Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1354 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1354 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 410 ILCS 50/3.2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403.2 Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that every health care facility in this State shall permit the next of kin of a patient who is on life support to remain with the patient, at the patient's bedside, irrespective of regular hours of visitation. Provides that health care facilities may institute reasonable policies, including reasonable requirements that promote the health, safety, and welfare of the next of kin, the patient, and the employees and other patients of the health care facility without revoking the basic right afforded to the next of kin of a patient who is on life support. Defines "next of kin". LRB104 06936 BDA 16973 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1354 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 410 ILCS 50/3.2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403.2 410 ILCS 50/3.2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403.2 Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that every health care facility in this State shall permit the next of kin of a patient who is on life support to remain with the patient, at the patient's bedside, irrespective of regular hours of visitation. Provides that health care facilities may institute reasonable policies, including reasonable requirements that promote the health, safety, and welfare of the next of kin, the patient, and the employees and other patients of the health care facility without revoking the basic right afforded to the next of kin of a patient who is on life support. Defines "next of kin". LRB104 06936 BDA 16973 b LRB104 06936 BDA 16973 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1354 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that every health care facility in this State shall permit the next of kin of a patient who is on life support to remain with the patient, at the patient's bedside, irrespective of regular hours of visitation. Provides that health care facilities may institute reasonable policies, including reasonable requirements that promote the health, safety, and welfare of the next of kin, the patient, and the employees and other patients of the health care facility without revoking the basic right afforded to the next of kin of a patient who is on life support. Defines "next of kin".
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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 3.2 as follows:
16	16	6 (410 ILCS 50/3.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403.2)
17	17	7 Sec. 3.2. Visitation rights, policies, and procedures.
18	18	8 (a) Every health care facility in this State shall permit
19	19	9 visitation by any person or persons designated by a patient
20	20	10 who is 18 years of age or older and who is allowed rights of
21	21	11 visitation unless (1) the facility does not allow any
22	22	12 visitation for a patient or patients, or (2) the facility or
23	23	13 the patient's physician determines that visitation would
24	24	14 endanger the physical health or safety of a patient or
25	25	15 visitor, or would interfere with the operations of the
26	26	16 facility.
27	27	17 (a-5) Notwithstanding subsection (a), during a period for
28	28	18 which the Governor has issued a proclamation under Section 7
29	29	19 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act declaring that
30	30	20 a disaster exists or in the event of an outbreak or epidemic of
31	31	21 a communicable disease in the community in which the health
32	32	22 care facility is located, a health care facility shall ensure
33	33	23 an opportunity for at least one visitor to visit a resident or
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1354 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	410 ILCS 50/3.2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403.2 410 ILCS 50/3.2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403.2
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40	40	Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that every health care facility in this State shall permit the next of kin of a patient who is on life support to remain with the patient, at the patient's bedside, irrespective of regular hours of visitation. Provides that health care facilities may institute reasonable policies, including reasonable requirements that promote the health, safety, and welfare of the next of kin, the patient, and the employees and other patients of the health care facility without revoking the basic right afforded to the next of kin of a patient who is on life support. Defines "next of kin".
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68	68	1 patient of the health care facility. A health care facility
69	69	2 shall not count a clergy member toward any limit on the number
70	70	3 of visitors permitted to visit a resident or patient at one
71	71	4 time and shall permit a clergy member to visit with a resident
72	72	5 or patient in addition to the permitted number of visitors.
73	73	6 Visitation shall be subject to the guidelines, conditions, and
74	74	7 limitations of the health care facility's visitation policy
75	75	8 and any rules or guidelines established by the U.S. Centers
76	76	9 for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease
77	77	10 Control and Prevention.
78	78	11 Visitors under this subsection may be required by the
79	79	12 health care facility to submit to health screenings necessary
80	80	13 to prevent the spread of infectious disease. A health care
81	81	14 facility may restrict facility access to a visitor who does
82	82	15 not pass its health screening requirement. A health care
83	83	16 facility may require a visitor to adhere to infection control
84	84	17 procedures, including wearing personal protective equipment. A
85	85	18 health care facility may deny visitation under this Act if
86	86	19 visitation would endanger the physical health or safety of a
87	87	20 patient, the visitor, or health care workers or would
88	88	21 otherwise create a public health or safety problem.
89	89	22 (a-10) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a skilled nursing
90	90	23 home, extended care facility, or intermediate care facility
91	91	24 may prohibit an individual from visiting a resident or patient
92	92	25 of the nursing home or facility if specific facts demonstrate
93	93	26 that the individual would endanger his or her physical health
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104	104	1 or safety or the health or safety of a resident, patient, or
105	105	2 health care worker of the nursing home or facility. Any denial
106	106	3 of visitation under this subsection (a-10) shall be in writing
107	107	4 and shall be provided to the individual and the resident or
108	108	5 patient with whom the individual was denied visitation.
109	109	6 (a-15) Each skilled nursing home, extended care facility,
110	110	7 and intermediate care facility shall:
111	111	8 (1) inform each resident of the nursing home or
112	112	9 facility (or that individual's representative) of the
113	113	10 resident's visitation rights and the nursing home or
114	114	11 facility's visitation-related policies and procedures,
115	115	12 including any clinical or safety-related restriction or
116	116	13 limitation on visitation rights, the reasons for the
117	117	14 restriction or limitation, and the persons to whom the
118	118	15 restriction or limitation may apply;
119	119	16 (2) inform each resident of the resident's right:
120	120	17 (A) to consent to receive designated visitors,
121	121	18 such as a spouse, including, without limitation, a
122	122	19 same-sex spouse; a domestic partner, including,
123	123	20 without limitation, a same-sex domestic partner;
124	124	21 another family member; or a friend; and
125	125	22 (B) to withdraw or deny that consent at any time;
126	126	23 (3) not restrict, limit, or otherwise deny visitation
127	127	24 privileges on the basis of race, color, national origin,
128	128	25 religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or
129	129	26 disability; and
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140	140	1 (4) ensure that all of the resident's visitors enjoy
141	141	2 full and equal visitation privileges, consistent with the
142	142	3 resident's preferences.
143	143	4 (a-20) Notwithstanding subsection (a), every health care
144	144	5 facility in this State shall permit the next of kin of a
145	145	6 patient who is on life support to remain with the patient, at
146	146	7 the patient's bedside, irrespective of regular hours of
147	147	8 visitation. Every health care facility in this State may
148	148	9 institute reasonable policies, including reasonable
149	149	10 requirements that promote the health, safety, and welfare of
150	150	11 the next of kin, the patient, and the employees and other
151	151	12 patients of the health care facility without revoking the
152	152	13 basic right afforded under this subsection to the next of kin
153	153	14 of a patient who is on life support to remain with the patient
154	154	15 or at the patient's bedside. In this subsection, "next of kin"
155	155	16 means one and only one person who is a spouse, or, in the
156	156	17 absence of a spouse, a parent, or, in the absence of a parent,
157	157	18 a child, or, in the absence of a child, a sibling.
158	158	19 (b) Except as provided in subsection (a-5) and subsection
159	159	20 (a-20), nothing in this Section shall be construed to further
160	160	21 limit or restrict the right of visitation provided by other
161	161	22 provisions of law or to restrict the ability of a health care
162	162	23 facility to regulate hours of visitation, the number of
163	163	24 visitors per patient, or the movement of visitors within the
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