Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. In the list of provisions to be incorporated into hospital policies regarding the risk of injury to patients and nurses and other health care workers associated with the lifting, transferring, repositioning, or movement of a patient, includes (1) the primacy of maintaining patient dignity, self-determination, and choice and (2) consideration of the feasibility of incorporating patient handling equipment or the physical space and construction design needed to incorporate that equipment in conjunction with federal handling equipment or the physical space and construction design needed to incorporate that equipment and federal guidelines known as Access to Medical Care for Individuals With Mobility Disabilities. Makes other changes. Effective on January 1, 2012. [Track Bill]

Status: 2011-07-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0122 [HB1684 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	Financial
Representative Esther Golar	Primary	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Representative Thomas Holbrook	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Representative Lou Lang	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Representative Patricia R. Bellock	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Representative Barbara Flynn Currie	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Representative Ann Williams	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Representative Elaine Nekritz	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Representative Rich Brauer	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Representative William Cunningham	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	N/A
Representative Sandy Cole	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Representative Al Riley	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	N/A
Representative Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	N/A
Senator Linda Holmes	Primary	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney

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