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| Public Act 101-0445 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 3.4 as follows: | ||||
(410 ILCS 50/3.4 new) | ||||
Sec. 3.4. Rights of women; pregnancy and childbirth. | ||||
(a) In addition to any other right provided under this Act, | ||||
every woman has the following rights with regard to pregnancy | ||||
and childbirth: | ||||
(1) The right to receive health care before, during, | ||||
and after pregnancy and childbirth. | ||||
(2) The right to receive care for her and her infant | ||||
that is consistent with generally accepted medical | ||||
standards. | ||||
(3) The right to choose a certified nurse midwife or | ||||
physician as her maternity care professional. | ||||
(4) The right to choose her birth setting from the full | ||||
range of birthing options available in her community. | ||||
(5) The right to leave her maternity care professional | ||||
and select another if she becomes dissatisfied with her | ||||
care, except as otherwise provided by law. | ||||
(6) The right to receive information about the names of | ||||
those health care professionals involved in her care. | ||
(7) The right to privacy and confidentiality of | ||
records, except as provided by law. | ||
(8) The right to receive information concerning her | ||
condition and proposed treatment, including methods of | ||
relieving pain. | ||
(9) The right to accept or refuse any treatment, to the | ||
extent medically possible. | ||
(10) The right to be informed if her caregivers wish to | ||
enroll her or her infant in a research study in accordance | ||
with Section 3.1 of this Act. | ||
(11) The right to access her medical records in | ||
accordance with Section 8-2001 of the Code of Civil | ||
Procedure. | ||
(12) The right to receive information in a language in | ||
which she can communicate in accordance with federal law. | ||
(13) The right to receive emotional and physical | ||
support during labor and birth. | ||
(14) The right to freedom of movement during labor and | ||
to give birth in the position of her choice, within | ||
generally accepted medical standards. | ||
(15) The right to contact with her newborn, except | ||
where necessary care must be provided to the mother or | ||
infant. | ||
(16) The right to receive information about | ||
breastfeeding. | ||
(17) The right to decide collaboratively with | ||
caregivers when she and her baby will leave the birth site | ||
for home, based on their conditions and circumstances. | ||
(18) The right to be treated with respect at all times | ||
before, during, and after pregnancy by her health care | ||
professionals. | ||
(19) The right of each patient, regardless of source of | ||
payment, to examine and receive a reasonable explanation of | ||
her total bill for services rendered by her maternity care | ||
professional or health care provider, including itemized | ||
charges for specific services received. Each maternity | ||
care professional or health care provider shall be | ||
responsible only for a reasonable explanation of those | ||
specific services provided by the maternity care | ||
professional or health care provider. | ||
(b) The Department of Public Health, Department of | ||
Healthcare and Family Services, Department of Children and | ||
Family Services, and Department of Human Services shall post | ||
information about these rights on their publicly available | ||
websites. Every health care provider, day care center licensed | ||
under the Child Care Act of 1969, Head Start, and community | ||
center shall post information about these rights in a prominent | ||
place and on their websites, if applicable. | ||
(c) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules to | ||
implement this Section. | ||
(d) Nothing in this Section or any rules adopted under | ||
subsection (c) shall be construed to require a physician, | ||
health care professional, hospital, hospital affiliate, or | ||
health care provider to provide care inconsistent with | ||
generally accepted medical standards or available capabilities | ||
or resources.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2020. | ||