Bill > SB897

This bill creates a new section of Wisconsin statutes (146.893) that establishes patient rights to receive medically accurate information from healthcare providers. The key provisions include: - Defining "medically accurate information" as information verified by reputable medical organizations and government agencies. - Giving patients the right to receive such medically accurate information from their healthcare providers. - Requiring healthcare providers to provide medically accurate information and allow referrals to other licensed providers. - Prohibiting any interference with these rights and obligations, as well as employment retaliation against providers. - Allowing for civil lawsuits to seek remedies, including damages, for violations of these provisions. - Clarifying that the bill does not alter existing professional standards of care for healthcare providers.

Health and Social Services

http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb897