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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2433 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers - LaToya Greenwood SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 110 ILCS 330/8b new | | 210 ILCS 85/11.1a new | |
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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Requires every hospital to ensure that it has the proper instruments available for taking a pregnant woman's blood pressure. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules for the implementation of the requirement.
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| | HB2433 | | LRB101 06178 CPF 51201 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 8b as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 330/8b new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8b. Instruments for taking a pregnant woman's blood |
| 8 | | pressure. The University of Illinois Hospital shall ensure that |
| 9 | | it has the proper instruments available for taking a pregnant |
| 10 | | woman's blood pressure. The Department of Public Health shall |
| 11 | | adopt rules for the implementation of this Section.
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| 12 | | Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding |
| 13 | | Section 11.1a as follows:
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| 14 | | (210 ILCS 85/11.1a new) |
| 15 | | Sec. 11.1a. Instruments for taking a pregnant woman's blood |
| 16 | | pressure. Every hospital shall ensure that it has the proper |
| 17 | | instruments available for taking a pregnant woman's blood |
| 18 | | pressure. The Department shall adopt rules for the |
| 19 | | implementation of this Section.
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