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HB 2760 Illinois House · 98th Regular Session

HOME HEALTH-SERVICES-OVERSIGHT

Summary
Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. Provides that a physician licensed in another state may oversee or direct the delivery of skilled home care services provided by home health and home nursing agencies licensed in Illinois following care or treatment originally provided to the patient in the state in which the physician is licensed to practice medicine until care is transitioned to a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in Illinois under certain specified conditions, including: (i) contact between the patient's out-of-state physician and the patient's primary care physician in Illinois, if any; (ii) the initial transition period may not exceed 90 days from the date of the order for skilled home care services; and (iii) a copy of the license of the out-of-state physician must be retained in the patient's chart.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2013
Committee Review
May 2013
House Passage
May 2013
Senate Passage
May 2013
Signed into Law
Aug 2013
Introduced Apr 16, 2013 Signed Aug 16, 2013
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2013 · House Apr 15, 2013

How they voted

52–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 53
May 22, 2013
D Democratic35
34 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican18
18 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
43
Key actions
10
Committee
11
Amendments
4
Aug 16, 2013
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 22, 2013
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 22, 2013
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (52-0-1)
senate
May 1, 2013
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000
upper
Apr 23, 2013
Committee
Assigned to Public Health
upper
Apr 16, 2013
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 16, 2013
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 15, 2013
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (104-0-2)
house
Apr 12, 2013
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
lower
Apr 11, 2013
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000
lower
Apr 10, 2013
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2013
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2013
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski
lower
Mar 20, 2013
Amended
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
lower
Mar 20, 2013
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000
lower
Mar 18, 2013
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
lower
Mar 15, 2013
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 15, 2013
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
lower
Mar 4, 2013
Committee
Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
lower
Feb 21, 2013
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.