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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2015 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 20 ILCS 2805/2.01d new | | 110 ILCS 330/8d new | | 210 ILCS 45/2-206.06 new | | 210 ILCS 85/6.28 new | |
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Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that the Department shall require each employee of a Veterans Home receive a vaccine for COVID-19 if offered. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that each employee of a hospital who works in the hospital's intensive care unit must receive a vaccine for COVID-19 if offered. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that each employee of a facility must receive a vaccine for COVID-19 if offered. Effective immediately.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB2015 | | LRB102 10912 CPF 16243 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 Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 2.01d as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 2805/2.01d new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2.01d. Employees; COVID-19 vaccine. Notwithstanding |
| 8 | | any other provision of law, the Department shall require that |
| 9 | | each employee of a Veterans Home receive a vaccine for |
| 10 | | COVID-19 if offered.
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| 11 | | Section 10. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is |
| 12 | | amended by adding Section 8d as follows:
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| 13 | | (110 ILCS 330/8d new) |
| 14 | | Sec. 8d. Employees; COVID-19 vaccine. Notwithstanding any |
| 15 | | other provision of law, an employee of the University of |
| 16 | | Illinois Hospital who works in the hospital's intensive care |
| 17 | | unit must receive a vaccine for COVID-19 if offered.
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| 18 | | Section 15. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by adding |
| 19 | | Section 2-206.06 as follows:
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