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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 Health Care Right of Conscience Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 13.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (745 ILCS 70/13.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 13.5. Violations related to COVID-19 requirements. It |
| 8 | | is not a violation of this Act for any person or public |
| 9 | | official, or for any public or private association, agency, |
| 10 | | corporation, entity, institution, or employer, to take any |
| 11 | | measures or impose any requirements, including, but not |
| 12 | | limited to, any measures or requirements that involve |
| 13 | | provision of services by a physician or health care personnel, |
| 14 | | intended to prevent contraction or transmission of COVID-19 or |
| 15 | | any pathogens that result in COVID-19 or any of its subsequent |
| 16 | | iterations. It is not a violation of this Act to enforce such |
| 17 | | measures or requirements. This Section is a declaration of |
| 18 | | existing law and shall not be construed as a new enactment. |
| 19 | | Accordingly, this Section shall apply to all actions commenced |
| 20 | | or pending on or after the effective date of this amendatory |
| 21 | | Act of the 102nd General Assembly. Nothing in this Section is |
| 22 | | intended to affect any right or remedy under federal law.
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