NURSING-DELEGATION
- Introduced Feb 3, 2023
- In committee Feb 3, 2023
- Died
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Amends 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…
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Amends 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.
Every action
14 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
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- SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter
- SenateFirst Reading
- CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
- SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- CommitteeAssigned to Licensed Activities · Senate Licensed Activities
- SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- CommitteeRe-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
- CommitteeRe-referred to Health and Human Services · Senate Health and Human Services
- CommitteeRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
- SenateSession Sine Die
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 6 Democrats.
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Mattie HunterD Primary sponsor · District 3
All 6 cosponsors
From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.