authority to |
| 16 | | prescribe home health services. Such services include part time |
| 17 | | and
intermittent nursing services and other therapeutic |
| 18 | | services
such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, |
| 19 | | speech therapy,
medical social services, or services provided |
| 20 | | by a home health aide.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 80-804.)
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |