Full Text of HB1000 94th General Assembly
HB1000ham003 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. John A. Fritchey
Filed: 4/8/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1000
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1000, on page 1, | 3 |
| line 5, after "5-102", by inserting "and adding Section | 4 |
| 5-102a"; and
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| on page 11, immediately below line 29, by inserting the | 6 |
| following:
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| "(775 ILCS 5/5-102a new) | 8 |
| Sec. 5-102a. No Civil Rights Violation: Public | 9 |
| Accommodations. It is not a civil rights violation for a | 10 |
| medical, dental, or other health care professional to refer or | 11 |
| refuse to treat or provide services to an individual protected | 12 |
| under this Act for any non-discriminatory reason if, in the | 13 |
| normal course of his or her operations, the medical, dental, or | 14 |
| other health care professional would for the same reason refer | 15 |
| or refuse to treat or provide services to an individual who is | 16 |
| not protected under this Act and seeks or requires the same or | 17 |
| similar treatment or services. A non-discriminatory reason for | 18 |
| a medical, dental, or other health care professional to make a | 19 |
| referral includes, but is not limited to, a referral of an | 20 |
| individual protected under this Act to another medical, dental, | 21 |
| or other health care professional if that individual seeks or | 22 |
| requires medical, dental, or other health care treatment or | 23 |
| services outside of the referring medical, dental, or other | 24 |
| health care professional's area of specialization or practice, |
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| and if, in the normal course of his or her operations, the | 2 |
| referring medical, dental, or other health care professional | 3 |
| would make a similar referral for an individual who is not | 4 |
| protected under this Act and seeks or requires the same or | 5 |
| similar treatment or services. ".
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