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SB 1564 - Requires Healthcare Workers to Provide Treatment Options - Illinois Key Vote

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Title: Requires Healthcare Workers to Provide Treatment Options

Signed by Governor Bruce Rauner


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Title: Requires Healthcare Workers to Provide Treatment Options

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires healthcare workers to provide patients with all treatment options, regardless of conscience-based objections.

Highlights:

  • Requires a healthcare worker to provide a patient with all treatment options if he or she is unable to perform the healthcare service due to a conscience-based objection, which includes the following options (Sec. 6): 
    • A transfer to another healthcare worker in the same healthcare facility; 
    • A referral or transfer to a healthcare facility that offers that healthcare service; or 
    • Written information about health care providers that offer that healthcare service. 
  • Requires a healthcare worker to inform a patient of the patient’s condition, prognosis, legal treatment options, and risks and benefits of the treatment options in a timely manner (Sec. 6). 
  • Requires a healthcare worker to provide copies of medical records to the patient or to another healthcare professional or healthcare facility designated by the patient (Sec. 6).

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Title: Requires Healthcare Workers to Provide Treatment Options

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