Illinois 93rd Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 59 — HOSPITAL REPORT CARD ACT

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0563

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2003. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 12 sponsors

    0 primary, 12 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Creates the Hospital Report Card Act. Provides requirements for staffing levels. Requires hospitals to prepare a quarterly report detailing specified information as a condition of licensure. Requires the Department of Public Health to submit a report summarizing the quarterly reports by region to the General Assembly and publish that report on its website. Provides protection for whistleblowers. Provides a private right of action to whistleblowers against their employers. Provides penalties for violations of the Act. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that violations of the Hospital Report Card Act are grounds for discipline under the Act.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

297 added · 292 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill SB 59 added a requirement for hospitals to prepare quarterly reports that include specific nosocomial infection rates, ensuring that infection data is shared without identifying information about patients or staff. This change emphasizes transparency and accountability in healthcare facilities, which can help improve patient safety and outcomes. Additionally, the amendment highlights the importance of tracking and managing hospital-acquired infections by aligning reporting standards with those from the Centers for Disease Control.

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SB59 Engrossed LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b AN ACT concerning hospitals.
SB59 Enrolled LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b AN ACT concerning hospitals.
SB59 Engrossed -2- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b "Nursing care" means care that falls within the scope of practice set forth in the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act or is otherwise encompassed within recognized professional standards of nursing practice, including assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and patient advocacy.
SB59 Enrolled -2- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b "Nursing care" means care that falls within the scope of practice set forth in the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act or is otherwise encompassed within recognized professional standards of nursing practice, including assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and patient advocacy.
Each schedule shall list the daily assigned nursing personnel and average daily SB59 Engrossed -3- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b census for the unit.
Each schedule shall list the daily assigned nursing personnel and average daily SB59 Enrolled -3- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b census for the unit.
(c) Staff training information will be available upon request at the hospital.
(c) Staff training information will be available upon request, without any information identifying a patient, employee, or licensed professional at the hospital.
(A) Class I surgical site infection.
SB59 Enrolled -4- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b (A) Class I surgical site infection.
SB59 Engrossed -4- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b (B) Ventilator-associated pneumonia.
(B) Ventilator-associated pneumonia.
(3) Data collection and analytical methodologies shall be used that meet accepted standards of validity and reliability before any information is made available SB59 Engrossed -5- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b to the public.
(3) Data collection and analytical methodologies shall be used that meet accepted standards of validity SB59 Enrolled -5- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b and reliability before any information is made available to the public.
(11) Only the most basic identifying information from mandatory reports shall be used, and patient-identifiable information shall not be released.
(11) Only the most basic identifying information from mandatory reports shall be used, and information SB59 Enrolled -6- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b identifying a patient, employee, or licensed professional shall not be released.
SB59 Engrossed -6- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b None of the information the Department discloses to the public under this Act may be used to establish a standard of care in a private civil action.
None of the information the Department discloses to the public under this Act may be used to establish a standard of care in a private civil action.
(h) No hospital report or Department disclosure may contain information identifying a patient, employee, or licensed professional.
The Department of Public Health shall annually submit to the General Assembly a report summarizing the quarterly reports by health service area and shall publish that report on its website.
The Department of Public SB59 Enrolled -7- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b Health shall annually submit to the General Assembly a report summarizing the quarterly reports by health service area and shall publish that report on its website.
The Department of Public Health may issue quarterly informational bulletins at its discretion, summarizing all or part of the information SB59 Engrossed -7- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b submitted in these quarterly reports.
The Department of Public Health may issue quarterly informational bulletins at its discretion, summarizing all or part of the information submitted in these quarterly reports.
(2) Initiates, cooperates, or otherwise participates in an investigation or proceeding brought by a regulatory agency or private accreditation body concerning matters covered by this Act or any other law or rule or that the employee reasonably believes poses a risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a patient or the public.
(2) Initiates, cooperates, or otherwise participates in an investigation or proceeding brought by a regulatory agency or private accreditation body concerning matters covered by this Act or any other law or rule or that the employee reasonably believes poses a SB59 Enrolled -8- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a patient or the public.
(3) Objects to or refuses to participate in any activity, policy, or practice of a hospital that violates this Act or any law or rule of the Department or that a SB59 Engrossed -8- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b reasonable person would believe poses a risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a patient or the public.
(3) Objects to or refuses to participate in any activity, policy, or practice of a hospital that violates this Act or any law or rule of the Department or that a reasonable person would believe poses a risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a patient or the public.
The notice requirement shall not apply if the employee is participating in a survey, investigation, or other activity of a regulatory agency, law enforcement agency, or private accreditation body that was not initiated by the employee.
The notice requirement SB59 Enrolled -9- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b shall not apply if the employee is participating in a survey, investigation, or other activity of a regulatory agency, law enforcement agency, or private accreditation body that was not initiated by the employee.
Nothing in this Section prohibits a hospital from training, educating, correcting, or SB59 Engrossed -9- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b otherwise taking action to improve the performance of employees who report that they are unable or unwilling to perform an assigned task.
Nothing in this Section prohibits a hospital from training, educating, correcting, or otherwise taking action to improve the performance of employees who report that they are unable or unwilling to perform an assigned task.
(a) The Director after notice and opportunity for hearing to the applicant or licensee may deny, suspend, or revoke a permit to establish a hospital or deny, suspend, or revoke a license to open, conduct, operate, and maintain a hospital in any case in which he finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this Act _____h_____________________r______ or the standards, rules, and regulations established by virtue o ________________t___________ -----o--.
(a) The Director after notice and opportunity for hearing to the applicant or licensee may deny, suspend, or revoke a permit to establish a hospital or deny, suspend, or revoke a license to open, conduct, operate, and maintain a hospital in any case in which he finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this Act _____h_____________________r______ or the standards, rules, and regulations established by virtue o ________________t___________ SB59 Enrolled -10- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b -----o--.
(b) Such notice shall be effected by registered mail or by personal service setting forth the particular reasons for the proposed action and fixing a date, not less than 15 days from the date of such mailing or service, at which time the SB59 Engrossed -10- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b applicant or licensee shall be given an opportunity for a hearing.
(b) Such notice shall be effected by registered mail or by personal service setting forth the particular reasons for the proposed action and fixing a date, not less than 15 days from the date of such mailing or service, at which time the applicant or licensee shall be given an opportunity for a hearing.
(d) The Director or Hearing Officer shall upon his own motion, or on the written request of any party to the proceeding, issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and the giving of testimony by witnesses, and subpoenas duces tecum requiring the production of books, papers, records, or SB59 Engrossed -11- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b memoranda.
SB59 Enrolled -11- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b (d) The Director or Hearing Officer shall upon his own motion, or on the written request of any party to the proceeding, issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and the giving of testimony by witnesses, and subpoenas duces tecum requiring the production of books, papers, records, or memoranda.
(f) The Director or Hearing Officer, or any party in an investigation or hearing before the Department, may cause the depositions of witnesses within the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in courts of this State, and to that end compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records, or memoranda.
(f) The Director or Hearing Officer, or any party in an investigation or hearing before the Department, may cause the SB59 Enrolled -12- LRB093 03368 AMC 03386 b depositions of witnesses within the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in courts of this State, and to that end compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records, or memoranda.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0563

