Bill Text: IL HB3531 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that if a hospital has a gestational surrogacy contract on file for a gestational surrogate or has otherwise received the gestational surrogacy contract from a gestational surrogate, the hospital may not deny an intended parent entry into the delivery room where the gestational surrogate is being induced or in labor. Provides exceptions if: medical personnel determine that the gestational surrogate's life or health could be jeopardized; the gestational surrogacy contract prohibits an intended parent from being present; or medical personnel determine there is other good cause to prohibit an intended parent from being present, including, but not limited to, if the intended parent is causing a disturbance or other security concerns. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0286 [HB3531 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3531-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that if a hospital has a gestational surrogacy contract on file for a gestational surrogate or has otherwise received the gestational surrogacy contract from a gestational surrogate, the hospital may not deny an intended parent entry into the delivery room where the gestational surrogate is being induced or in labor. Provides exceptions if: medical personnel determine that the gestational surrogate's life or health could be jeopardized; the gestational surrogacy contract prohibits an intended parent from being present; or medical personnel determine there is other good cause to prohibit an intended parent from being present, including, but not limited to, if the intended parent is causing a disturbance or other security concerns. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0286 [HB3531 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3531-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 6.27 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 85/6.27 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 6.27. Intended parent; delivery room. | ||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section, "gestational surrogate", | ||||||
9 | "gestational surrogacy contract", and "intended parent" have | ||||||
10 | the meanings given to those terms in Section 10 of the | ||||||
11 | Gestational Surrogacy Act. | ||||||
12 | (b) If a hospital has a gestational surrogacy contract on | ||||||
13 | file for a gestational surrogate or has otherwise received the | ||||||
14 | gestational surrogacy contract from a gestational surrogate, | ||||||
15 | the hospital may not deny an intended parent entry into the | ||||||
16 | delivery room where the gestational surrogate is being induced | ||||||
17 | or in labor, except as provided under subsection (c). | ||||||
18 | (c) A hospital is not required to allow entry into the | ||||||
19 | delivery room to an intended parent if: (1) medical personnel | ||||||
20 | determine that the gestational surrogate's life or health could | ||||||
21 | be jeopardized if an intended parent is present; (2) the | ||||||
22 | gestational surrogacy contract prohibits an intended parent | ||||||
23 | from being present; or (3) medical personnel determine there is |
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1 | other good cause to prohibit an intended parent from being | ||||||
2 | present, including, but not limited to, if the intended parent | ||||||
3 | is causing a disturbance or other security concerns.
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.
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