95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3604


 
Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













210 ILCS 85/6.23 new










    Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that every hospital must adopt policies and procedures to ensure that, in making decisions concerning the treatment of a patient at the hospital, health care professionals must take into account the patient's religious beliefs.
















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HB3604

LRB095 06331 DRJ 32308 b






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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 6.23 as follows:
 
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    (210 ILCS 85/6.23  new)
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    Sec. 6.23. Patient's religious beliefs. Every hospital 
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licensed under this Act must adopt policies and procedures to 
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ensure that, in making decisions concerning the treatment of a 
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patient at the hospital, health care professionals must take 
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into account the patient's religious beliefs.