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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Voting Records

Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Comparison	Source
Third Reading in Senate	2011-05-17	58	0	1	0	You have no stance	Link
Third Reading in House	2011-04-07	110	0	0	2	You have no stance	Link

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