Illinois House Bill 3585 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Hospital Patient Protection Act. Provides for minimum direct care registered professional nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and ambulatory surgical treatment centers. Sets forth essential functions of direct care registered professional nurses relating to hospital patient care. Sets forth certain rights of direct care registered professional nurses, including the rights to protected speech and patient advocacy. Prohibits a hospital, long-term acute care hospital, and ambulatory surgical treatment center 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, long-term acute care hospital, and ambulatory surgical treatment center 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. Effective January 1, 2020.

HOSPITAL PATIENT PROTECTION

Rep. Theresa Mah [D]	Sen. John Connor [D]	Rep. Marcus Evans [D]	Rep. Carol Ammons [D]
Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin [D]	Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Sen. Karina Villa [D]
Sen. Celina Villanueva [D]	Rep. Yehiel Kalish [D]	Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-12	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
2019-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2019-03-05	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2019-03-05	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2019-03-05	House	Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
2019-03-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish
2019-02-28	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva
2019-02-28	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa
2019-02-28	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
2019-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2019-02-27	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
2019-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
2019-02-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2019-02-15	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-15	House	First Reading
2019-02-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah

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=3585&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB3585.htm