Illinois 101st Regular Session Status: In Committee 8 D cosponsors

HB 3585 — HOSPITAL PATIENT PROTECTION

Last action — Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 101st Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  2. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

  3. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield

  4. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons

  5. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

  6. Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee

  7. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish

  8. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva

  9. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa

  10. Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman

  11. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  12. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor

  13. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman

  14. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi

  15. Referred to Rules Committee

  16. First Reading

  17. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah

Sponsors

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0 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 172 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (172)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 3585 do?
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.
Who sponsors HB 3585?
HB 3585 is sponsored by Theresa Mah (Democrat), John Connor, Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (Democrat), Carol Ammons (Democrat), Debbie Meyers-Martin (Democrat), Will Guzzardi (Democrat), Kelly M. Cassidy (Democrat), Karina Villa, Celina Villanueva (Democrat), Yehiel M. Kalish, and Rita Mayfield (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 3585?
This bill died with 101st Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 3585?
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