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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 221          </title>
<shortdesc>HOME HEALTH-HOME SERVICES</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Sen. Bill Cunningham</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>210 ILCS 55/2.09</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. Provides that "home services" includes assistance with: bathing without client self-direction, including areas of the body other than those areas with special skin care needs; applying topical prescription lotions to rashes, skin tears, stage 1 or 2 decubiti, and first and second degree burns; applying compression stockings; assisting with normal feeding, including pre-measured, thickened liquids; applying shampoo in hair care treatment requiring a prescription; permitting nail filing of clients with conditions that might involve peripheral circulatory conditions; assisting with personal, mechanical, or electronic transfers of clients when the client can assist with transfer; assisting with ambulation of clients using adaptative equipment for ambulation; assisting with changing oxygen tanks, adjusting oxygen flow, and turning oxygen tanks on and off; and repositioning clients every 2 hours or as instructed by the plan of care.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/17/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham</action>
<statusdate>2/17/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/17/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>2/24/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Assigned to Licensed Activities</action>
<statusdate>3/17/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Postponed - Licensed Activities</action>
<statusdate>4/15/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Do Pass Licensed Activities;  009-000-000</action>
<statusdate>4/15/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2021</action>
<statusdate>4/21/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Second Reading</action>
<statusdate>4/21/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2021</action>
<statusdate>4/23/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 30, 2021</action>
<statusdate>4/30/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 7, 2021</action>
<statusdate>5/7/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 21, 2021</action>
<statusdate>5/21/2021</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>1/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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