Bill Text: IL HB2762 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no hospital may maintain a list of individuals that may not be admitted for treatment at the hospital.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0306 [HB2762 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2762-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no hospital may maintain a list of individuals that may not be admitted for treatment at the hospital.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0306 [HB2762 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2762-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 6.5 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 330/6.5 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 6.5. List of individuals that may not be admitted for | ||||||
8 | treatment prohibited. The University of Illinois Hospital may | ||||||
9 | not maintain a list of individuals that may not be admitted for | ||||||
10 | treatment at the University of Illinois Hospital. Nothing in | ||||||
11 | this Section shall be construed to prohibit the University of | ||||||
12 | Illinois Hospital or a member of the University of Illinois | ||||||
13 | Hospital's medical staff from recommending an alternate | ||||||
14 | provider, coordinating an appropriate transfer, or arranging | ||||||
15 | access to care services that best meets the needs of an | ||||||
16 | individual patient.
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17 | Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | ||||||
18 | Section 9.7 as follows:
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19 | (210 ILCS 85/9.7 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 9.7. List of individuals that may not be admitted for | ||||||
21 | treatment prohibited. No hospital may maintain a list of |
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1 | individuals that may not be admitted for treatment at the | ||||||
2 | hospital. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | ||||||
3 | prohibit a hospital or a member of the hospital's medical staff | ||||||
4 | from recommending an alternate provider, coordinating an | ||||||
5 | appropriate transfer, or arranging access to care services that | ||||||
6 | best meets the needs of an individual patient.
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