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2004

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 059-000-000

  7. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Health & Human Services; 011-000-000

  8. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Health & Human Services

  9. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  10. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Barack Obama

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 14, 2003

  12. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01

  13. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000

  14. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  15. Second Reading - Short Debate

  16. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

  17. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey

  18. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto

  19. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

  20. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano

  21. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters

  22. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

  23. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons

  24. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary K. O'Brien

  25. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

  26. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks

  27. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  28. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 008-000-000

  29. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote

  30. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Human Services Committee

  31. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis

  32. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey

  33. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard

  34. Assigned to Human Services Committee

  35. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  36. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos

  37. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary E. Flowers

  38. Referred to Rules Committee

  39. First Reading

  40. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos

  41. Arrived in House

  42. Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001

  43. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard

  44. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon

  45. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton

  46. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter

  47. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson

  48. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  49. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen

  50. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2003

  51. Second Reading

  52. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2003

  53. Do Pass as Amended Health & Human Services; 011-000-000

  54. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  55. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services

  56. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  57. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama

  58. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett

  59. Assigned to Health & Human Services

  60. Referred to Rules

  61. First Reading

  62. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks

  63. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno

  64. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama

Sponsors

  • Barack Obama · Cosponsor
  • Jack D. Franks · Cosponsor
  • Kenneth Dunkin · Cosponsor
  • Mary K. O'Brien · Cosponsor
  • Joseph M. Lyons · Cosponsor
  • Patricia R. Bellock · Cosponsor
  • Dave Winters · Cosponsor
  • Angelo Saviano · Cosponsor
  • Donald L. Moffitt · Cosponsor
  • Cynthia Soto · Cosponsor
  • John A. Fritchey · Cosponsor
  • Sara Feigenholtz · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 12 co-sponsors · 171 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (12)

  • Barack Obama
  • Jack D. Franks
  • Kenneth Dunkin
  • Mary K. O'Brien
  • Joseph M. Lyons
  • Patricia R. Bellock
  • Dave Winters
  • Angelo Saviano
  • Donald L. Moffitt
  • Cynthia Soto
  • John A. Fritchey
  • Sara Feigenholtz Democrat

Not signed on (171)

171 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 59 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 51000
Democrat 7000
Republican 1000
Total 59000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Soden — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Obama — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Watson — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Woolard — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 118 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 106000
Democrat 9000
Republican 3000
Total 118000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Slone — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Capparelli — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Parke — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Mathias — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Millner — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Munson — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Myers — Yea
Scully — Yea
Tenhouse — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Wait — Yea
Brady — Yea
Washington — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Howard — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Forby — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Giles — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Grunloh — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Krause — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Kurtz — Yea
Lang — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Davis, Steve — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Novak — Yea
O'Brien — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Winters — Yea
Wirsing — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Poe — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 55 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 48003
Democrat 6001
Republican 1000
Total 55004
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Obama — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Watson — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Woolard — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Jones, W. — Not Voting
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Philip — Not Voting
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Not Voting
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 59 do?
Creates the Hospital Report Card Act. Provides requirements for staffing levels. Requires hospitals to prepare a quarterly report detailing specified information as a condition of licensure. Requires the Department of Public Health to submit a report summarizing the quarterly reports by region to the General Assembly and publish that report on its website. Provides protection for whistleblowers. Provides a private right of action to whistleblowers against their employers. Provides penalties for violations of the Act. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that violations of the Hospital Report Card Act are grounds for discipline under the Act.
Who sponsors SB 59?
SB 59 is sponsored by Barack Obama, Jack D. Franks, Kenneth Dunkin, Mary K. O'Brien, Joseph M. Lyons, Patricia R. Bellock, Dave Winters, Angelo Saviano, Donald L. Moffitt, Cynthia Soto, John A. Fritchey, and Sara Feigenholtz (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 59?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2003. Enacted.
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