HB5362 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5362

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Brad Halbrook

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 85/6.33 new

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that hospitals licensed under the Act are prohibited from preventing the administration of a prescription medication to a patient if the patient's treating physician has prescribed the medication.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

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

Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding Section 6.33 as follows:

(210 ILCS 85/6.33 new)

Sec. 6.33. Prescription medication; administration to patients. A hospital licensed under this Act is prohibited from preventing the administration of a prescription medication to a patient if the patient's treating physician has prescribed the medication.