HB1332 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CONTACT
Last Action
8/01/2025 - House: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0046
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
210 ILCS 85/11.11 new  
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital licensed under the Act must, at the time a patient is being checked in, give the patient an opportunity to designate an emergency contact to be notified if the patient dies or experiences a significant change in condition. If an emergency contact is designated, hospital staff must communicate with the emergency contact and ask whether the emergency contact would prefer to be notified by telephone call, by hospital staff when the emergency contact reaches the hospital, or by some other method.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
210 ILCS 85/11.11 new  
Adds reference to:
210 ILCS 91/1  
210 ILCS 91/5  
210 ILCS 91/10  
210 ILCS 91/14 new  
210 ILCS 91/30  
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable Act. Changes the short title to the Emergency Contact and Caregiver Act. Makes changes to defined terms. Provides that, following the patient's admission into the hospital as an inpatient, a hospital shall provide each patient or, if applicable, the patient's legal representative with an opportunity to designate an emergency contact and the opportunity to authorize the hospital to share the patient's protected health information with the emergency contact. Requires a hospital, if authorized by the patient when the emergency contact was designated, to provide notice to the patient's designated emergency contact of the patient's death or if the patient's condition has become life threatening. Limits the liability of hospitals who attempt to contact an emergency contact. Makes conforming changes.

House Floor Amendment No. 3
Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Changes the short title to the Emergency Contact and Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable Act. Makes changes to defined terms. Provides that, following the patient's admission into the hospital as an inpatient, a hospital shall provide each patient or, if applicable, the patient's legal representative with an opportunity to designate a caregiver following the patient's admission into the hospital as an inpatient and prior to the patient's discharge (rather than only prior to the patient's discharge) to the patient's residence or transfer to another facility. Requires a hospital, as soon as practicable, to notify the emergency contact of the patient's death (rather than notify a patient's emergency contact of the patient's death or if the patient's condition has become life threatening) if a patient has authorized the hospital to share protected health information with an emergency contact that is not the patient's legal representative and the patient's legal representative does not object. Limits the liability of hospitals who attempt to contact an emergency contact. Removes provisions concerning failure to contact the patient's emergency contact. Provides that, if a patient fails to authorize the hospital to share the patient's protected health information or revokes such authorization, the hospital may contact the emergency contact only as otherwise allowed by law. Makes other changes.
Actions
DateChamberAction
1/14/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
1/28/2025HouseFirst Reading
1/28/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
2/11/2025HouseAssigned to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
3/04/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
3/04/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/05/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
3/11/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; by Voice Vote
3/11/2025HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 009-005-000
3/12/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/14/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
3/14/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/18/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
3/26/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
3/26/2025HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/02/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
4/02/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
4/07/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
4/07/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
4/07/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava
4/07/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
4/08/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 012-000-000
4/09/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
4/09/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/09/2025HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-026-000
4/09/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled
4/10/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
4/10/2025SenateArrive in Senate
4/10/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2025
4/14/2025SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
4/14/2025SenateFirst Reading
4/14/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
4/23/2025SenateAssigned to Health and Human Services
4/30/2025SenateDo Pass Health and Human Services; 008-000-000
4/30/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025
5/14/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
5/14/2025SenateSecond Reading
5/14/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2025
5/21/2025SenateThird Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
5/21/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
5/21/2025HousePassed Both Houses
6/17/2025HouseSent to the Governor
8/01/2025HouseGovernor Approved
8/01/2025HouseEffective Date January 1, 2026
8/01/2025HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0046