Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
Filed: 4/19/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3604
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3604 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 6.23 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (210 ILCS 85/6.23 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 6.23. Time of death; patient's religious beliefs. | ||||||
8 | Every hospital must adopt policies and procedures to allow | ||||||
9 | health care professionals, in documenting a patient's time of | ||||||
10 | death at the hospital, to take into account the patient's | ||||||
11 | religious beliefs concerning the patient's time of death. ".
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