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92_HB5271

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to hospitals.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Hospital  Licensing  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 6.01 as follows:

 6        (210 ILCS 85/6.01)
 7        Sec. 6.01.  Domestic violence.  A hospital licensed under
 8    this  Act must comply with the standards relating to domestic
 9    violence established  by  the  Department.   In  establishing
10    these  standards,  the  Department  shall  consider take into
11    consideration  similar  standards  adopted   by   the   Joint
12    Commission  on Health Care Accreditation or other accrediting
13    organization.  Nothing in this Section requires a hospital to
14    become accredited by the  Joint  Commission  on  Health  Care
15    Accreditation or any other accreditation program.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-163, eff. 1-1-00.)

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