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Rep. John A. Fritchey
Filed: 4/8/2005
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LRB094 09733 RXD 44516 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1000
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1000, on page 1, |
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| line 5, after "5-102", by inserting "and adding Section |
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| 5-102a"; and
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| on page 11, immediately below line 29, by inserting the |
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| following:
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| "(775 ILCS 5/5-102a new) |
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| Sec. 5-102a. No Civil Rights Violation: Public |
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| Accommodations. It is not a civil rights violation for a |
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| medical, dental, or other health care professional to refer or |
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| refuse to treat or provide services to an individual protected |
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| under this Act for any non-discriminatory reason if, in the |
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| normal course of his or her operations, the medical, dental, or |
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| other health care professional would for the same reason refer |
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| or refuse to treat or provide services to an individual who is |
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| not protected under this Act and seeks or requires the same or |
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| similar treatment or services. A non-discriminatory reason for |
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| a medical, dental, or other health care professional to make a |
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| referral includes, but is not limited to, a referral of an |
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| individual protected under this Act to another medical, dental, |
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| or other health care professional if that individual seeks or |
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| requires medical, dental, or other health care treatment or |
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| services outside of the referring medical, dental, or other |
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| health care professional's area of specialization or practice, |