NURSING-DELEGATION Senate SponsorsSen. Mattie Hunter-Robert Peters, Adriane Johnson-Doris Turner, Emil Jones, III-David Koehler and Laura M. Murphy 1/7/2025SenateSession Sine Die 225 ILCS 65/50-10was 225 ILCS 65/5-10225 ILCS 65/50-75225 ILCS 65/60-35Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that registered professional nursing practice is a scientific process founded on a professional body of knowledge. It is a learned profession based on the understanding of the human condition across the life span and environment, includes all nursing specialties, and means the performance of any nursing act based upon professional knowledge, judgment, and skills acquired by means of completion of an approved professional nursing education program. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate nursing interventions and tasks (rather than nursing interventions) to other registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that a registered professional nurse is prohibited from delegating work requiring nursing knowledge, assessment, judgment, inference, decision making (including medication administration), the development of a plan of care, and the evaluation of a plan of care to unlicensed non-nurse personnel. Removes provisions concerning delegation of nursing interventions and administration of medications in community-based or in-home care settings. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2023. 2/3/2023SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter 2/3/2023SenateFirst Reading 2/3/2023SenateReferred to Assignments 2/8/2023SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters 2/10/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson 2/10/2023SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner 2/14/2023SenateAssigned to Licensed Activities 2/14/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III 2/15/2023SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler 2/16/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy 2/28/2023SenateRe-referred to Assignments 2/28/2023SenateRe-referred to Health and Human Services 3/10/2023SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments 1/7/2025SenateSession Sine Die