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90_SB0351
210 ILCS 85/6.18 new
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that
hospitals shall instruct parents of a newborn infant on how
to properly perform the Heimlich maneuver on the infant
before the infant is discharged from the hospital. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Hospital Licensing Act by adding
2 Section 6.18.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
6 adding Section 6.18 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 85/6.18 new)
8 Sec. 6.18 Instruction on Heimlich maneuver to parents of
9 newborns. The Department shall require that hospitals
10 instruct the parents of a newborn infant on how to properly
11 perform the Heimlich maneuver on the infant before the infant
12 is discharged from the hospital.
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.