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Public Act 102-0794 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Power of Attorney Act is amended | ||||
by changing Sections 4-4.1, 4-7, and 4-10 as follows: | ||||
(755 ILCS 45/4-4.1) | ||||
Sec. 4-4.1. Format. Documents, writings, forms, and copies | ||||
referred to in this Article may be in hard copy or electronic | ||||
format. Nothing in this Article is intended to prevent the | ||||
population of a written instrument of a health care agency, | ||||
document, writing, or form with electronic data. An agent may | ||||
present an electronic device displaying an electronic copy of | ||||
an executed form as proof of the health care agency.
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(Source: P.A. 101-163, eff. 1-1-20 .) | ||||
(755 ILCS 45/4-7) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-7)
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Sec. 4-7. Duties of health care providers and others in | ||||
relation to
health care agencies. Each health care provider | ||||
and each other person with
whom an agent deals under a health | ||||
care agency shall be subject to the
following duties and | ||||
responsibilities:
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(a) It is the responsibility of the agent or patient to | ||||
notify the
health care provider of the existence of the health |
care agency and any
amendment or revocation thereof. An agent | ||
may present an electronic device displaying an electronic copy | ||
of an executed form as proof of the health care agency. A | ||
health care provider furnished with a
copy of a health care | ||
agency shall make it a part of the patient's medical
records | ||
and shall enter in the records any change in or termination of | ||
the
health care agency by the principal that becomes known to | ||
the provider.
Whenever a provider believes a patient may lack | ||
capacity to give informed
consent to health care which the | ||
provider deems necessary, the provider
shall consult with any | ||
available health care agent known to the provider
who then has | ||
power to act for the patient under a health care agency.
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(b) A health care decision made by an agent in accordance | ||
with the terms
of a health care agency shall be complied with | ||
by every health care
provider to whom the decision is | ||
communicated, subject to the provider's
right to administer | ||
treatment for the patient's comfort care or alleviation
of | ||
pain; but if the provider is unwilling to comply with the | ||
agent's decision,
the provider shall promptly inform the agent | ||
who shall then be responsible
to make the necessary | ||
arrangements for the transfer of the patient to
another | ||
provider. It is understood that a
provider who is unwilling to | ||
comply with the agent's decision will continue
to afford | ||
reasonably necessary consultation and care in connection with | ||
the transfer.
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(c) At the patient's expense and subject to reasonable |
rules of the
health care provider to prevent disruption of the | ||
patient's health care,
each health care provider shall give an | ||
agent authorized to receive
such information under a health | ||
care agency the same right the principal
has to examine and | ||
copy any part or all of the patient's medical records
that the | ||
agent deems relevant to the exercise of the agent's powers,
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whether the records relate to mental health or any other | ||
medical condition
and whether they are in the possession of or | ||
maintained by any physician,
psychiatrist, psychologist, | ||
therapist, hospital, nursing home or other
health care | ||
provider.
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(d) If and to the extent a health care agency empowers the | ||
agent to (1)
make an anatomical gift on behalf of the principal | ||
under the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act, as now or hereafter | ||
amended, or (2) authorize
an
autopsy of the principal's body | ||
pursuant to Section 2 of "An Act in
relation to autopsy of dead | ||
bodies", approved August 13, 1965, as now or
hereafter | ||
amended, or (3) direct
the disposition of the principal's | ||
remains, the decision by an authorized
agent as to anatomical | ||
gift, autopsy
approval or remains disposition shall be deemed | ||
the act of the principal
and shall control over the decision of | ||
other persons who might otherwise
have priority;
and each | ||
person to whom a direction by the agent in accordance with the
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terms of the agency is communicated shall comply with such | ||
direction.
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(Source: P.A. 93-794, eff. 7-22-04.)
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(755 ILCS 45/4-10) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-10)
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Sec. 4-10. Statutory short form power of attorney for | ||
health care.
