Bill Text: IL HB1327 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Patients' Right to Know Act. Extends the disclosure period from 5 years to 10 years for certain information that must be posted on a physician's public profile.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0210 [HB1327 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1327-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 098-0210 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Patients' Right to Know Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 10 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 61/10)
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Sec. 10. Physician profiles. The Department shall make | ||||
available to the public a profile of each physician. The | ||||
Department shall make this information available through an | ||||
Internet web site and, if requested, in writing. The physician | ||||
profile shall contain the following information: | ||||
(1) the full name of the physician;
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(2) a description of any criminal convictions for | ||||
felonies and Class A misdemeanors, as determined by the | ||||
Department, within the most recent 10 5 years. For the | ||||
purposes of this Section, a person shall be deemed to be | ||||
convicted of a crime if he or she pleaded guilty or if he | ||||
was found or adjudged guilty by a court of competent | ||||
jurisdiction;
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(3) a description of any final Department disciplinary | ||||
actions within the most recent 10 5 years;
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(4) a description of any final disciplinary actions by | ||||
licensing boards in other states within the most recent 10 | ||||
5 years;
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(5) a description of revocation or involuntary | ||
restriction of hospital privileges for reasons related to | ||
competence or character that have been taken by the | ||
hospital's governing body or any other official of the | ||
hospital after procedural due process has been afforded, or | ||
the resignation from or nonrenewal of medical staff | ||
membership or the restriction of privileges at a hospital | ||
taken in lieu of or in settlement of a pending disciplinary | ||
case related to competence or character in that hospital. | ||
Only cases which have occurred within the most recent 10 5 | ||
years shall be disclosed by the Department to the public;
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(6) all medical malpractice court judgments and all | ||
medical malpractice arbitration awards in which a payment | ||
was awarded to a complaining party during the most recent | ||
10 5 years and all settlements of medical malpractice | ||
claims in which a payment was made to a complaining party | ||
within the most recent 10 5 years. A medical malpractice | ||
judgment or award that has been appealed shall be | ||
identified prominently as "Under Appeal" on the profile | ||
within 20 days of formal written notice to the Department. | ||
Information concerning all settlements shall be | ||
accompanied by the following statement: "Settlement of a | ||
claim may occur for a variety of reasons which do not | ||
necessarily reflect negatively on the professional | ||
competence or conduct of the physician. A payment in | ||
settlement of a medical malpractice action or claim should | ||
not be construed as creating a presumption that medical | ||
malpractice has occurred." Nothing in this subdivision (6) | ||
shall be construed to limit or prevent the Disciplinary | ||
Board from providing further explanatory information | ||
regarding the significance of categories in which | ||
settlements are reported. Pending malpractice claims shall | ||
not be disclosed by the Department to the public. Nothing | ||
in this subdivision (6) shall be construed to prevent the | ||
Disciplinary Board from investigating and the Department | ||
from disciplining a physician on the basis of medical | ||
malpractice claims that are pending;
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(7) names of medical schools attended, dates of | ||
attendance, and date of graduation;
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(8) graduate medical education;
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(9) specialty board certification. The toll-free | ||
number of the American Board of Medical Specialties shall | ||
be included to verify current board certification status;
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(10) number of years in practice and locations;
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(11) names of the hospitals where the physician has | ||
privileges;
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(12) appointments to medical school faculties and | ||
indication as to whether a physician has a responsibility | ||
for graduate medical education within the most recent 10 5 | ||
years;
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(13) information regarding publications in | ||
peer-reviewed medical literature within the most recent 10 | ||
5 years;
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(14) information regarding professional or community | ||
service activities and awards;
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(15) the location of the physician's primary practice | ||
setting;
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(16) identification of any translating services that | ||
may be available at the physician's primary practice | ||
location;
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(17) an indication of whether the physician | ||
participates in the Medicaid program.
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(Source: P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11.)
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