ical dictionary produced under section 433(b), which 
promotes an understanding of health. 
(6) The right to have all health care informa-
tion, reports, and educational materials translated 
into the individual’s primary language. 
(7) The right to receive, prior to the delivery of 
any health care service, a careful, prompt, and intel-
ligible— 
(A) explanation of the indications, diag-
noses, benefits, side effects, and risks involved 
in the delivery of such service, and a description 
of all medically necessary or appropriate alter-
natives to such service (including no treatment); 
(B) answer to any question relating to 
such health care service; and 
(C) explanation of one’s health rights de-
scribed in this subtitle, and the right to have 
such health care service delivered only with the 
individual’s prior, voluntary, written consent. 
(8) The right to refuse the initial or continuing 
delivery of any health care service whenever such re-
fusal does not directly endanger the public health or, 
in accordance with State law, the health of the indi-
vidual if the individual is dangerous to himself or 
herself.
(9) The right to have all individually identifi-
able information and documents treated confiden-
tially and not disclosed (except for statistical pur-
poses and for the control of communicable diseases, 
drug abuse, and child abuse) without the individual’s 
prior, voluntary, and written consent. 
(10) The right of access at all times to individ-
uals or groups for counseling, health information, 
and assistance on health matters, including access to 
user advocates who shall— 
(A) assist users in choosing the most ap-
propriate sites from which to receive health 
services and the most appropriate health work-
ers from whom to receive such services; 
(B) provide counseling and assistance to 
users in filing complaints; and 
(C) investigate instances of poor quality 
services or improper treatment of users and 
bring such instances to the attention of the ap-
plicable authority. 
(11) The right to be accompanied and visited at 
any time by a friend, relative, or independent advo-
cate of the individual’s choosing, and the right to 
have routine services, such as feeding, bathing,
dressing, and bedding changes, performed by a 
friend or relative, if the individual so chooses. 
(12) The right, in the event of terminal illness, 
to die with a maximum degree of dignity, to be pro-
vided all necessary symptom relief, to be provided 
(and for the individual’s family to be provided) coun-
seling and comfort, and to be allowed (if desired) to 
die at home. 
(13) The right of access to a complaint and 
grievance system and to legal assistance to enforce 
these rights. 
SEC. 202. RIGHT TO PAID LEAVE TO RECEIVE HEALTH 
CARE SERVICES. 
(a) AMENDMENT
TO
FAIR
LABOR
STANDARDS 
ACT.—The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is amended 
by inserting after section 7 (29 U.S.C. 207) the following 
new section: 
‘‘MINIMUM HEALTH LEAVE COMPENSATION 
‘‘SEC. 7A. Each employee of any employer who in any 
workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production 
of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise 
engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for 
commerce, shall be entitled to receive from the employer, 
for each 35 hours he is employed by the employer (not 
counting more than 35 hours in any workweek), com-
pensation for one hour of employment at the regular rate
at which the employee is employed (as that term is used 
in section 7 of this Act) for an hour— 
‘‘(1) during the period of 52 weeks beginning 
with the workweek with which the entitlement is 
earned, and 
‘‘(2) during which the employee is unable to 
work because of the need for the employee (or a de-
pendent of that employee) to receive necessary 
health care services.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 is further amended— 
(1) in section 3(o), by striking ‘‘sections 6 and 
7’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 6, 7, and 7A’’; 
(2) in section 13— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and 7’’ in subsection (a) 
before paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘, 7, and 
7A’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘sections 6 and 7’’ in sub-
section (a)(3) and inserting ‘‘sections 6, 7, and 
7A’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘7A,’’ in subsections (d) 
and (f) after ‘‘7,’’ each place it appears; 
(3) in section 14(d), by striking ‘‘6 and 7’’ and 
inserting ‘‘6, 7, and 7A’’;
(4) in section 15(a), by striking ‘‘section 6 or 
section 7’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6, 7, or 7A’’; 
(5) in section 16— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 6 or section 7’’ in 
subsection (b) and inserting ‘‘section 6, 7, or 
7A’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or their unpaid overtime 
compensation’’ in subsection (b) and inserting 
‘‘their unpaid overtime compensation, or their 
unpaid health leave compensation’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘or of unpaid health leave 
compensation’’ in subsection (b) after ‘‘amount 
of unpaid overtime compensation’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘section 6 or 7’’ in the 
first sentence of subsection (c) and inserting 
‘‘section 6, 7, or 7A’’; 
(E) by striking ‘‘unpaid overtime com-
pensation’’ in the first sentence of subsection 
(c) and inserting ‘‘, unpaid overtime compensa-
tion, or unpaid health leave compensation’’; 
(F) by striking ‘‘or overtime compensa-
tion’’ in the second sentence of subsection (c) 
and inserting ‘‘, overtime compensation, or 
health leave compensation’’; and