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(a) The form prescribed in this Section (sometimes also | ||
referred to in this Act as the
"statutory health care power") | ||
may be used to grant an agent powers with
respect to the | ||
principal's own health care; but the statutory health care
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power is not intended to be exclusive nor to cover delegation | ||
of a parent's
power to control the health care of a minor | ||
child, and no provision of this
Article shall be construed to | ||
invalidate or bar use by the principal of any
other or
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different form of power of attorney for health care. | ||
Nonstatutory health
care powers must be
executed by the | ||
principal, designate the agent and the agent's powers, and
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comply with the limitations in Section 4-5 of this Article, | ||
but they need not be witnessed or
conform in any other respect | ||
to the statutory health care power. | ||
No specific format is required for the statutory health | ||
care power of attorney other than the notice must precede the | ||
form. The statutory health care power may be included in or
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combined with any
other form of power of attorney governing | ||
property or other matters.
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The signature and execution requirements set forth in this | ||
Article are satisfied by: (i) written signatures or initials; | ||
or (ii) electronic signatures or computer-generated signature |
codes. Electronic documents under this Act may be created, | ||
signed, or revoked electronically using a generic, | ||
technology-neutral system in which each user is assigned a | ||
unique identifier that is securely maintained and in a manner | ||
that meets the regulatory requirements for a digital or | ||
electronic signature. Compliance with the standards defined in | ||
the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the implementing | ||
rules of the Hospital Licensing Act for medical record entry | ||
authentication for author validation of the documentation, | ||
content accuracy, and completeness meets this standard. | ||
(b) The Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney | ||
for Health Care shall be substantially as follows: | ||
NOTICE TO THE INDIVIDUAL SIGNING | ||
THE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE | ||
No one can predict when a serious illness or accident | ||
might occur. When it does, you may need someone else to speak | ||
or make health care decisions for you. If you plan now, you can | ||
increase the chances that the medical treatment you get will | ||
be the treatment you want. | ||
In Illinois, you can choose someone to be your "health | ||
care agent". Your agent is the person you trust to make health | ||
care decisions for you if you are unable or do not want to make | ||
them yourself. These decisions should be based on your | ||
personal values and wishes. | ||
It is important to put your choice of agent in writing. The |
written form is often called an "advance directive". You may | ||
use this form or another form, as long as it meets the legal | ||
requirements of Illinois. There are many written and online | ||
on-line resources to guide you and your loved ones in having a | ||
conversation about these issues. You may find it helpful to | ||
look at these resources while thinking about and discussing | ||
your advance directive. | ||
WHAT ARE THE THINGS I WANT MY | ||
HEALTH CARE AGENT TO KNOW? | ||
The selection of your agent should be considered | ||
carefully, as your agent will have the ultimate | ||
decision-making authority once this document goes into effect, | ||
in most instances after you are no longer able to make your own | ||
decisions. While the goal is for your agent to make decisions | ||
in keeping with your preferences and in the majority of | ||
circumstances that is what happens, please know that the law | ||
does allow your agent to make decisions to direct or refuse | ||
health care interventions or withdraw treatment. Your agent | ||
will need to think about conversations you have had, your | ||
personality, and how you handled important health care issues | ||
in the past. Therefore, it is important to talk with your agent | ||
and your family about such things as: | ||
(i) What is most important to you in your life? | ||
(ii) How important is it to you to avoid pain and | ||
suffering? |
(iii) If you had to choose, is it more important to you | ||
to live as long as possible, or to avoid prolonged | ||
suffering or disability? | ||
(iv) Would you rather be at home or in a hospital for | ||
the last days or weeks of your life? | ||
(v) Do you have religious, spiritual, or cultural | ||
beliefs that you want your agent and others to consider? | ||
(vi) Do you wish to make a significant contribution to | ||
medical science after your death through organ or whole | ||
body donation? | ||
(vii) Do you have an existing advance directive, such | ||
