Date	Chamber	Action
8/14/2009	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0448

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

210 ILCS 45/2-104.2

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-104.2

755 ILCS 40/15

from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 851-15

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Health Care Surrogate Act. Provides that within 30 days after admission to a facility in the case of a new resident, and within one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act for all residents who were admitted before that date, residents, agents, and surrogates shall be given written information describing the facility's policies concerning DNR orders and shall be given the opportunity to execute a Living Will or Power of Attorney for Health Care, decline consent to life-sustaining treatment, and provide the facility with the name of a preferred surrogate. Provides that any such decision made by a resident, agent, or surrogate must be recorded in the resident's medical record and that any subsequent changes or modifications must also be recorded in the medical record. Provides that advance directives that a health care facility must maintain include a designation of a preferred surrogate should the person making the designation become incapacitated or impaired. Effective January 1, 2010.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Health Care Surrogate Act. Provides that within 30 days after admission to a nursing home, new residents who do not have a guardian of the person or an executed power of attorney for health care shall be provided with written notice of their right to provide the name of one or more potential health care surrogates that a treating physician should consider in selecting a surrogate to act on the resident's behalf should the resident lose decision-making capacity. Provides that a signed copy of the resident's declaration of a potential health care surrogate or decision to decline to make such a declaration, or documentation by the facility of the resident's inability to make such a declaration, shall be placed in the resident's clinical record and shall satisfy the facility's obligation concerning Do-Not-Resuscitate orders. Provides that such a declaration shall be used only for informational purposes in the selection of a surrogate pursuant to the Health Care Surrogate Act. Provides that a facility that complies with these provisions is not liable to any healthcare provider, resident, or resident's representative or any other person relating to the identification or selection of a surrogate or potential health care surrogate. Requires that a health care facility maintain a declaration of a potential surrogate or surrogates should the person become incapacitated or impaired in the patient's medical records for the duration of the patient's stay.

	Fiscal Note (Dept. of Public Health)
	There is no fiscal impact to the Illinois Department of Public Health - Office of Health Care Regulation.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/6/2009	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
2/6/2009	House	First Reading
2/6/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/11/2009	House	Assigned to Human Services Committee
3/11/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Human Services Committee
3/11/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote
3/11/2009	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000
3/11/2009	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/23/2009	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/23/2009	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/24/2009	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/24/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
3/24/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
3/24/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
3/24/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
3/24/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
3/24/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
3/24/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
3/24/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
3/24/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
3/24/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
3/24/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
3/24/2009	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
3/25/2009	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/25/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009
3/26/2009	Senate	Fiscal Note Filed as amended by House Amendment No. 1, from the Illinois Department of Public Health-Office of Health Care Regulation.
3/26/2009	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
3/30/2009	Senate	First Reading
3/30/2009	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/15/2009	Senate	Assigned to Public Health
4/22/2009	Senate	Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000
4/22/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
5/7/2009	Senate	Second Reading
5/7/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
5/19/2009	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
5/19/2009	House	Passed Both Houses
6/17/2009	House	Sent to the Governor
8/14/2009	House	Governor Approved
8/14/2009	House	Effective Date January 1, 2010
8/14/2009	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0448

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