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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3837 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that hospitals licensed under the Act are prohibited from preventing the administration of a prescription medication to a patient if the patient's treating physician has prescribed the medication.
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| | HB3837 | | LRB103 25454 CPF 51803 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 6.34 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 85/6.34 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 6.34. Prescription medication; administration to |
| 8 | | patients. A hospital licensed under this Act is prohibited |
| 9 | | from preventing the administration of a prescription |
| 10 | | medication to a patient if the patient's treating physician |
| 11 | | has prescribed the medication.
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