as a living will, that contains your specific wishes about | ||
health care that is only delaying your death? If you have | ||
another advance directive, make sure to discuss with your | ||
agent the directive and the treatment decisions contained | ||
within that outline your preferences. Make sure that your | ||
agent agrees to honor the wishes expressed in your advance | ||
directive. | ||
WHAT KIND OF DECISIONS CAN MY AGENT MAKE? | ||
If there is ever a period of time when your physician | ||
determines that you cannot make your own health care | ||
decisions, or if you do not want to make your own decisions, | ||
some of the decisions your agent could make are to: | ||
(i) talk with physicians and other health care | ||
providers about your condition. |
(ii) see medical records and approve who else can see | ||
them. | ||
(iii) give permission for medical tests, medicines, | ||
surgery, or other treatments. | ||
(iv) choose where you receive care and which | ||
physicians and others provide it. | ||
(v) decide to accept, withdraw, or decline treatments | ||
designed to keep you alive if you are near death or not | ||
likely to recover. You may choose to include guidelines | ||
and/or restrictions to your agent's authority. | ||
(vi) agree or decline to donate your organs or your | ||
whole body if you have not already made this decision | ||
yourself. This could include donation for transplant, | ||
research, and/or education. You should let your agent know | ||
whether you are registered as a donor in the First Person | ||
Consent registry maintained by the Illinois Secretary of | ||
State or whether you have agreed to donate your whole body | ||
for medical research and/or education. | ||
(vii) decide what to do with your remains after you | ||
have died, if you have not already made plans. | ||
(viii) talk with your other loved ones to help come to | ||
a decision (but your designated agent will have the final | ||
say over your other loved ones). | ||
Your agent is not automatically responsible for your | ||
health care expenses. |
WHOM SHOULD I CHOOSE TO BE MY HEALTH CARE AGENT? | ||
You can pick a family member, but you do not have to. Your | ||
agent will have the responsibility to make medical treatment | ||
decisions, even if other people close to you might urge a | ||
different decision. The selection of your agent should be done | ||
carefully, as he or she will have ultimate decision-making | ||
authority for your treatment decisions once you are no longer | ||
able to voice your preferences. Choose a family member, | ||
friend, or other person who: | ||
(i) is at least 18 years old; | ||
(ii) knows you well; | ||
(iii) you trust to do what is best for you and is | ||
willing to carry out your wishes, even if he or she may not | ||
agree with your wishes; | ||
(iv) would be comfortable talking with and questioning | ||
your physicians and other health care providers; | ||
(v) would not be too upset to carry out your wishes if | ||
you became very sick; and | ||
(vi) can be there for you when you need it and is | ||
willing to accept this important role. | ||
WHAT IF MY AGENT IS NOT AVAILABLE OR IS | ||
UNWILLING TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR ME? | ||
If the person who is your first choice is unable to carry | ||
out this role, then the second agent you chose will make the | ||
decisions; if your second agent is not available, then the |
third agent you chose will make the decisions. The second and | ||
third agents are called your successor agents and they | ||
function as back-up agents to your first choice agent and may | ||
act only one at a time and in the order you list them. | ||
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I DO NOT | ||
CHOOSE A HEALTH CARE AGENT? | ||
If you become unable to make your own health care | ||
decisions and have not named an agent in writing, your | ||
physician and other health care providers will ask a family | ||
member, friend, or guardian to make decisions for you. In | ||
Illinois, a law directs which of these individuals will be | ||
consulted. In that law, each of these individuals is called a | ||
"surrogate". | ||
There are reasons why you may want to name an agent rather | ||
than rely on a surrogate: | ||
(i) The person or people listed by this law may not be | ||
who you would want to make decisions for you. | ||
(ii) Some family members or friends might not be able | ||
or willing to make decisions as you would want them to. | ||
(iii) Family members and friends may disagree with one | ||
another about the best decisions. | ||
(iv) Under some circumstances, a surrogate may not be | ||
able to make the same kinds of decisions that an agent can | ||
make. |
WHAT IF THERE IS NO ONE AVAILABLE | ||
WHOM I TRUST TO BE MY AGENT? | ||
In this situation, it is especially important to talk to | ||
your physician and other health care providers and create | ||
written guidance about what you want or do not want, in case | ||
you are ever critically ill and cannot express your own | ||
wishes. You can complete a living will. You can also write your | ||
