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Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
Filed: 4/19/2007
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09500HB3604ham001 |
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LRB095 06331 DRJ 35123 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3604
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3604 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 6.23 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 85/6.23 new) |
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| Sec. 6.23. Time of death; patient's religious beliefs. |
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| Every hospital must adopt policies and procedures to allow |
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| health care professionals, in documenting a patient's time of |
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| death at the hospital, to take into account the patient's |
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| religious beliefs concerning the patient's time of death.".
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