HB0699 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0699

Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Thyroid Guard Act. Provides that a health care facility that conducts x-ray imaging must have a thyroid guard available and require personnel conducting the x-ray imaging to give a patient the option of using it, unless the thyroid guard would directly interfere with the ability of the personnel to obtain the x-ray imaging that was ordered.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Thyroid Guard Act.

Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "health care facility" has the same meaning provided in Section 3 of the Health Care Right of Conscience Act.

Section 10. X-rays; thyroid guard. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health care facility that conducts x-ray imaging must have a thyroid guard available and require personnel conducting the x-ray imaging to give a patient the option of using it, unless the thyroid guard would directly interfere with the ability of the personnel to obtain the x-ray imaging that was ordered.