Bill Title: Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a hospital must include in its written statement of patients' rights the right not to be discriminated against by the hospital due to the patient's race, color, or national origin where such characteristics are not relevant to the patient's medical diagnosis and treatment, and that the statement should put the patient on notice on how to initiate a grievance with the hospital or with the Illinois Department of Public Health regarding improper discrimination. Sets forth discrimination grievance procedures and provides language all hospitals must post for the benefit of patients regarding the hospital's emergency room anti-discrimination policy. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0485 [HB0279 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Mary Flowers [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rita Mayfield [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-060	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Monique Davis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Delgado [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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