Bill Amendment: IL HB0002 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH RIGHTS
Status: 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0445 [HB0002 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0002-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH RIGHTS
Status: 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0445 [HB0002 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0002-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 3.4 as follows:
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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 |
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1 | physician as her maternity care professional. | ||||||
2 | (4) The right to choose her birth setting from the full | ||||||
3 | range of birthing options available in her community. | ||||||
4 | (5) The right to leave her maternity care professional | ||||||
5 | and select another if she becomes dissatisfied with her | ||||||
6 | care, except as otherwise provided by law. | ||||||
7 | (6) The right to receive information about the names of | ||||||
8 | those health care professionals involved in her care. | ||||||
9 | (7) The right to privacy and confidentiality of | ||||||
10 | records, except as provided by law. | ||||||
11 | (8) The right to receive information concerning her | ||||||
12 | condition and proposed treatment, including methods of | ||||||
13 | relieving pain. | ||||||
14 | (9) The right to accept or refuse any treatment, to the | ||||||
15 | extent medically possible. | ||||||
16 | (10) The right to be informed if her caregivers wish to | ||||||
17 | enroll her or her infant in a research study in accordance | ||||||
18 | with Section 3.1 of this Act. | ||||||
19 | (11) The right to access her medical records in | ||||||
20 | accordance with Section 8-2001 of the Code of Civil | ||||||
21 | Procedure. | ||||||
22 | (12) The right to receive information in a language in | ||||||
23 | which she can communicate in accordance with federal law. | ||||||
24 | (13) The right to receive emotional and physical | ||||||
25 | support during labor and birth. | ||||||
26 | (14) The right to freedom of movement during labor and |
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1 | to give birth in the position of her choice, within | ||||||
2 | generally accepted medical standards. | ||||||
3 | (15) The right to contact with her newborn, except | ||||||
4 | where necessary care must be provided to the mother or | ||||||
5 | infant. | ||||||
6 | (16) The right to receive information about | ||||||
7 | breastfeeding. | ||||||
8 | (17) The right to decide collaboratively with | ||||||
9 | caregivers when she and her baby will leave the birth site | ||||||
10 | for home, based on their conditions and circumstances. | ||||||
11 | (18) The right to be treated with respect at all times | ||||||
12 | before, during, and after pregnancy by her health care | ||||||
13 | professionals. | ||||||
14 | (19) The right of each patient, regardless of source of | ||||||
15 | payment, to examine and receive a reasonable explanation of | ||||||
16 | her total bill for services rendered by her maternity care | ||||||
17 | professional or health care provider, including itemized | ||||||
18 | charges for specific services received. Each maternity | ||||||
19 | care professional or health care provider shall be | ||||||
20 | responsible only for a reasonable explanation of those | ||||||
21 | specific services provided by the maternity care | ||||||
22 | professional or health care provider. | ||||||
23 | (b) The Department of Public Health, Department of | ||||||
24 | Healthcare and Family Services, Department of Children and | ||||||
25 | Family Services, and Department of Human Services shall post | ||||||
26 | information about these rights on their publicly available |
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1 | websites. Every health care provider, day care center licensed | ||||||
2 | under the Child Care Act of 1969, Head Start, and community | ||||||
3 | center shall post information about these rights in a prominent | ||||||
4 | place and on their websites, if applicable. | ||||||
5 | (c) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules to | ||||||
6 | implement this Section. | ||||||
7 | (d) Nothing in this Section or any rules adopted under | ||||||
8 | subsection (c) shall be construed to require a physician, | ||||||
9 | health care professional, hospital, hospital affiliate, or | ||||||
10 | health care provider to provide care inconsistent with | ||||||
11 | generally accepted medical standards or available capabilities | ||||||
12 | or resources.
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
14 | 1, 2020.".
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