98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5473

 

Introduced , by Rep. Esther Golar

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 50/6

    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.


LRB098 19528 RPM 54704 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5473LRB098 19528 RPM 54704 b

1    AN ACT concerning public health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by
5changing Section 6 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 50/6)
7    Sec. 6. Identification badges. A health care facility that
8provides treatment or care to a patient in this State shall
9require each employee of or volunteer for the facility,
10including a student, who examines or treats a patient or
11resident of the facility to wear an identification badge that
12readily discloses the first name, licensure status, if any, and
13staff position of the person examining or treating the patient
14or resident. This Section does not apply to a facility licensed
15or certified under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the
16Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and
17Certification Act.
18(Source: P.A. 98-243, eff. 1-1-14.)