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Bill Status of HB4088 102nd General Assembly

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Short Description: HOSPITAL-RFID TAG FOR SURGERY

House Sponsors
Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Last Action

Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

110 ILCS 330/7 new

210 ILCS 85/6.22 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital must use a federal Food and Drug Administration-approved radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in connection with each surgery performed at the hospital. Provides that the tag must identify (i) the patient and the surgeon, (ii) the date and type of surgery, and (iii) the body part to be operated on. Requires that the tag be scanned in the hospital's operating room before the patient is sedated and that the information stored on the tag be confirmed with the patient. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules to implement these provisions.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
7/7/2005	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
10/19/2005	House	First Reading
10/19/2005	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

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