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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by 
5adding Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 50/8 new)
7    Sec. 8. Equity in health care during public health 
8emergencies. 
9    (a) In this Section, "health professional" means a 
10physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, a 
11registered professional nurse, advanced practice registered 
12nurse, emergency medical technician, or other individual 
13appropriately licensed or registered to provide health care 
14services. 
15    (b) During the pendency of a proclamation issued by the 
16Governor under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act 
17declaring that a public health-related emergency exists, a 
18health 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;
 
 
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1        (3) shall not deny a patient's care based on 
2    stereotypes, assessments of a patient's quality of life, 
3    or assessments related to disability or other identity 
4    factor; and
5        (4) shall not make decisions on health care resources 
6    based on age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, domestic 
7    partnership or civil union status, ethnicity, gender 
8    identity or expression, health insurance status, marital 
9    status, national origin, nationality, place of residence, 
10    race, sex, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status if 
11    the characteristics are not relevant to the patient's 
12    medical diagnosis and treatment.
 
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
14becoming law.