103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3837

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Brad Halbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 85/6.34 new

    Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that hospitals licensed under the Act are prohibited from preventing the administration of a prescription medication to a patient if the patient's treating physician has prescribed the medication.


LRB103 25454 CPF 51803 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3837LRB103 25454 CPF 51803 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 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding
5Section 6.34 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 85/6.34 new)
7    Sec. 6.34. Prescription medication; administration to
8patients. A hospital licensed under this Act is prohibited
9from preventing the administration of a prescription
10medication to a patient if the patient's treating physician
11has prescribed the medication.