Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1021 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1021 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 410 ILCS 50/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403 Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that each patient has the right to receive care from a medical professional who is culturally sensitive to the patient's life experience. LRB103 04883 CPF 49893 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1021 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 410 ILCS 50/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403 410 ILCS 50/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403 Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that each patient has the right to receive care from a medical professional who is culturally sensitive to the patient's life experience. LRB103 04883 CPF 49893 b LRB103 04883 CPF 49893 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1021 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that each patient has the right to receive care from a medical professional who is culturally sensitive to the patient's life experience.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning health.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 3 as follows:
16	16	6 (410 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403)
17	17	7 Sec. 3. The following rights are hereby established:
18	18	8 (a) The right of each patient to care consistent with
19	19	9 sound nursing and medical practices, to be informed of the
20	20	10 name of the physician responsible for coordinating his or
21	21	11 her care, to receive information concerning his or her
22	22	12 condition and proposed treatment, to refuse any treatment
23	23	13 to the extent permitted by law, and to privacy and
24	24	14 confidentiality of records except as otherwise provided by
25	25	15 law.
26	26	16 (b) The right of each patient, regardless of source of
27	27	17 payment, to examine and receive a reasonable explanation
28	28	18 of his total bill for services rendered by his physician
29	29	19 or health care provider, including the itemized charges
30	30	20 for specific services received. Each physician or health
31	31	21 care provider shall be responsible only for a reasonable
32	32	22 explanation of those specific services provided by such
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1021 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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68	68	1 (c) In the event an insurance company or health
69	69	2 services corporation cancels or refuses to renew an
70	70	3 individual policy or plan, the insured patient shall be
71	71	4 entitled to timely, prior notice of the termination of
72	72	5 such policy or plan.
73	73	6 An insurance company or health services corporation
74	74	7 that requires any insured patient or applicant for new or
75	75	8 continued insurance or coverage to be tested for infection
76	76	9 with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any other
77	77	10 identified causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency
78	78	11 syndrome (AIDS) shall (1) give the patient or applicant
79	79	12 prior written notice of such requirement, (2) proceed with
80	80	13 such testing only upon the written authorization of the
81	81	14 applicant or patient, and (3) keep the results of such
82	82	15 testing confidential. Notice of an adverse underwriting or
83	83	16 coverage decision may be given to any appropriately
84	84	17 interested party, but the insurer may only disclose the
85	85	18 test result itself to a physician designated by the
86	86	19 applicant or patient, and any such disclosure shall be in
87	87	20 a manner that assures confidentiality.
88	88	21 The Department of Insurance shall enforce the
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90	90	23 (d) The right of each patient to privacy and
91	91	24 confidentiality in health care. Each physician, health
92	92	25 care provider, health services corporation and insurance
93	93	26 company shall refrain from disclosing the nature or
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104	104	1 details of services provided to patients, except that such
105	105	2 information may be disclosed: (1) to the patient, (2) to
106	106	3 the party making treatment decisions if the patient is
107	107	4 incapable of making decisions regarding the health
108	108	5 services provided, (3) for treatment in accordance with 45
109	109	6 CFR 164.501 and 164.506, (4) for payment in accordance
110	110	7 with 45 CFR 164.501 and 164.506, (5) to those parties
111	111	8 responsible for peer review, utilization review, and
112	112	9 quality assurance, (6) for health care operations in
113	113	10 accordance with 45 CFR 164.501 and 164.506, (7) to those
114	114	11 parties required to be notified under the Abused and
115	115	12 Neglected Child Reporting Act or the Illinois Sexually
116	116	13 Transmissible Disease Control Act, or (8) as otherwise
117	117	14 permitted, authorized, or required by State or federal
118	118	15 law. This right may be waived in writing by the patient or
119	119	16 the patient's guardian or legal representative, but a
120	120	17 physician or other health care provider may not condition
121	121	18 the provision of services on the patient's, guardian's, or
122	122	19 legal representative's agreement to sign such a waiver. In
123	123	20 the interest of public health, safety, and welfare,
124	124	21 patient information, including, but not limited to, health
125	125	22 information, demographic information, and information
126	126	23 about the services provided to patients, may be
127	127	24 transmitted to or through a health information exchange,
128	128	25 as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Mental Health
129	129	26 and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act, in
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140	140	1 accordance with the disclosures permitted pursuant to this
141	141	2 Section. Patients shall be provided the opportunity to opt
142	142	3 out of their health information being transmitted to or
143	143	4 through a health information exchange in accordance with
144	144	5 the regulations, standards, or contractual obligations
145	145	6 adopted by the Illinois Health Information Exchange Office
146	146	7 in accordance with Section 9.6 of the Mental Health and
147	147	8 Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act, Section
148	148	9 9.6 of the AIDS Confidentiality Act, or Section 31.8 of
149	149	10 the Genetic Information Privacy Act, as applicable. In the
150	150	11 case of a patient choosing to opt out of having his or her
151	151	12 information available on an HIE, nothing in this Act shall
152	152	13 cause the physician or health care provider to be liable
153	153	14 for the release of a patient's health information by other
154	154	15 entities that may possess such information, including, but
155	155	16 not limited to, other health professionals, providers,
156	156	17 laboratories, pharmacies, hospitals, ambulatory surgical
157	157	18 centers, and nursing homes.
158	158	19 (e) The right of each patient to receive care from a
159	159	20 medical professional who is culturally sensitive to the
160	160	21 patient's life experience.
161	161	22 (Source: P.A. 101-649, eff. 7-7-20.)
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