Bill Text: IL SB1435 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall ensure that all employees of the hospital have a panic button attached to their staff identification card. Effective July 1, 2025.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-03-27 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1435 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB1435-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1435 Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 330/6.8 new
210 ILCS 85/7.7 new
Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall ensure that all employees of the hospital have a panic button attached to their staff identification card. Effective July 1, 2025.
LRB104 07392 LNS 17433 b
A BILL FOR
SB1435 LRB104 07392 LNS 17433 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is
amended by adding Section 6.8 as follows:
(110 ILCS 330/6.8 new)
Sec. 6.8. Panic buttons required. The University of
Illinois Hospital shall ensure that all employees of the
University of Illinois Hospital have a panic button attached
to their staff identification card.
Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
adding Section 7.7 as follows:
(210 ILCS 85/7.7 new)
Sec. 7.7. Panic buttons required. A hospital shall ensure
that all employees of the hospital have a panic button
attached to their staff identification card.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2025.