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.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
5Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
6amended  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 
10publish the summary of
advance directives law in Illinois that 
11is required by the federal Patient
Self-Determination Act.  
12Publication may be limited to the World Wide Web.

13    (b) The Department of Public Health shall adopt, by rule, 
14and publish
Spanish language
versions of the following:


15        (1) The statutory Living Will Declaration form.


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


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


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


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

23    Publication may be limited to the World Wide Web.

 
 
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1    (b-5) In consultation with a statewide professional 
2organization
representing
physicians licensed to practice 
3medicine in all its branches, statewide
organizations 
4representing nursing homes, registered professional nurses, 
5and emergency medical systems, and a statewide
organization

6representing hospitals, the Department of Public Health shall 
7develop and
publish a uniform
form for physician 
8do-not-resuscitate orders that may be utilized in all
settings.  
9The form shall meet the minimum requirements to nationally be 
10considered a physician orders for life-sustaining treatment 
11form, or POLST, and
may be referred to as the Department of 
12Public Health Uniform DNR Advance Directive. This advance 
13directive does not replace a physician's do-not-resuscitate 
14(DNR) order.


15    (c) (Blank). The Department of Public Health may contract 
16with statewide professional
organizations representing 
17physicians licensed to practice medicine in all
its branches to 
18prepare and publish
materials
required by this Section.
The 
19Department of Public Health may consult with a statewide 
20organization
representing registered professional nurses on 
21preparing materials required by
this Section.

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