Full Text of SB3076 98th General Assembly
SB3076 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB3076 Introduced 2/7/2014, by Sen. John G. Mulroe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 2310/2310-600 | | 210 ILCS 45/2-104.2 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-104.2 | 210 ILCS 50/3.57 | | 210 ILCS 85/6.19 | | 755 ILCS 40/65 | |
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Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health's required publication of advance directive law must include the practitioner (instead of "physician") orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) form. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop and
publish a uniform
form for practitioner cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or life sustaining treatment orders (instead of "physician do-not-resuscitate orders") that may be utilized in all
settings. Changes references to the Department of Public Health DNR Advance Directive Form to references to the Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form. Makes corresponding changes in the Nursing Home Care Act, the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, and the Health Care Surrogate Act. Further amends the Health Care Surrogate Act. Provides that any attending health care practitioner (instead of "physician") may execute a POLST or advance directive form. Defines "attending health practitioner" as an individual who (1) is an Illinois licensed physician, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, or licensed resident after completion of one year in a program; (2) is selected by or assigned to the patient; and (3) has primary responsibility for treatment and care of the patient. Provides that nothing in the Section concerning POST or do-not-resuscitate advance directive forms shall be construed to affect the ability of an individual to include instructions in an advance directive, such as a power of attorney for health care. Deletes language concerning the form of a DNR Advance Directive.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health care.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | 5 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by changing Section 2310-600 as follows:
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-600)
| 8 | | Sec. 2310-600. Advance directive information.
| 9 | | (a) The Department of Public Health shall prepare and | 10 | | publish the summary of
advance directives law , as in Illinois | 11 | | that is required by the federal Patient
Self-Determination Act , | 12 | | and related forms . Publication may be limited to the World Wide | 13 | | Web. The summary required under this subsection (a) must | 14 | | include the Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form.
| 15 | | (b) The Department of Public Health shall publish
Spanish | 16 | | language
versions of the following:
| 17 | | (1) The statutory Living Will Declaration form.
| 18 | | (2) The Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney | 19 | | for Health Care.
| 20 | | (3) The statutory Declaration of Mental Health | 21 | | Treatment Form.
| 22 | | (4) The summary of advance directives law in Illinois.
| 23 | | (5) The Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form |
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| 1 | | DNR Advance Directive forms .
| 2 | | Publication may be limited to the World Wide Web.
| 3 | | (b-5) In consultation with a statewide professional | 4 | | organization
representing
physicians licensed to practice | 5 | | medicine in all its branches, statewide
organizations | 6 | | representing nursing homes, registered professional nurses, | 7 | | and emergency medical systems, and a statewide
organization
| 8 | | representing hospitals, the Department of Public Health shall | 9 | | develop and
publish a uniform
form for practitioner | 10 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or life sustaining | 11 | | treatment physician do-not-resuscitate orders that may be | 12 | | utilized in all
settings. The form shall meet the minimum | 13 | | requirements to nationally be considered a practitioner | 14 | | physician orders for life-sustaining treatment form, or POLST, | 15 | | and
may be referred to as the Department of Public Health | 16 | | Uniform POLST form DNR Advance Directive . This form advance | 17 | | directive does not replace a physician's or other | 18 | | practitioner's authority to make a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) | 19 | | order.
| 20 | | (c) (Blank).
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 97-382, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 22 | | Section 10. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by | 23 | | changing Section 2-104.2 as follows:
| 24 | | (210 ILCS 45/2-104.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-104.2)
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| 1 | | Sec. 2-104.2. Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Department of | 2 | | Public Health Uniform POLST forms . | 3 | | (a) Every facility licensed under
this Act shall establish | 4 | | a policy for the implementation of practitioner physician
| 5 | | orders concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or life | 6 | | sustaining treatment including but not limited to limiting | 7 | | resuscitation such as those commonly referred to as
| 8 | | "Do-Not-Resuscitate" orders. This policy may only prescribe | 9 | | the format,
method of documentation and duration of any | 10 | | practitioner physician orders limiting
resuscitation . Any | 11 | | orders under this policy shall be honored by the facility.
The | 12 | | Department of Public Health Uniform DNR Advance Directive and | 13 | | Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form under Section | 14 | | 2310-600 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties | 15 | | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, or a copy of | 16 | | that Advance Directive or POLST form,
shall be
honored by the | 17 | | facility.
| 18 | | (b) Within 30 days after admission, new residents who do | 19 | | not have a guardian of the person or an executed power of | 20 | | attorney for health care shall be provided with written notice, | 21 | | in a form and manner provided by rule of the Department, of | 22 | | their right to provide the name of one or more potential health | 23 | | care surrogates that a treating physician should consider in | 24 | | selecting a surrogate to act on the resident's behalf should | 25 | | the resident lose decision-making capacity. The notice shall | 26 | | include a form of declaration that may be utilized by the |
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| 1 | | resident to identify potential health care surrogates or by the | 2 | | facility to document any inability or refusal to make such a | 3 | | declaration. A signed copy of the resident's declaration of a | 4 | | potential health care surrogate or decision to decline to make | 5 | | such a declaration, or documentation by the facility of the | 6 | | resident's inability to make such a declaration, shall be | 7 | | placed in the resident's clinical record and shall satisfy the | 8 | | facility's obligation under this Section. Such a declaration | 9 | | shall be used only for informational purposes in the selection | 10 | | of a surrogate pursuant to the Health Care Surrogate Act. A | 11 | | facility that complies with this Section is not liable to any | 12 | | healthcare provider, resident, or resident's representative or | 13 | | any other person relating to the identification or selection of | 14 | | a surrogate or potential health care surrogate. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-448, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 16 | | Section 15. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems | 17 | | Act is amended by changing Section 3.57 as follows:
| 18 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.57)
| 19 | | Sec. 3.57. Physician do-not-resuscitate orders and | 20 | | Department of Public Health Uniform POLST forms . The Department | 21 | | of Public
Health
Uniform DNR Advance Directive and Department | 22 | | of Public Health Uniform POLST form described in Section | 23 | | 2310-600 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties | 24 | | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, or a copy of |
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| 1 | | that Advance Directive or POLST form, shall be honored under | 2 | | this
Act.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 94-865, eff. 6-16-06.)
