Human Services Committee

Filed: 3/11/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3844

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3844 as follows:
 
3 on page 33, immediately after line 7, by inserting the
4 following:
5     "(x) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to mean
6 that a patient is a victim of abuse or neglect because of
7 health care services provided or not provided by health care
8 professionals.
9     (y) Nothing in this Section shall require a facility,
10 including its employees, agents, medical staff members, and
11 health care professionals, to provide a service to a patient in
12 contravention of that patient's stated or implied objection to
13 the provision of that service on the ground that that service
14 conflicts with the patient's religious beliefs or practices,
15 nor shall the failure to provide a service to a patient be
16 considered abuse under this Section if the patient has objected
17 to the provision of that service based on his or her religious

 

 

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1 beliefs or practices.".