Public Act 093-0888
 
HB4862 Enrolled LRB093 18625 DRJ 44350 b

    AN ACT concerning organ donations.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Organ Donation Request Act is amended by
adding Section 3.5 as follows:
 
    (755 ILCS 60/3.5 new)
    Sec. 3.5. Notification of patient; family rights and
options.
    (a) In this Section, "donation after cardiac death" means
the donation of organs from a ventilated patient without a
certification of brain death and with a do-not-resuscitate
order, if a decision has been reached by the physician and the
family to withdraw life support and if the donation does not
occur until after the declaration of cardiac death.
    (b) If (i) a potential organ donor, or an individual given
authority under subsection (b) of Section 2 to consent to an
organ donation, expresses an interest in organ donation, (ii)
there has not been a certification of brain death for the
potential donor, and (iii) the potential donor is a patient at
a hospital that does not allow donation after cardiac death,
then the organ procurement agency shall inform the patient or
the individual given authority to consent to organ donation
that the hospital does not allow donation after cardiac death.
    (c) In addition to providing oral notification, the organ
procurement agency shall develop a written form that indicates
to the patient or the individual given authority to consent to
organ donation, at a minimum, the following information:
        (1) That the patient or the individual given authority
    to consent to organ donation has received literature and
    has been counseled by (representative's name) of the (organ
    procurement agency name).
        (2) That all organ donation options have been explained
    to the patient or the individual given authority to consent
    to organ donation, including the option of donation after
    cardiac death.
        (3) That the patient or the individual given authority
    to consent to organ donation is aware that the hospital
    where the potential donor is a patient does not allow
    donation after cardiac death.
        (4) That the patient or the individual given authority
    to consent to organ donation has been informed of the right
    to request a patient transfer to a facility allowing
    donation after cardiac death.
        (5) That the patient or the individual given authority
    to consent to organ donation has been informed of another
    hospital that will allow donation after cardiac death and
    will accept a patient transfer for the purpose of donation
    after cardiac death; and that the cost of transferring the
    patient to that other hospital will be covered by the organ
    procurement agency, with no additional cost to the patient
    or the individual given authority to consent to organ
    donation.
    The form required under this subsection must include a
place for the signatures of the patient or the individual given
authority to consent to organ donation and the representative
of the organ procurement agency and space to provide the date
that the form was signed.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/9/2004