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HB 2904

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Hollis Lewis and 1 co-sponsor

Requires Illinois to disclose which reproductive, LGBTQ, and end-of-life services are available or restricted at covered facilities, and publish this data publicly.

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Bill Summary · HB 2904

Bill: HB 2904 — Health Care Transparency Act (Illinois)
Introduced: Feb. 6, 2025 (Rep. Dagmara Avelar) — status shows added co-sponsors including Rep. Camille Y. Lilly (May 28, 2025)
Effective: Immediately (per text)

Summary

HB 2904 creates the "Health Care Transparency Act," directing the Illinois Department of Public Health (DPH) to identify certain categories of health services that are or may be subject to denial for nonmedical reasons, require covered health care facilities to disclose restrictions, and make those disclosures publicly available. The bill is intended to improve informed consent and public awareness about service availability, particularly for services that are frequently restricted for nonmedical or discriminatory reasons.

Purpose and intent

  • Ensure patients have clear information about which reproductive, LGBTQ, and end‑of‑life services are generally available, restricted, or not referred to at specific covered entities.
  • Reduce harms to patients (delays, trauma, worse outcomes, legal violations) caused when facilities refuse or limit services for nonmedical reasons.
  • Educate the public about the impacts of denial of care and how to avoid or mitigate them.

Key provisions

  • Definitions: establishes terms including “covered entity,” “denial of care,” “disclosure form,” and service categories:
    • Reproductive health care services (e.g., contraception, sterilization, maternity, abortion-related care, fertility services).
    • LGBTQ health care services (e.g., gender-affirming care, HIV-related care, family‑building services).
    • End‑of‑life health care services (e.g., palliative care, hospice, advance directives).
  • Covered entities: hospitals licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, surgical hospitals and treatment centers, and freestanding emergency centers (excludes individual practitioners and certain long‑term facilities).
  • Department duties (deadline included):
    • By Jan. 1, 2026, DPH shall consult stakeholders (hospitals, patient advocacy and impacted-population groups) to:
    • Identify services that are or may be subject to nonmedical denials in Illinois.
    • Develop a “clear and simple” disclosure form for covered entities to report which identified services they do and do not provide, which are restricted for nonmedical reasons, and which are restricted in referral.
    • Publish and maintain a public-facing list of covered entities and the disclosure forms submitted by each.
    • Adopt implementing rules.
    • Create and administer a public education/awareness program about denial of care, its effects, and how to avoid negative impacts.
  • Disclosure requirement: covered entities must submit the department’s disclosure form (content described above) and the Department will make those forms publicly accessible.

Who is affected

  • Directly: hospitals, surgical hospitals/treatment centers, freestanding emergency centers licensed in Illinois (required to complete and file disclosure forms).
  • Indirectly: patients (especially reproductive-age patients, LGBTQ individuals, and people near end of life), patient advocates, health care practitioners working in covered entities, payers and policymakers who rely on service-availability data.
  • System effects: may affect referral practices, patient decision-making, and compliance costs/administrative workload for covered entities and DPH.

Procedural/timeline notes

  • Introduced in the Illinois General Assembly Feb. 6, 2025. Several co-sponsors listed (including additions in Feb–May 2025).
  • DPH must complete stakeholder consultation and develop the disclosure form and program by Jan. 1, 2026.
  • The bill text states it is effective immediately; implementing rules and precise compliance procedures will be developed by the Department.

Other considerations

  • The excerpt does not specify civil penalties or enforcement mechanisms for noncompliance beyond public disclosure; further language or administrative rules may address enforcement.
  • Implementation will require DPH rulemaking and outreach; the scope of administrative cost and timing of data publication will depend on rule details and departmental resources.
  • Note: the materials provided also included an unrelated Arizona HB 2904 (tenant marijuana-use bill). This summary is limited to the Illinois Health Care Transparency Act text provided.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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