HB3890 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3890

Introduced , by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 85/6.10a new

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital that is treating a patient for a heroin overdose to test that patient for hepatitis C.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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 6.10a as follows:

(210 ILCS 85/6.10a new)

Sec. 6.10a. Hepatitis C testing for a patient being treated for a heroin overdose. If a hospital treats a patient for a heroin overdose, then that hospital shall test that patient for hepatitis C.