Bill Amendment: IL SB1169 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE-COVID-19
Status: 2021-11-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0667 [SB1169 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB1169-House_Amendment_003.html
Bill Title: RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE-COVID-19
Status: 2021-11-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0667 [SB1169 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB1169-House_Amendment_003.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1169
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1169, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Health Care Right of Conscience Act is | ||||||
6 | amended by adding Section 13.5 as follows:
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7 | (745 ILCS 70/13.5 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 13.5. Violations related to COVID-19 requirements. It | ||||||
9 | is not a violation of this Act for any person or public | ||||||
10 | official, or for any public or private association, agency, | ||||||
11 | corporation, entity, institution, or employer, to take any | ||||||
12 | measures or impose any requirements, including, but not | ||||||
13 | limited to, any measures or requirements that involve | ||||||
14 | provision of services by a physician or health care personnel, | ||||||
15 | intended to prevent contraction or transmission of COVID-19 or | ||||||
16 | any pathogens that result in COVID-19 or any of its subsequent |
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1 | iterations. It is not a violation of this Act to enforce such | ||||||
2 | measures or requirements. This Section is a declaration of | ||||||
3 | existing law and shall not be construed as a new enactment. | ||||||
4 | Accordingly, this Section shall apply to all actions commenced | ||||||
5 | or pending on or after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
6 | Act of the 102nd General Assembly. Nothing in this Section is | ||||||
7 | intended to affect any right or remedy under federal law. ".
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