HB3134 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB097 10842 RPM 51335 b

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3134

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-600

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois in the provision concerning advance directive information. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall publish the Department of Public Health Uniform DNR Advance Directive form in Spanish and that the form shall meet the minimum requirements to nationally be considered a physician orders for life-sustaining treatment form. Makes other changes.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2310-600 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-600)

Sec. 2310-600. Advance directive information.

(a) The Department of Public Health shall prepare and publish the summary of advance directives law in Illinois that is required by the federal Patient Self-Determination Act. Publication may be limited to the World Wide Web.

(b) The Department of Public Health shall adopt, by rule, and publish Spanish language versions of the following:

(1) The statutory Living Will Declaration form.

(2) The Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney for Health Care.

(3) The statutory Declaration of Mental Health Treatment Form.

(4) The summary of advance directives law in Illinois.

(5) The Department of Public Health Uniform DNR Advance Directive Any statewide uniform Do Not Resuscitate forms.

Publication may be limited to the World Wide Web.

(b-5) In consultation with a statewide professional organization representing physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, statewide organizations representing nursing homes, registered professional nurses, and emergency medical systems, and a statewide organization representing hospitals, the Department of Public Health shall develop and publish a uniform form for physician do-not-resuscitate orders that may be utilized in all settings. The form shall meet the minimum requirements to nationally be considered a physician orders for life-sustaining treatment form, or POLST, and may be referred to as the Department of Public Health Uniform DNR Advance Directive. This advance directive does not replace a physician's do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order.

(c) (Blank). The Department of Public Health may contract with statewide professional organizations representing physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches to prepare and publish materials required by this Section. The Department of Public Health may consult with a statewide organization representing registered professional nurses on preparing materials required by this Section.

(Source: P.A. 94-865, eff. 6-16-06.)