Full Text of HB0002 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 3.4 as follows: | 6 | | (410 ILCS 50/3.4 new) | 7 | | Sec. 3.4. Rights of women; pregnancy and childbirth. | 8 | | (a) In addition to any other right provided under this Act, | 9 | | every woman has the following rights with regard to pregnancy | 10 | | and childbirth: | 11 | | (1) The right to receive health care before, during, | 12 | | and after pregnancy and childbirth. | 13 | | (2) The right to receive care for her and her infant | 14 | | that is consistent with generally accepted medical | 15 | | standards. | 16 | | (3) The right to choose a certified nurse midwife or | 17 | | physician as her maternity care professional. | 18 | | (4) The right to choose her birth setting from the full | 19 | | range of birthing options available in her community. | 20 | | (5) The right to leave her maternity care professional | 21 | | and select another if she becomes dissatisfied with her | 22 | | care, except as otherwise provided by law. | 23 | | (6) The right to receive information about the names of |
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| 1 | | those health care professionals involved in her care. | 2 | | (7) The right to privacy and confidentiality of | 3 | | records, except as provided by law. | 4 | | (8) The right to receive information concerning her | 5 | | condition and proposed treatment, including methods of | 6 | | relieving pain. | 7 | | (9) The right to accept or refuse any treatment, to the | 8 | | extent medically possible. | 9 | | (10) The right to be informed if her caregivers wish to | 10 | | enroll her or her infant in a research study in accordance | 11 | | with Section 3.1 of this Act. | 12 | | (11) The right to access her medical records in | 13 | | accordance with Section 8-2001 of the Code of Civil | 14 | | Procedure. | 15 | | (12) The right to receive information in a language in | 16 | | which she can communicate in accordance with federal law. | 17 | | (13) The right to receive emotional and physical | 18 | | support during labor and birth. | 19 | | (14) The right to freedom of movement during labor and | 20 | | to give birth in the position of her choice, within | 21 | | generally accepted medical standards. | 22 | | (15) The right to contact with her newborn, except | 23 | | where necessary care must be provided to the mother or | 24 | | infant. | 25 | | (16) The right to receive information about | 26 | | breastfeeding. |
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| 1 | | (17) The right to decide collaboratively with | 2 | | caregivers when she and her baby will leave the birth site | 3 | | for home, based on their conditions and circumstances. | 4 | | (18) The right to be treated with respect at all times | 5 | | before, during, and after pregnancy by her health care | 6 | | professionals. | 7 | | (19) The right of each patient, regardless of source of | 8 | | payment, to examine and receive a reasonable explanation of | 9 | | her total bill for services rendered by her maternity care | 10 | | professional or health care provider, including itemized | 11 | | charges for specific services received. Each maternity | 12 | | care professional or health care provider shall be | 13 | | responsible only for a reasonable explanation of those | 14 | | specific services provided by the maternity care | 15 | | professional or health care provider. | 16 | | (b) The Department of Public Health, Department of | 17 | | Healthcare and Family Services, Department of Children and | 18 | | Family Services, and Department of Human Services shall post | 19 | | information about these rights on their publicly available | 20 | | websites. Every health care provider, day care center licensed | 21 | | under the Child Care Act of 1969, Head Start, and community | 22 | | center shall post information about these rights in a prominent | 23 | | place and on their websites, if applicable. | 24 | | (c) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules to | 25 | | implement this Section. | 26 | | (d) Nothing in this Section or any rules adopted under |
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| 1 | | subsection (c) shall be construed to require a physician, | 2 | | health care professional, hospital, hospital affiliate, or | 3 | | health care provider to provide care inconsistent with | 4 | | generally accepted medical standards or available capabilities | 5 | | or resources.
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 7 | | 1, 2020. |
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