HB0002 EngrossedEnrolled LRB101 03317 RPS 48325 b AN ACT concerning health.
(2) The right to receive care for her and her infant that is consistent with currentgenerally scientificaccepted evidencemedical aboutstandards. benefits and risks.
(3) The right to choose a certified nurse midwife or a physician as her maternity care provider.professional.
(4) The right to choose her birth setting from the full range of safebirthing options available in her communitycommunity. on the basis of complete, objective information about the benefits, risks, and costs of those options.
(5) The right to leave her maternity caregivercare professional and select another if she becomes dissatisfied with her care.care, except as otherwise provided by law.
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(7) The right to communicateprivacy with caregivers and receiveconfidentiality allof carerecords, inexcept privacy,as whichprovided mayby involvelaw. excluding nonessential personnel, and to have all personal information treated according to standards of confidentiality.
(8) The right to receive maternityinformation careconcerning thather identifiescondition and addressesproposed socialtreatment, andincluding behavioralmethods factors that affect her health and that of herrelieving baby.pain.
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(19) The right of each patient, regardless of source of payment, to chooseexamine whichand methodsreceive willa bereasonable used;explanation of her total bill for services rendered by her maternity care professional or health care provider, including itemized charges for specific services received.
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(17) The right to freedom of movement during labor, unencumbered by tubes, wires, or other apparatuses and to give birth in the position of her choice.
(18) The right to virtually uninterrupted contact with her newborn from the moment of birth if she and her baby are healthy and do not need care that requires separation.
(19) The right to receive complete information about HB0002 Engrossed - 4 - LRB101 03317 RPS 48325 b the benefits of breastfeeding well in advance of labor, to refuse supplemental bottles and other actions that interfere with breastfeeding, and to have access to skilled lactation support for as long as she chooses to breastfeed.
(20) The right to decide collaboratively with caregivers when she and her baby will leave the birth site for home, based on their conditions and circumstances.
(21) The right to be treated with respect at all times before, during, and after pregnancy by her health care professionals and to have a health care professional that is culturally competent and treats her appropriately regardless of her ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religious background.
(d) Nothing in this Section or any rules adopted under HB0002 Enrolled - 4 - LRB101 03317 RPS 48325 b subsection (c) shall be construed to require a physician, health care professional, hospital, hospital affiliate, or health care provider to provide care inconsistent with generally accepted medical standards or available capabilities or resources.
This Act takes effect uponJanuary becoming1, law.2020.