Bill Text: IL SB0179 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall maintain a metal detector at each point of entry into the hospital. Provides that a hospital shall ensure that all members of the public, other than the employees of the hospital who display proper credentials, who enter the hospital at a point of entry are subjected to screening by a metal detector. Provides that individuals subject to screening shall include, but not be limited to, individuals in wheelchairs. Defines "point of entry". Effective July 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB0179 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0179-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0179 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 330/6.8 new
210 ILCS 85/7.7 new
Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall maintain a metal detector at each point of entry into the hospital. Provides that a hospital shall ensure that all members of the public, other than the employees of the hospital who display proper credentials, who enter the hospital at a point of entry are subjected to screening by a metal detector. Provides that individuals subject to screening shall include, but not be limited to, individuals in wheelchairs. Defines "point of entry". Effective July 1, 2023.
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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 University of Illinois Hospital Act is
amended by adding Section 6.8 as follows:
(110 ILCS 330/6.8 new)
Sec. 6.8. Metal detectors required. As used in this
Section, "point of entry" means an entrance accessible to the
public. "Point of entry" does not include ambulance entrances.
The University of Illinois Hospital shall maintain a metal
detector at each point of entry into the University of
Illinois Hospital. The University of Illinois Hospital shall
ensure that all members of the public, other than the
employees of the University of Illinois Hospital who display
proper credentials, who enter the University of Illinois
Hospital at a point of entry are subjected to screening by a
metal detector. Individuals subject to screening under this
Section shall include, but not be limited to, individuals in
wheelchairs.
Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
adding Section 7.7 as follows:

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(210 ILCS 85/7.7 new)
Sec. 7.7. Metal detectors required. As used in this
Section, "point of entry" means an entrance accessible to the
public. "Point of entry" does not include ambulance entrances.
A hospital licensed under this Act shall maintain a metal
detector at each point of entry into the hospital. A hospital
shall ensure that all members of the public, other than the
employees of the hospital who display proper credentials, who
enter the hospital at a point of entry are subjected to
screening by a metal detector. Individuals subject to
screening under this Section shall include, but not be limited
to, individuals in wheelchairs.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2023.