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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 1621         </title>
<shortdesc>HEALTH CARE VIOLENCE-ASSAULT</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Sen. Jil Tracy-Dale Fowler-Neil Anderson and Sally J. Turner</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>210 ILCS 160/15</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>Amends the Health Care Violence Prevention Act. Tasks health care providers with reporting any incident of verbal aggression or physical assault of a health care worker employed by the health care provider in the health care provider's emergency department to the Department of Public Health. Requires the Department to track the information reported to assess each health care provider's progress in systemically limiting the verbal aggression toward and physical assault of health care workers. Requires health care providers to post notice regarding verbal aggression and physical assault of health care workers in each emergency department of the health care provider. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/8/2023</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2023</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2023</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>2/23/2023</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler</action>
<statusdate>2/28/2023</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson</action>
<statusdate>3/2/2023</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner</action>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</actions>
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