Bill Text: IL HB2452 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a health care facility that provides treatment or care to a patient in this State (rather than a health care facility licensed in this State) shall require each employee of or volunteer for the facility, including a student, who examines or treats a patient or resident of the facility to wear an identification badge that readily discloses the first name, licensure status, if any, and staff position of the person examining or treating the patient or resident.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0243 [HB2452 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2452-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a health care facility that provides treatment or care to a patient in this State (rather than a health care facility licensed in this State) shall require each employee of or volunteer for the facility, including a student, who examines or treats a patient or resident of the facility to wear an identification badge that readily discloses the first name, licensure status, if any, and staff position of the person examining or treating the patient or resident.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0243 [HB2452 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2452-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 6 as follows:
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| 6 | (410 ILCS 50/6)
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| 7 | Sec. 6. Identification badges. A health care facility that | ||||||
| 8 | provides treatment or care to a patient licensed in this
State
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| 9 | shall require each employee of or volunteer for the facility, | ||||||
| 10 | including a
student, who examines or treats
a patient or | ||||||
| 11 | resident of the facility to wear an identification badge that
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| 12 | readily discloses the first name, licensure status, if any, and | ||||||
| 13 | staff position
of the person examining or treating the patient | ||||||
| 14 | or resident.
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| 15 | (Source: P.A. 90-331, eff. 1-1-98.)
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