102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0699

 

Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Thyroid Guard Act. Provides that a health care facility that conducts x-ray imaging must have a thyroid guard available and require personnel conducting the x-ray imaging to give a patient the option of using it, unless the thyroid guard would directly interfere with the ability of the personnel to obtain the x-ray imaging that was ordered.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB0699LRB102 10918 CPF 16249 b

1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Thyroid Guard Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "health care facility"
7has the same meaning provided in Section 3 of the Health Care
8Right of Conscience Act.
 
9    Section 10. X-rays; thyroid guard. Notwithstanding any
10other provision of law, a health care facility that conducts
11x-ray imaging must have a thyroid guard available and require
12personnel conducting the x-ray imaging to give a patient the
13option of using it, unless the thyroid guard would directly
14interfere with the ability of the personnel to obtain the
15x-ray imaging that was ordered.