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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5953
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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410 ILCS 50/2.03 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5402.03 |
410 ILCS 50/4 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5404 |
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Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Expands the definition of "health care provider" to include nursing homes (rather than skilled nursing homes only). Permits a patient to recover damages in a civil action brought under the Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5953 |
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LRB096 18204 KTG 33579 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 |
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| changing Sections 2.03 and 4 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 50/2.03) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5402.03)
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| Sec. 2.03.
"Health care provider" means any public or |
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| private facility
that provides, on an inpatient or outpatient |
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| basis, preventive, diagnostic,
therapeutic, convalescent, |
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| rehabilitation, mental health or mental retardation
services, |
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| including general or special hospitals, skilled nursing homes,
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| extended care facilities, intermediate care facilities and |
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| mental health centers.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1167.)
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| (410 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5404)
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| Sec. 4. Violations. Any physician or health care provider |
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| that violates
a patient's rights as set forth in subparagraph |
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| (b) of Section 3
is guilty of a petty offense and shall be |
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| fined $500. Any insurance company
or health service corporation |
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| that violates a patient's rights as set forth
in subparagraph |
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| (c) of Section 3 is guilty of a petty offense and
shall be |
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| fined $1,000. Any physician, health care provider, health |