wishes down and/or discuss them with your physician or other | ||
health care provider and ask him or her to write it down in | ||
your chart. You might also want to use written or online | ||
on-line resources to guide you through this process. | ||
WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS FORM ONCE I COMPLETE IT? | ||
Follow these instructions after you have completed the | ||
form: | ||
(i) Sign the form in front of a witness. See the form | ||
for a list of who can and cannot witness it. | ||
(ii) Ask the witness to sign it, too. | ||
(iii) There is no need to have the form notarized. | ||
(iv) Give a copy to your agent and to each of your | ||
successor agents. | ||
(v) Give another copy to your physician. | ||
(vi) Take a copy with you when you go to the hospital. | ||
(vii) Show it to your family and friends and others | ||
who care for you. |
WHAT IF I CHANGE MY MIND? | ||
You may change your mind at any time. If you do, tell | ||
someone who is at least 18 years old that you have changed your | ||
mind, and/or destroy your document and any copies. If you | ||
wish, fill out a new form and make sure everyone you gave the | ||
old form to has a copy of the new one, including, but not | ||
limited to, your agents and your physicians. If you are | ||
concerned you may revoke your power of attorney at a time when | ||
you may need it the most, you may initial the box at the end of | ||
the form to indicate that you would like a 30-day waiting | ||
period after you voice your intent to revoke your power of | ||
attorney. This means if your agent is making decisions for you | ||
during that time, your agent can continue to make decisions on | ||
your behalf. This election is purely optional, and you do not | ||
have to choose it. If you do not choose this option, you can | ||
change your mind and revoke the power of attorney at any time. | ||
WHAT IF I DO NOT WANT TO USE THIS FORM? | ||
In the event you do not want to use the Illinois statutory | ||
form provided here, any document you complete must be executed | ||
by you, designate an agent who is over 18 years of age and not | ||
prohibited from serving as your agent, and state the agent's | ||
powers, but it need not be witnessed or conform in any other | ||
respect to the statutory health care power. | ||
If you have questions about the use of any form, you may | ||
want to consult your physician, other health care provider, |
and/or an attorney. | ||
MY POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE | ||
THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY REVOKES ALL PREVIOUS POWERS OF ATTORNEY | ||
FOR HEALTH CARE. (You must sign this form and a witness must | ||
also sign it before it is valid) | ||
My name (Print your full name): .......... | ||
My address: .................................................. | ||
I WANT THE FOLLOWING PERSON TO BE MY HEALTH CARE AGENT | ||
(an agent is your personal representative under state and | ||
federal law): | ||
(Agent name) ................. | ||
(Agent address) ............. | ||
(Agent phone number) ......................................... | ||
(Please check box if applicable) .... If a guardian of my | ||
person is to be appointed, I nominate the agent acting under | ||
this power of attorney as guardian. | ||
SUCCESSOR HEALTH CARE AGENT(S) (optional): | ||
If the agent I selected is unable or does not want to make | ||
health care decisions for me, then I request the person(s) I | ||
name below to be my successor health care agent(s). Only one |
person at a time can serve as my agent (add another page if you | ||
want to add more successor agent names): | ||
..................... | ||
(Successor agent #1 name, address and phone number) | ||
.......... | ||
(Successor agent #2 name, address and phone number) | ||
MY AGENT CAN MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR ME, INCLUDING: | ||
(i) Deciding to accept, withdraw , or decline treatment | ||
for any physical or mental condition of mine, including | ||
life-and-death decisions. | ||
(ii) Agreeing to admit me to or discharge me from any | ||
hospital, home, or other institution, including a mental | ||
health facility. | ||
(iii) Having complete access to my medical and mental | ||
health records, and sharing them with others as needed, | ||
including after I die. | ||
(iv) Carrying out the plans I have already made, or, | ||
if I have not done so, making decisions about my body or | ||
remains, including organ, tissue or whole body donation, | ||
autopsy, cremation, and burial. | ||
The above grant of power is intended to be as broad as | ||
possible so that my agent will have the authority to make any | ||
decision I could make to obtain or terminate any type of health | ||
care, including withdrawal of nutrition and hydration and | ||
other life-sustaining measures. |
I AUTHORIZE MY AGENT TO (please check any one box): | ||
.... Make decisions for me only when I cannot make them for | ||
myself. The physician(s) taking care of me will determine | ||
when I lack this ability. | ||
(If no box is checked, then the box above shall be | ||
implemented.)
