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90_SB0351 210 ILCS 85/6.18 new Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that hospitals shall instruct parents of a newborn infant on how to properly perform the Heimlich maneuver on the infant before the infant is discharged from the hospital. Effective immediately. LRB9002588LDpk LRB9002588LDpk 1 AN ACT to amend the Hospital Licensing Act by adding 2 Section 6.18. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by 6 adding Section 6.18 as follows: 7 (210 ILCS 85/6.18 new) 8 Sec. 6.18 Instruction on Heimlich maneuver to parents of 9 newborns. The Department shall require that hospitals 10 instruct the parents of a newborn infant on how to properly 11 perform the Heimlich maneuver on the infant before the infant 12 is discharged from the hospital. 13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 14 becoming law.