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HB 1587

Criminal Immunity; provide for those who report sex offenses.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Dana McLean

No criminal immunity for reporters of sex offenses; the text instead expands Arkansas healthcare provider definitions and adds outdoor access and right to enter/leave facilities for Illinois long-term care consumers.

Died In Committee
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Bill Summary · HB 1587

Summary — HB 1587

Note up front: the document provided appears to conflate multiple, different draft texts and legislative histories from more than one jurisdiction (notably Arkansas and Illinois) and includes conflicting status entries (e.g., “Died In Committee” versus entries showing passage and enactment). The bill title supplied (“Criminal Immunity; provide for those who report sex offenses”) does not match the text excerpts included. The summary below focuses on the substantive provisions present in the supplied text and flags the inconsistencies in status and scope.

Main purpose and intent

Two distinct substantive themes appear in the provided materials:

  1. Arkansas-focused amendments to the Patient Protection Act of 1995 and the state’s “any willing provider” laws that update the statutory definition of “healthcare provider.”
  2. Illinois-focused amendments to long-term care and specialized mental health rehabilitation law creating or clarifying resident/consumer rights to outdoor access and the right to enter and leave facilities.

No provisions concerning criminal immunity for reporters of sex offenses appear in the provided legislative text.

Key provisions (as found in the document)

  • Arkansas (amendments to Ark. Code):

    • Revises the statutory definition of “healthcare provider” under the Patient Protection Act of 1995 (Ark. Code § 23-99-203(d)) and the any-willing-provider provisions (Ark. Code § 23-99-802(4)).
    • Provides an explicit, enumerated list of covered provider types (advanced practice nurses, physicians, hospitals, hospice, pharmacies, long-term care facilities, speech pathologists, etc.).
    • Adds or clarifies entries such as licensed durable medical equipment providers and an “other healthcare practitioners” catchall that allows the State Insurance Department to identify additional provider types by rule under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act.

  • Illinois (amendments to Nursing Home Care Act and Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013):

    • Adds “outdoor access” to the set of basic human needs that must be accommodated for nursing home residents.
    • Establishes an explicit right for nursing home residents and mental health rehabilitation consumers to enter and leave the facility as they choose.
    • Permits suspension of that right only after a physician examines the resident/consumer and documents that leaving would pose a danger to others or an immediate and substantial danger to the resident/consumer’s safety and well‑being; the physician must explain and document the reason in the medical chart.

Who is affected

  • Healthcare providers and entities governed by patient protection and insurance laws (primary impact in Arkansas): insurers, hospitals, clinics, durable medical equipment providers, and other listed provider types; State Insurance Department (rulemaking authority).
  • Residents of nursing homes and consumers of specialized mental health rehabilitation facilities (primary impact in Illinois): facility operators, treating physicians, and regulatory/licensing entities overseeing long‑term care and mental health services.

Procedural / status notes

  • The top metadata lists: Introduced December 11, 2024, Status: “Died In Committee.”
  • The legislative actions included in the file are inconsistent and appear to reflect multiple bills across different states (entries showing readings, committee reports, passage, conference committee actions, and even signatures in some records).
  • A companion bill number shown: SB 1415.
  • Because of these conflicting records, the final enactment status of the specific HB 1587 text you provided is unclear from the supplied material.

If you want, I can:
- Attempt to reconcile and verify the correct jurisdictional version and final status using a specific state (e.g., Arkansas or Illinois) and date range, or
- Produce a redrafted plain‑language explainer focused only on the Arkansas insurance/provider definition changes or only on the Illinois long‑term care resident rights changes.

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