Summary as Introduced
Amends the Hospital Infant Feeding Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Staff Analysis
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall consider specified factors in determining whether a sexual assault transfer plan is unduly burdensome. Makes changes in provisions concerning penalties for hospitals that submit late or unacceptable sexual assault transfer plans. Makes changes in provisions concerning plans of correction and penalties. Provides that the Department shall find a hospital in violation if, after the issuance of a written warning to the hospital, the Department's investigation finds that the hospital committed one or more of the following violations: allowing a nonqualified medical provider to perform and complete the medical forensic service examination; refusing to offer a medical forensic service examination to the sexual assault survivor; failing to provide medical management for sexually transmitted infections, medical management for HIV, and emergency contraception; or failing to offer photographic evidence, failing to secure photographic evidence, or releasing photographic evidence without a court order. Provides that the Department shall impose a fine of $3,000 for an initial violation and a fine of $5,000 for each subsequent violation. Defines "unduly burdensome".