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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0699 Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Thyroid Guard Act. Provides that a health care facility that conducts x-ray imaging must have a thyroid guard available and require personnel conducting the x-ray imaging to give a patient the option of using it, unless the thyroid guard would directly interfere with the ability of the personnel to obtain the x-ray imaging that was ordered.
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| | HB0699 | | LRB102 10918 CPF 16249 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Thyroid Guard Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "health care facility" |
| 7 | | has the same meaning provided in Section 3 of the Health Care |
| 8 | | Right of Conscience Act.
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| 9 | | Section 10. X-rays; thyroid guard. Notwithstanding any |
| 10 | | other provision of law, a health care facility that conducts |
| 11 | | x-ray imaging must have a thyroid guard available and require |
| 12 | | personnel conducting the x-ray imaging to give a patient the |
| 13 | | option of using it, unless the thyroid guard would directly |
| 14 | | interfere with the ability of the personnel to obtain the |
| 15 | | x-ray imaging that was ordered.
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