SB2644sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 2/28/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2644

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2644 on page 1, line 8, by replacing "The" with "Beginning January 1, 2026, the"; and

on page 1, line 12, by replacing "POLST" with "Practitioner Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)"; and

on page 1, line 14, immediately after "available", by inserting "electronically"; and

on page 2, immediately below line 12, by inserting the following:

"(g) Nothing in this Section requires a health care professional or health care provider, including a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act and a hospital organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act, to (i) inquire whether a patient has a Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form registered on the Advance Directive Registry or (ii) access or search the Advance Directive Registry to determine whether a patient has registered a Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form or the terms of the form.

(h) A health care professional or health care provider, including a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act and a hospital organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act, is not subject to civil or criminal liability or professional discipline for failure to access or search the Advance Directive Registry. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a health care professional or health care provider who relies in good faith on the provisions of a Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form retrieved from the Advance Directive Registry is immune from criminal and civil liability as described in subsection (d) of Section 65 of the Health Care Surrogate Act.".