State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, right, chats with State Rep. Steve Reick before the start of a committee meeting in the Capitol on Feb. 7, 2024, in Springfield. Cassidy is behind a measure to increase reporting of patient abuse.
“This is just a simple commonsense fix to make clear that hospitals have responsibility for providers at any of their facilities,” said Illinois Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, who is behind the legislation. “It kind of falls into that category, do we really need to tell somebody out loud that that’s what we expect of them? Apparently we do, so we are.”revealed that several well-known health systems allowed workers accused of sexually abusing patients to continue providing care.
“This is important because women spend most of their time receiving gynecological and obstetrical care in a clinic, not in a hospital setting, and the Ortega case and other cases across the country show that most of the abuse does occur in a clinical setting or in an office setting because that’s where doctors have more privacy and alone time with patients,” Holder said.
Endeavor Health said in a statement Thursday it “is grateful for the good faith efforts of Illinois lawmakers and the hospital community regarding proposals for reporting parity between hospitals and wholly owned external sites” and it will “continue to evaluate the implications of any changes to Illinois law on our patients and staff.”