| 4 | | Section 20. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 6.19 as follows:
| 6 | | (210 ILCS 85/6.19)
| 7 | | Sec. 6.19. Do-not-resuscitate orders and Department of | 8 | | Public Health Uniform POLST forms . Every facility licensed | 9 | | under this
Act shall establish a policy for the implementation | 10 | | of practitioner physician orders
concerning cardiopulmonary | 11 | | resuscitation (CPR) or life sustaining treatment including but | 12 | | not limited to limiting resuscitation, such as those orders | 13 | | commonly referred to as
"do-not-resuscitate" orders. This | 14 | | policy may prescribe only the format,
method of documentation, | 15 | | and duration of any practitioner physician orders limiting
| 16 | | resuscitation . The policy may include forms to be used. Any | 17 | | orders issued
under the policy shall be honored by the | 18 | | facility. The Department of Public
Health Uniform DNR Advance | 19 | | Directive and Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form | 20 | | described in Section 2310-600 of the Department of Public | 21 | | Health Powers and Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code | 22 | | of Illinois, or a copy of that Advance Directive or POLST form, | 23 | | shall be honored under any
policy established under this | 24 | | Section.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 94-865, eff. 6-16-06.)
| 2 | | Section 25. The Health Care Surrogate Act is amended by | 3 | | changing Section 65 as follows: | 4 | | (755 ILCS 40/65)
| 5 | | Sec. 65. Department of Public Health Uniform POLST or | 6 | | do-not-resuscitate Do-not-resuscitate advance directive forms.
| 7 | | (a) An individual of sound mind and having reached the age | 8 | | of majority or
having
obtained the status of an emancipated | 9 | | person pursuant to the Emancipation of
Minors Act may execute a | 10 | | document (consistent with the Department of Public
Health | 11 | | Uniform POLST form described in Section 2310-600 of the | 12 | | Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the
Civil | 13 | | Administrative Code of Illinois DNR Advance Directive ) | 14 | | directing that
resuscitating efforts shall not be implemented. | 15 | | Such a document may also
be executed by an attending health | 16 | | care practitioner physician . If more than one practitioner | 17 | | shares that responsibility, any of the attending health care | 18 | | practitioners may act under this Section. Notwithstanding the | 19 | | existence of a do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
order or Department of | 20 | | Public Health Uniform POLST form , appropriate organ donation | 21 | | treatment may be applied or continued
temporarily in the event | 22 | | of the patient's death, in accordance with subsection
(g) of | 23 | | Section 20 of this Act, if the patient is an organ donor.
| 24 | | (b) Consent to a Department of Public Health Uniform POLST |
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| 1 | | form DNR Advance Directive may be obtained from the individual, | 2 | | or from
another
person at the individual's direction, or from | 3 | | the individual's legal guardian,
agent under a
power of | 4 | | attorney for health care, or surrogate decision maker, and | 5 | | witnessed
by one individual 18 years of age or older, who | 6 | | attests that the individual, other person, guardian, agent, or | 7 | | surrogate (1) has had an opportunity to read the form; and (2) | 8 | | has signed the form or acknowledged his or her signature or | 9 | | mark on the form in the witness's presence.
| 10 | | (b-5) As used in this Section, "attending health care | 11 | | practitioner" means an individual who (1) is an Illinois | 12 | | licensed physician, advanced practice nurse, physician | 13 | | assistant, or licensed resident after completion of one year in | 14 | | a program; (2) is selected by or assigned to the patient; and | 15 | | (3) has primary responsibility for treatment and care of the | 16 | | patient. "POLST" means practitioner orders for life-sustaining | 17 | | treatments. | 18 | | (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to affect | 19 | | the ability of an individual to include instructions in an | 20 | | advance directive, such as a power of attorney for health care. | 21 | | The DNR Advance Directive may, but need not, be in the form | 22 | | adopted by the
Department
of
Public Health pursuant to Section | 23 | | 2310-600 of the Department of Public Health
Powers and
Duties | 24 | | Law (20 ILCS 2310/2310-600).
| 25 | | (d) A health care professional or health care provider may | 26 | | presume, in the
absence
of knowledge to the contrary, that a |
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| 1 | | completed Department of Public Health
Uniform DNR
Advance | 2 | | Directive or Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form,
or | 3 | | a copy of that Advance Directive or POLST form, is a valid DNR | 4 | | Advance Directive . A health care professional or
health
care | 5 | | provider, or an employee of a health care professional or | 6 | | health care
provider, who in
good faith complies
with a | 7 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or life sustaining | 8 | | treatment do-not-resuscitate order , Department of Public | 9 | | Health
Uniform DNR
Advance Directive, or Department of Public | 10 | | Health Uniform POLST form made in accordance with this Act is | 11 | | not,
as a result of that compliance, subject to any criminal or | 12 | | civil liability,
except for willful and wanton misconduct, and
| 13 | | may not be found to have committed an act of unprofessional | 14 | | conduct. | 15 | | (e) Nothing in this Section or this Amendatory Act of the | 16 | | 94th General Assembly shall be construed to affect the ability | 17 | | of a physician or other practitioner to make a | 18 | | do-not-resuscitate order.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 96-765, eff. 1-1-10.)
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