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 Bill Status of SB1524  104th General Assembly


Short Description:  DOC-HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Adriane Johnson - Graciela Guzmán, Robert Peters and Rachel Ventura

House Sponsors
(Rep. Nicolle Grasse)

Hearings
Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee Hearing May 1 2025 8:00AM Capitol Building Room 115 Springfield, IL


Last Action
DateChamber Action
  4/17/2025HouseAssigned to Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
730 ILCS 5/3-2-15 new


Synopsis As Introduced
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Eddie Thomas Act. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that no later than December 1 of each year, the Department of Corrections shall prepare a report to be published on its website that contains, at a minimum, the following information about hospice and palliative care in its institutions and facilities during the prior fiscal year: (1) demographic data of committed persons who received hospice and palliative care; (2) data on the number of committed persons in the Department's hospice and palliative care programs; (3) data on the timing of hospice and palliative care programming; (4) the number of committed persons in the custody of the Department who died; (5) policies and administrative directives of each Department institution and facility regarding the institution of hospice and palliative care; (6) the staff available for hospice and palliative care; and (7) the cost of the Department's hospice and palliative care programs. Provides that all such data shall be anonymized to protect the privacy of the committed persons involved in the hospice and palliative care programs.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/4/2025SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson
  2/4/2025SenateFirst Reading
  2/4/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/11/2025SenateAssigned to State Government
  2/20/2025SenatePostponed - State Government
  2/26/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
  3/4/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
  3/6/2025SenateDo Pass State Government; 010-000-000
  3/6/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2025
  3/17/2025SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
  3/18/2025SenateSecond Reading
  3/18/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2025
  4/4/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
  4/9/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
  4/9/2025SenateThird Reading - Passed; 044-012-000
  4/9/2025HouseArrived in House
  4/9/2025HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
  4/9/2025HouseFirst Reading
  4/9/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  4/17/2025HouseAssigned to Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee

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