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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1567
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1567 as follows:
3 on page 1, by replacing lines 14 through 16 with the
4 following:
5 "(i) a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its
6 branches has examined the principal and has determined that
7 the principal lacks decision making capacity; and (ii) that
8 physician"; and
9 on page 2, immediately below line 1, by inserting the
10 following:
11 "(c) If an agent is required to provide records under
12 subsection (b) of this Section and no evidence of wrongdoing
13 is discovered, that agent may bring a civil action for
14 reimbursement of costs incurred. In that action the agent
15 must name as defendant the party that requested the records.
16 The named defendant may be a person who reported a suspicion
17 of wrongdoing to any agency designated to receive such
18 reports, or the named defendant may be the agency itself. The
19 agent may recover reasonable attorney fees and reasonable
20 costs incurred as a result of providing the required records.
21 The circuit court shall determine in its discretion the
22 reasonable costs to which the agent is entitled for
23 reimbursement.".