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90_SB0351eng
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.
LRB9002588LDpk
SB351 Engrossed LRB9002588LDpk
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 mothers
9 of newborns. As part of the process of discharging a newborn
10 infant, a hospital may provide the infant's mother with
11 material prepared and provided by the Department instructing
12 the mother on how to properly perform the Heimlich maneuver
13 on the infant. The hospital shall answer the mother's
14 questions regarding the maneuver.
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.