Bill Text: IL HB5473 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act to exempt facilities licensed or certified under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act from the provision concerning the wearing of identification badges.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5473 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB5473-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public 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 in this
State
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9 | 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. This Section does not apply to a facility licensed | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | or certified under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Certification Act.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 98-243, eff. 1-1-14.)
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