Bill Text: IL HB2762 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no hospital may maintain a list of individuals that may not be admitted for treatment at the hospital.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0306 [HB2762 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2762-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 100-0306 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is | ||||
amended by adding Section 6.5 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 330/6.5 new) | ||||
Sec. 6.5. List of individuals that may not be admitted for | ||||
treatment prohibited. The University of Illinois Hospital may | ||||
not maintain a list of individuals that may not be admitted for | ||||
treatment at the University of Illinois Hospital. Nothing in | ||||
this Section shall be construed to prohibit the University of | ||||
Illinois Hospital or a member of the University of Illinois | ||||
Hospital's medical staff from recommending an alternate | ||||
provider, coordinating an appropriate transfer, or arranging | ||||
access to care services that best meets the needs of an | ||||
individual patient.
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Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | ||||
Section 9.7 as follows:
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(210 ILCS 85/9.7 new) | ||||
Sec. 9.7. List of individuals that may not be admitted for | ||||
treatment prohibited. No hospital may maintain a list of |
individuals that may not be admitted for treatment at the | ||
hospital. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | ||
prohibit a hospital or a member of the hospital's medical staff | ||
from recommending an alternate provider, coordinating an | ||
appropriate transfer, or arranging access to care services that | ||
best meets the needs of an individual patient.
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