Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital must give notice to a private emergency medical services provider if a patient has a dangerous or infectious disease. Provides that to determine the diseases for which notification must be provided, the Department of Public Health shall utilize the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) list of potentially life-threatening infectious diseases (instead of establishing a list by regulation). Requires a hospital to attempt to provide verbal notice and shall provide written notice (instead of only written notice) regarding a patient. Requires a hospital to send a letter of notification no later than 48 hours (instead of 72 hours) following a confirmed diagnosis of a bloodborne communicable disease as provided by the CDC. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0851 [SB3432 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Third Reading in House	2014-05-09	101	1	1	1	104	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2014-04-02	55	0	4	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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