Bill Sponsors: IL HB0714 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. In a Section concerning the examination of health care records, provides that "health care practitioner" includes any therapist or counselor. Deletes language requiring a health care facility or health care practitioner to provide without charge one complete copy of a patient's records if the patient is an indigent homeless veteran in order to facilitate the person's application for federal veterans' disability benefits. Provides instead that complete copies of a patient's records shall be provided to the patient or other person authorized by the patient for the purpose of supporting a claim for: (1) federal veterans' disability benefits; or (2) federal Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits, or both, under any title of the Social Security Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0183 [HB0714 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0183 [HB0714 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-017 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Bob Morgan [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-058 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Carol Ammons [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-103 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Laura Fine [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-009 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Laura Murphy [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-028 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |