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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HR 511    </title>
<shortdesc>SAFE PATIENT HANDLING</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Elizabeth Coulson-Mary E. Flowers-Carolyn H. Krause-Greg Harris-JoAnn D. Osmond and Fred Crespo</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>6/29/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Resolution Adopted 087-000-000</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
<synopsistitle></synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>     Creates a Safe Patient Handling Task Force to study safe patient handling policies and create recommended policy guidelines for all health care facilities to eliminate the manual lifting of patients by direct-care registered nurses and other health care providers.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>5/31/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson</action>
<statusdate>6/5/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>6/20/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee</action>
<statusdate>6/27/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability and Access Committee;  010-000-000</action>
<statusdate>6/27/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions</action>
<statusdate>6/28/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo</action>
<statusdate>6/28/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers</action>
<statusdate>6/28/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause</action>
<statusdate>6/28/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris</action>
<statusdate>6/28/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond</action>
<statusdate>6/29/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Resolution Adopted 087-000-000</action>
</actions>
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