Human Services Committee
Filed: 3/11/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3844




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3844 as follows:


 
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on page 33, immediately after line 7, by inserting the 
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following:
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    "(x) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to mean 
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that a patient is a victim of abuse or neglect because of 
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health care services provided or not provided by health care 
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professionals. 
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    (y) Nothing in this Section shall require a facility, 
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including its employees, agents, medical staff  members, and 
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health care professionals, to provide a service to a patient in 
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contravention of that patient's stated or implied objection to 
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the provision of that service  on the ground that that service 
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conflicts with the patient's religious beliefs or practices, 
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nor shall the failure to provide a service to a patient be 
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considered abuse under this Section  if the patient has objected 
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to the provision of that service based on his or her religious 
 


 






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beliefs or practices.".