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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3155 Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Lakesia Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Requires that, during the pendency of a proclamation issued by the Governor under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act declaring that a public health-related emergency exists, a health professional: shall permit people eligible for critical or intensive care services to remain eligible regardless of a patient's age or disability; shall provide individual patient assessments based on the best available objective medical evidence; shall not deny a patient's care based on stereotypes, assessments of a patient's quality of life, or assessments related to disability or other identity factor; and shall not make decisions on health care resources based on age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, domestic partnership or civil union status, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, health insurance status, marital status, national origin, nationality, place of residence, race, sex, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status if the characteristics are not relevant to the patient's medical diagnosis and treatment. Defines "health professional". Effective immediately.
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| | HB3155 | | LRB102 16008 SPS 21379 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 50/8 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Equity in health care during public health |
| 8 | | emergencies. |
| 9 | | (a) In this Section, "health professional" means a |
| 10 | | physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, a |
| 11 | | registered professional nurse, advanced practice registered |
| 12 | | nurse, emergency medical technician, or other individual |
| 13 | | appropriately licensed or registered to provide health care |
| 14 | | services. |
| 15 | | (b) During the pendency of a proclamation issued by the |
| 16 | | Governor under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act |
| 17 | | declaring that a public health-related emergency exists, a |
| 18 | | health professional: |
| 19 | | (1) shall permit people eligible for critical or |
| 20 | | intensive care services to remain eligible regardless of a |
| 21 | | patient's age or disability; |
| 22 | | (2) shall provide individual patient assessments based |
| 23 | | on the best available objective medical evidence; |