Illinois House Bill 12 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Creates the Hospital Patient Protection Act. Provides for minimum direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals, and requires hospitals to have a written staffing plan. Sets forth essential functions of direct care registered nurses relating to hospital patient care. Sets forth certain rights of direct care registered nurses, including the rights to protected speech and patient advocacy. Prohibits a hospital from interfering with a nurse's exercise of those rights, and prohibits other retaliatory or discriminatory action by a hospital. Provides for monetary and equitable relief for violations of the Act, and provides for civil penalties. Requires a hospital to post certain provisions of the Act for review by the hospital's employees and patients and by the public. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the Nurse Practice Act to provide that in the case of a conflict between a provision of either of those Acts and a provision of the Hospital Patient Protection Act, the Hospital Patient Protection Act shall control.

HOSPITAL PATIENT PROTECT ACT

Rep. Mary Flowers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-04-11	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-11	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2014-02-11	House	Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 003-001-000
2013-04-19	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2013-04-18	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2013-04-18	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2013-03-22	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2013-03-21	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee; 005-003-000
2013-03-21	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee; by Voice Vote
2013-03-18	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee
2013-03-14	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-14	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
2013-01-30	House	Assigned to Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee
2013-01-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-01-09	House	First Reading
2012-12-10	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
210	85	2.5	New Code	See Bill Text
225	65	50-17	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=12&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB0012.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB0012ham001.htm