OR | ||
.... Make decisions for me only when I cannot make them for | ||
myself. The physician(s) taking care of me will determine | ||
when I lack this ability. Starting now, for the purpose of | ||
assisting me with my health care plans and decisions, my | ||
agent shall have complete access to my medical and mental | ||
health records, the authority to share them with others as | ||
needed, and the complete ability to communicate with my | ||
personal physician(s) and other health care providers, | ||
including the ability to require an opinion of my | ||
physician as to whether I lack the ability to make | ||
decisions for myself. OR | ||
.... Make decisions for me starting now and continuing | ||
after I am no longer able to make them for myself. While I | ||
am still able to make my own decisions, I can still do so | ||
if I want to. | ||
The subject of life-sustaining treatment is of particular | ||
importance. Life-sustaining treatments may include tube | ||
feedings or fluids through a tube, breathing machines, and |
CPR. In general, in making decisions concerning | ||
life-sustaining treatment, your agent is instructed to | ||
consider the relief of suffering, the quality as well as the | ||
possible extension of your life, and your previously expressed | ||
wishes. Your agent will weigh the burdens versus benefits of | ||
proposed treatments in making decisions on your behalf. | ||
Additional statements concerning the withholding or | ||
removal of life-sustaining treatment are described below. | ||
These can serve as a guide for your agent when making decisions | ||
for you. Ask your physician or health care provider if you have | ||
any questions about these statements. | ||
SELECT ONLY ONE STATEMENT BELOW THAT BEST EXPRESSES YOUR | ||
WISHES (optional): | ||
.... The quality of my life is more important than the | ||
length of my life. If I am unconscious and my attending | ||
physician believes, in accordance with reasonable medical | ||
standards, that I will not wake up or recover my ability to | ||
think, communicate with my family and friends, and | ||
experience my surroundings, I do not want treatments to | ||
prolong my life or delay my death, but I do want treatment | ||
or care to make me comfortable and to relieve me of pain. | ||
.... Staying alive is more important to me, no matter how | ||
sick I am, how much I am suffering, the cost of the | ||
procedures, or how unlikely my chances for recovery are. I | ||
want my life to be prolonged to the greatest extent |
possible in accordance with reasonable medical standards. | ||
SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS TO MY AGENT'S DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY: | ||
The above grant of power is intended to be as broad as | ||
possible so that your agent will have the authority to make any | ||
decision you could make to obtain or terminate any type of | ||
health care. If you wish to limit the scope of your agent's | ||
powers or prescribe special rules or limit the power to | ||
authorize autopsy or dispose of remains, you may do so | ||
specifically in this form. | ||
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My signature: .................. | ||
Today's date: ................................................ | ||
DELAYED REVOCATION | ||
.... I elect to delay revocation of this power of attorney | ||
for 30 days after I communicate my intent to revoke it. | ||
.... I elect for the revocation of this power of attorney | ||
to take effect immediately if I communicate my intent to | ||
revoke it. | ||
HAVE YOUR WITNESS AGREE TO WHAT IS WRITTEN BELOW, AND THEN | ||
COMPLETE THE SIGNATURE PORTION: | ||
I am at least 18 years old. (check one of the options |
below): | ||
.... I saw the principal sign this document, or | ||
.... the principal told me that the signature or mark on | ||
the principal signature line is his or hers. | ||
I am not the agent or successor agent(s) named in this | ||
document. I am not related to the principal, the agent, or the | ||
successor agent(s) by blood, marriage, or adoption. I am not | ||
the principal's physician, advanced practice registered nurse, | ||
dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, psychologist, or a | ||
relative of one of those individuals. I am not an owner or | ||
operator (or the relative of an owner or operator) of the | ||
health care facility where the principal is a patient or | ||
resident. | ||
Witness printed name: ............ | ||
Witness address: .............. | ||
Witness signature: ............... | ||
Today's date: ................................................
