Illinois House Bill 1137

---

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 12 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Requires a health care facility or health care practitioner to notify the patient in writing when the health care facility or health care practitioner alters the patient's record within 3 business days of the alteration. Requires a health care facility or health care practitioner to provide an electronic copy of an altered record within 7 calendar days of the receipt of a written request by a patient. Requires any health care facility that accepts Medicaid to, upon written request, provide an electronic copy of an altered record within 4 business days. Provides that the failure to comply with the time limit requirements of the new provisions shall result in a rebuttable presumption that the health care record was altered to fraudulently conceal a failure to meet the applicable standard of care.

EVIDENCE-HEALTH CARE RECORDS

Rep. Dan Caulkins [R]

Rep. Mary Flowers [D]

Rep. Harry Benton [D]

Rep. Chris Miller [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-05	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-04-03	House	To Civil Procedure & Tort Liability subcommittee
2024-02-29	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2023-03-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
2023-03-10	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-01	House	To Civil Procedure & Tort Liability subcommittee
2023-02-23	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
2023-02-17	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
2023-02-15	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2023-01-12	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-01-12	House	First Reading
2023-01-12	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Caulkins

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	8-2001	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1137&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB1137.htm