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92_HB5271 LRB9211671LDpk 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 considertake into11considerationsimilar 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.)