HB5473 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

(410 ILCS 50/6)

Sec. 6. Identification badges. A health care facility that provides treatment or care to a patient in this State shall require each employee of or volunteer for the facility, including a student, who examines or treats a patient or resident of the facility to wear an identification badge that readily discloses the first name, licensure status, if any, and staff position of the person examining or treating the patient or resident. This Section does not apply to a facility licensed or certified under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act.

(Source: P.A. 98-243, eff. 1-1-14.)