WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 2 REQUIREMENT TYPES
How Is This Bill Enforced
Verbatim statutory text on the left; plain-language analysis and a per-section checklist on the right. Numbered markers cross-link to the matching checklist row.
(1)–(3) 1 Sec. 8d. Diagnostic algorithm. Before using any diagnostic algorithm to diagnose a patient, the University of Illinois Hospital must first confirm all of the following: (1) The diagnostic algorithm has been certified by the Department of Public Health and the Department of Innovation and Technology. (2) The diagnostic algorithm has been shown to achieve as or more accurate diagnostic results than other diagnostic means. (3) The diagnostic algorithm is not the only method of diagnosis available to a patient.
This new section imposes a pre-use verification obligation on the University of Illinois Hospital specifically. Before using any diagnostic algorithm on a patient, the hospital must confirm three conditions: the algorithm has been jointly certified by IDPH and DoIT, it has demonstrated equal or superior accuracy compared to other diagnostic means, and it is not the sole method of diagnosis available to the patient. The provision functions as a deployment-gating requirement — certification and accuracy validation must be completed before any clinical use.
(1)–(3) 2 Sec. 6.28. Diagnostic algorithm. Before using any diagnostic algorithm to diagnose a patient, a hospital licensed under this Act must first confirm all of the following: (1) The diagnostic algorithm has been certified by the Department of Public Health and the Department of Innovation and Technology. (2) The diagnostic algorithm has been shown to achieve as or more accurate diagnostic results than other diagnostic means. (3) The diagnostic algorithm is not the only method of diagnosis available to a patient.
This section extends the same three pre-use conditions imposed on the University of Illinois Hospital to all hospitals licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act. The requirements are substantively identical: joint IDPH and DoIT certification, demonstrated equal or superior accuracy, and availability of an alternative diagnostic method. This provision broadens the obligation to cover the entire Illinois licensed hospital system.
3 Sec. 3.5. Diagnostic algorithm. A patient has the right to be told when a diagnostic algorithm will be used to diagnose him or her.
(1)–(2) 4 Before a diagnostic algorithm is used to diagnose a patient, the patient must first: (1) be presented with the option of being diagnosed without the diagnostic algorithm; and (2) consent to the diagnostic algorithm's use.
This section creates three patient-facing rights when a diagnostic algorithm is used: the right to be told that an algorithm will be used, the right to opt for diagnosis without the algorithm, and the requirement of patient consent before the algorithm is applied. Unlike Sections 8d and 6.28, which impose institutional verification duties, this section is framed as a patient rights provision — placing the disclosure, opt-out, and consent obligations on whoever administers the diagnosis.