HB5953 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5953

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 50/2.03	from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5402.03
410 ILCS 50/4	from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5404

Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Expands the definition of "health care provider" to include nursing homes (rather than skilled nursing homes only). Permits a patient to recover damages in a civil action brought under the Act. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by changing Sections 2.03 and 4 as follows:

(410 ILCS 50/2.03) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5402.03)

Sec. 2.03. "Health care provider" means any public or private facility that provides, on an inpatient or outpatient basis, preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, convalescent, rehabilitation, mental health or mental retardation services, including general or special hospitals, skilled nursing homes, extended care facilities, intermediate care facilities and mental health centers.

(Source: P.A. 81-1167.)

(410 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5404)

Sec. 4. Violations. Any physician or health care provider that violates a patient's rights as set forth in subparagraph (b) of Section 3 is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $500. Any insurance company or health service corporation that violates a patient's rights as set forth in subparagraph (c) of Section 3 is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $1,000. Any physician, health care provider, health services corporation or insurance company that violates a patient's rights as set forth in subsection (d) of Section 3 is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $1,000. A patient may also recover damages in a civil action for any violation of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.