Bill Text: IL SB0309 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning deposits with the Director of Insurance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1160 [SB0309 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0309-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 100-1160
SB0309 Enrolled LRB100 05111 SMS 15121 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing
Section 50-75 as follows:
(225 ILCS 65/50-75)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 50-75. Nursing delegation by a registered
professional nurse.
(a) For the purposes of this Section:
"Delegation" means transferring to a specific individual
the authority to perform a specific nursing intervention in a
specific situation.
"Predictability of outcomes" means that a registered
professional nurse or advanced practice registered nurse has
determined that the patient's or individual's clinical status
is stable and expected to improve or the patient's or
individual's deteriorating condition is expected to follow a
known or expected course.
"Stability" means a registered professional nurse or
advanced practice registered nurse has determined that the
individual's clinical status and nursing care needs are
consistent.

(b) This Section authorizes a registered professional
nurse or advanced practice registered nurse to:
(1) delegate nursing interventions to other registered
professional nurses, licensed practical nurses, and other
unlicensed personnel based on the comprehensive nursing
assessment that includes, but is not limited to:
(A) the stability and condition of the patient;
(B) the potential for harm;
(C) the complexity of the nursing intervention to
be delegated;
(D) the predictability of outcomes; and
(E) competency of the individual to whom the
nursing intervention is delegated;
(2) delegate medication administration to other
licensed nurses;
(3) in community-based or in-home care settings,
delegate the administration of medication (limited to oral
or subcutaneous dosage and topical or transdermal
application) to unlicensed personnel, if all the
conditions for delegation set forth in this Section are
met;
(4) refuse to delegate, stop, or rescind a previously
authorized delegation; or
(5) in community-based or in-home care settings,
delegate, guide, and evaluate the implementation of
nursing interventions as a component of patient care

coordination after completion of the comprehensive patient
assessment based on analysis of the comprehensive nursing
assessment data; care coordination in in-home care and
school settings may occur in person, by telecommunication,
or by electronic communication.
(c) This Section prohibits the following:
(1) An individual or entity from mandating that a
registered professional nurse delegate nursing
interventions if the registered professional nurse
determines it is inappropriate to do so. Nurses shall not
be subject to disciplinary or any other adverse action for
refusing to delegate a nursing intervention based on
patient safety.
(2) The delegation of medication administration to
unlicensed personnel in any institutional or long-term
facility, including, but not limited to, those facilities
licensed by the Hospital Licensing Act, the University of
Illinois Hospital Act, State-operated mental health
hospitals, or State-operated developmental centers, except
as authorized under Article 80 of this Act or otherwise
specifically authorized by law.
(3) A registered professional nurse from delegating
nursing judgment, the comprehensive patient assessment,
the development of a plan of care, and the evaluation of
care to licensed or unlicensed personnel.
(4) A licensed practical nurse or unlicensed personnel

who has been delegated a nursing intervention from
re-delegating a nursing intervention.
(Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)