Public Act 0181 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3604 Enrolled LRB095 06331 DRJ 32308 b

Public Act 095-0181

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

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.

Effective Date: 1/1/2008