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(c) The statutory short form power of attorney for health | ||
care (the
"statutory health care power") authorizes the agent | ||
to make any and all
health care decisions on behalf of the | ||
principal which the principal could
make if present and under | ||
no disability, subject to any limitations on the
granted | ||
powers that appear on the face of the form, to be exercised in | ||
such
manner as the agent deems consistent with the intent and | ||
desires of the
principal. The agent will be under no duty to |
exercise granted powers or
to assume control of or | ||
responsibility for the principal's health care;
but when | ||
granted powers are exercised, the agent will be required to | ||
use
due care to act for the benefit of the principal in | ||
accordance with the
terms of the statutory health care power | ||
and will be liable
for negligent exercise. The agent may act in | ||
person or through others
reasonably employed by the agent for | ||
that purpose
but may not delegate authority to make health | ||
care decisions. The agent
may sign and deliver all | ||
instruments, negotiate and enter into all
agreements , and do | ||
all other acts reasonably necessary to implement the
exercise | ||
of the powers granted to the agent. Without limiting the
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generality of the foregoing, the statutory health care power | ||
shall include
the following powers, subject to any limitations | ||
appearing on the face of the form:
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(1) The agent is authorized to give consent to and | ||
authorize or refuse,
or to withhold or withdraw consent | ||
to, any and all types of medical care,
treatment , or | ||
procedures relating to the physical or mental health of | ||
the
principal, including any medication program, surgical | ||
procedures,
life-sustaining treatment , or provision of | ||
food and fluids for the principal.
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(2) The agent is authorized to admit the principal to | ||
or discharge the
principal from any and all types of | ||
hospitals, institutions, homes,
residential or nursing | ||
facilities, treatment centers , and other health care
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institutions providing personal care or treatment for any | ||
type of physical
or mental condition. The agent shall have | ||
the same right to visit the
principal in the hospital or | ||
other institution as is granted to a spouse or
adult child | ||
of the principal, any rule of the institution to the | ||
contrary
notwithstanding.
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(3) The agent is authorized to contract for any and | ||
all types of health
care services and facilities in the | ||
name of and on behalf of the principal
and to bind the | ||
principal to pay for all such services and facilities,
and | ||
to have and exercise those powers over the principal's | ||
property as are
authorized under the statutory property | ||
power, to the extent the agent
deems necessary to pay | ||
health care costs; and
the agent shall not be personally | ||
liable for any services or care contracted
for on behalf | ||
of the principal.
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(4) At the principal's expense and subject to | ||
reasonable rules of the
health care provider to prevent | ||
disruption of the principal's health care,
the agent shall | ||
have the same right the principal has to examine and copy
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and consent to disclosure of all the principal's medical | ||
records that the agent deems
relevant to the exercise of | ||
the agent's powers, whether the records
relate to mental | ||
health or any other medical condition and whether they are | ||
in
the possession of or maintained by any physician, | ||
psychiatrist,
psychologist, therapist, hospital, nursing |
home , or other health care
provider. The authority under | ||
this paragraph (4) applies to any information governed by | ||
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of | ||
1996 ("HIPAA") and regulations thereunder. The agent | ||
serves as the principal's personal representative, as that | ||
term is defined under HIPAA and regulations thereunder.
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(5) The agent is authorized: to direct that an autopsy | ||
be made pursuant
to Section 2 of the Autopsy Act;
to make a | ||
disposition of any
part or all of the principal's body | ||
pursuant to the Illinois Anatomical Gift
Act, as now or | ||
hereafter amended; and to direct the disposition of the
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principal's remains. | ||
(6) At any time during which there is no executor or | ||
administrator appointed for the principal's estate, the | ||
agent is authorized to continue to pursue an application | ||
or appeal for government benefits if those benefits were | ||
applied for during the life of the principal.
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(d) A physician may determine that the principal is unable | ||
to make health care decisions for himself or herself only if | ||
the principal lacks decisional capacity, as that term is | ||
defined in Section 10 of the Health Care Surrogate Act. | ||
(e) If the principal names the agent as a guardian on the | ||
statutory short form, and if a court decides that the | ||
appointment of a guardian will serve the principal's best | ||
interests and welfare, the court shall appoint the agent to | ||
serve without bond or security. |
(f) If the agent presents the statutory short form | ||
electronically, an attending physician, emergency medical | ||
services personnel as defined by Section 3.5 of the Emergency | ||
Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, or health care provider | ||
shall not refuse to give effect to a health care agency if the | ||
agent presents an electronic device displaying an electronic | ||
copy of an executed form as proof of the health care agency. | ||
Any person or entity that provides a statutory short form to | ||
the public shall post for a period of 2 years information on | ||
its website regarding the changes made by this amendatory Act | ||
of the 102nd General Assembly. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-163, eff. 1-1-20; | ||
102-38, eff. 6-25-21; 102-181, eff. 7-30-21; revised 9-22-21.)
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