HB3604ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

Filed: 4/19/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3604

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3604 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding Section 6.23 as follows:

(210 ILCS 85/6.23 new)

Sec. 6.23. Time of death; patient's religious beliefs. Every hospital must adopt policies and procedures to allow health care professionals, in documenting a patient's time of death at the hospital, to take into account the patient's religious beliefs concerning the patient's time of death.".