(210 ILCS 91/5)

Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"After care" means clinical assistance to a patient provided by a caregiver in the patient's residence following the patient's discharge from an inpatient hospital stay that is related to the patient's condition at the time of discharge, as determined appropriate by the discharging physician or other health care professional. Clinical assistance may include activities of daily living or medication management.

"Caregiver" means any individual designated by a patient to provide after care to a patient. A designated caregiver may include, but is not limited to, a relative, spouse, partner, friend, or neighbor.

"Discharge" means a patient's release from a hospital to the patient's residence following an inpatient admission.

"Hospital" means a hospital that provides general acute care that is either licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or operated under the University of Illinois Hospital Act.

"Legal representative" means a personal representative having designated legal status, including an agent designated through a power of attorney.

"Patient" means an individual admitted to a hospital as an inpatient. "Patient" does not include a pediatric patient or a patient who is not capable of designating a caregiver due to a health care condition or other circumstances, as determined by the health care provider.

"Residence" means a dwelling that the patient considers to be the patient's home. "Residence" does not include a rehabilitation facility, hospital, nursing home, assisted living establishment, group home licensed by the Department of Public Health or the Department of Human Services, or a State-operated facility.

(Source: P.A. 99-222, eff. 1-27-16.)