HB 5115 Illinois House · 103rd Regular Session

IDPH-DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM

Summary
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. Sets forth provisions concerning certification of the diagnostic algorithm and annual reporting by the proprietor of the diagnostic algorithm. 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 them. 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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Feb 2024
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Introduced Feb 8, 2024 Last action Feb 8, 2024
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