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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 1137         </title>
<shortdesc>EVIDENCE-HEALTH CARE RECORDS</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Dan Caulkins-Mary E. Flowers-Harry Benton and Chris Miller</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>735 ILCS 5/8-2001</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 110, par. 8-2001</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Requires a health care facility or health care practitioner to notify the patient in writing when the health care facility or health care practitioner alters the patient's record within 3 business days of the alteration. Requires a health care facility or health care practitioner to provide an electronic copy of an altered record within 7 calendar days of the receipt of a written request by a patient. Requires any health care facility that accepts Medicaid to, upon written request, provide an electronic copy of an altered record within 4 business days. Provides that the failure to comply with the time limit requirements of the new provisions shall result in a rebuttable presumption that the health care record was altered to fraudulently conceal a failure to meet the applicable standard of care.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>1/12/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Caulkins</action>
<statusdate>1/12/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/12/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/15/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/17/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers</action>
<statusdate>2/23/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton</action>
<statusdate>3/1/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>To Civil Procedure &amp; Tort Liability subcommittee</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/16/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller</action>
<statusdate>2/29/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee</action>
<statusdate>4/3/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>To Civil Procedure &amp; Tort Liability subcommittee</action>
<statusdate>4/5/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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