99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0164
 
Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
110 ILCS 330/10 new
210 ILCS 85/6.14c
210 ILCS 85/6.14g new

     Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that if a hospital, including the University of Illinois Hospital, makes electronic personal health records available to its patients, then the hospital shall provide information about the availability of those electronic personal health records to every patient prior to the patient's discharge and shall conspicuously post information about the availability of those electronic personal health records. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 330/10 new)
7    Sec. 10. Electronic personal health records.   If the 
8University of Illinois Hospital makes electronic personal 
9health records available to its patients, then the University 
10of Illinois Hospital shall conspicuously post, in an area of 
11its offices accessible to patients, information about the 
12availability of electronic personal health records and  shall 
13provide information, in writing, about the availability of 
14those electronic personal health records to every patient prior 
15to the patient's discharge.
 
16    Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended  by 
17changing Section 6.14c and  by adding Section 6.14g as follows:
 



18    (210 ILCS 85/6.14c)



19    Sec. 6.14c. Posting of information. Every hospital shall 
20conspicuously post
for display in an
area of its offices 
21accessible to patients, employees, and visitors the
following:


 
 
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1        (1) its current license;


2        (2) a description, provided by the Department, of 
3    complaint
procedures established under this Act and the 
4    name, address, and
telephone number of a person authorized 
5    by the Department to receive
complaints;


6        (3) a list of any orders pertaining to the hospital 
7    issued by the
Department during the past year and any court 
8    orders reviewing such Department
orders issued during the 
9    past year; and


10        (4) a list of the material available for public 
11    inspection under
Section 6.14d; and .

12        (5) information about the availability of electronic 
13    personal health records if a hospital has made electronic 
14    personal health records available to its patients. 
15(Source: P.A. 91-242, eff. 1-1-00.)

 
16    (210 ILCS 85/6.14g new)
17    Sec. 6.14g. Electronic personal health records. Any 
18hospital that has made electronic personal health records 
19available to its patients shall provide information, in 
20writing, about the availability of those electronic personal 
21health records to every patient prior to the patient's 
22discharge.
  
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.