Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

Filed: 4/19/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3604

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3604 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding
5 Section 6.23 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 85/6.23 new)
7     Sec. 6.23. Time of death; patient's religious beliefs.
8 Every hospital must adopt policies and procedures to allow
9 health care professionals, in documenting a patient's time of
10 death at the hospital, to take into account the patient's
11 religious beliefs concerning the patient's time of death.".