Bill Text: IL HB1002 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that before using any diagnostic algorithm to diagnose a patient, a hospital must first confirm that the diagnostic algorithm has been certified by the Department of Public Health and the Department of Innovation and Technology, has been shown to achieve as or more accurate diagnostic results than other diagnostic means, and is not the only method of diagnosis available to a patient. Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a patient has the right to be told when a diagnostic algorithm will be used to diagnose him or her. Provides that before a diagnostic algorithm is used to diagnose a patient, the patient must first be presented with the option of being diagnosed without the diagnostic algorithm and consent to the diagnostic algorithm's use.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1002 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1002-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1002 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 330/8h new
210 ILCS 85/6.34 new
410 ILCS 50/3.5 new
Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that before using any diagnostic algorithm to diagnose a patient, a hospital must first confirm that the diagnostic algorithm has been certified by the Department of Public Health and the Department of Innovation and Technology, has been shown to achieve as or more accurate diagnostic results than other diagnostic means, and is not the only method of diagnosis available to a patient. Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a patient has the right to be told when a diagnostic algorithm will be used to diagnose him or her. Provides that before a diagnostic algorithm is used to diagnose a patient, the patient must first be presented with the option of being diagnosed without the diagnostic algorithm and consent to the diagnostic algorithm's use.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is
amended by adding Section 8h as follows:
(110 ILCS 330/8h new)
Sec. 8h. Diagnostic algorithm. Before using any
diagnostic algorithm to diagnose a patient, the University of
Illinois Hospital must first confirm all of the following:
(1) The diagnostic algorithm has been certified by the
Department of Public Health and the Department of
Innovation and Technology.
(2) The diagnostic algorithm has been shown to achieve
as or more accurate diagnostic results than other
diagnostic means.
(3) The diagnostic algorithm is not the only method of
diagnosis available to a patient.
Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
adding Section 6.34 as follows:
(210 ILCS 85/6.34 new)
Sec. 6.34. Diagnostic algorithm. Before using any

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diagnostic algorithm to diagnose a patient, a hospital
licensed under this Act must first confirm all of the
following:
(1) The diagnostic algorithm has been certified by the
Department of Public Health and the Department of
Innovation and Technology.
(2) The diagnostic algorithm has been shown to achieve
as or more accurate diagnostic results than other
diagnostic means.
(3) The diagnostic algorithm is not the only method of
diagnosis available to a patient.
Section 15. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by
adding Section 3.5 as follows:
(410 ILCS 50/3.5 new)
Sec. 3.5. Diagnostic algorithm. A patient has the right to
be told when a diagnostic algorithm will be used to diagnose
him or her. Before a diagnostic algorithm is used to diagnose a
patient, the patient must first:
(1) be presented with the option of being diagnosed
without the diagnostic algorithm; and
(2) consent to the diagnostic algorithm's use.