Bill Text: IL HB5456 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that, if an individual is treated at a hospital and the hospital conducts a urine drug screening to assist in diagnosing the individual's condition, the hospital shall include testing for fentanyl in the individual's urine screening. Provides that if the urine drug screening, conducted in accordance with the provisions, detects fentanyl, the hospital shall report the test results, which shall be deidentified, to the Department of Public Health through the State-designated health information exchange. Provides that a hospital that does not have chemical analyzer equipment is not subject to the provisions. Provides that the provisions do not affect any State law which provides civil or criminal immunity to an individual who is in need of medical assistance after ingesting or using alcohol or drugs or to an individual who, in good faith, assists another who is in need of medical assistance after ingesting or using alcohol or drugs. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5456 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5456-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5456 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Gill SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 85/17 new
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that if an individual is treated at a hospital and the hospital conducts a urine drug screening to assist in diagnosing the individual's condition, the hospital shall include testing for fentanyl in the individual's urine screening. Provides that if the urine drug screening, conducted in accordance with the amendatory Act, detects fentanyl, the hospital shall report the test results, which shall be deidentified, to the Department of Public Health through the State-designated health information exchange. Provides that a hospital which does not have chemical analyzer equipment is not subject to the amendatory Act. Provides that the amendatory Act does not affect any State law which provides civil or criminal immunity to an individual who is in need of medical assistance after ingesting or using alcohol or drugs, or to an individual who, in good faith, assists another who is in need of medical assistance after ingesting or using alcohol or drugs. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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 17 as follows:
(210 ILCS 85/17 new)
Sec. 17. Fentanyl testing.
(a) If an individual is treated at a hospital and the
hospital conducts a urine drug screening to assist in
diagnosing the individual's condition, the hospital shall
include testing for fentanyl in the individual's urine
screening.
(b) If the urine drug screening conducted in accordance
with subsection (a) detects fentanyl, the hospital shall
report the test results, which shall be deidentified, to the
Department through the State-designated health information
exchange.
(c) This Section does not apply to a hospital that does not
have chemical analyzer equipment.
(d) This Section does not affect any State law providing
civil or criminal immunity to an individual who is in need of
medical assistance after ingesting or using alcohol or drugs,
or to an individual who, in good faith, assists another

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individual who is in need of medical assistance after
ingesting or using alcohol or drugs.