State of Illinois
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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.
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 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.

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