Bill Title: Amends the Health Care Right of Conscience Act. Makes changes in the Section concerning findings and policy. Defines "access to care and information protocols" and "material information". Provides that notwithstanding any other law, a health care facility, or any physician or health care personnel working in the facility, may refuse to permit, perform, assist in, counsel about, suggest, recommend, refer for, or participate in health care services because of a conscience-based objection only if the refusal occurs in accordance with written access to care and information protocols designed to ensure that (1) the patient receives material information in a timely fashion; and (2) the refusal will not impair the patient's health by causing delay of or inability to access the refused health care service. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to prevent a health care facility from requiring that physicians or health care personnel working in the facility comply with access to care and information protocols. Makes other changes in Sections concerning: (i) discrimination by employers or institutions; and (ii) liability.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 36)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0690 [SB1564 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2016-07-29	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2016-06-06	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2015-04-22	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2015-02-20	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 001	2015-07-07	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 003	2015-04-15	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 002	2015-03-16	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 001	2015-03-05	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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