94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2353

 

Introduced 2/16/2005, by Rep. Robert F. Flider

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 80/4.5 new

    Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Provides that no person shall smoke in an area immediately outside the vicinity of a hospital or nursing home if that area of the hospital or nursing home has been established as a non-smoking area by the State or unit of local government, or by a proprietor and his or her agents in control of the hospital or nursing home.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act is amended by
5 adding Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6     (410 ILCS 80/4.5 new)
7     Sec. 4.5. Non-smoking area; hospitals and nursing homes. No
8 person shall smoke in an area immediately outside the vicinity
9 of a hospital or nursing home if that area of the hospital or
10 nursing home has been established as a non-smoking area by the
11 State or unit of local government, or by a proprietor and his
12 or her agents in control of the hospital or nursing home. For
13 purposes of this Section, "vicinity" means the surrounding area
14 of a place up to 30 feet away from the entrance.