Illinois Senate Bill 109

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on July 23 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-07-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0140
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act. Changes certain uses of the term "qualified physician" to "qualified health care practitioner". Provides that execution of a POLST form shall not be a requirement for admission to any facility or a precondition to the provision of services by any provider of health care services. Provides that an individual may revoke a document directing that resuscitating efforts shall not be implemented. In a Section regarding Department of Public Health Uniform POLST forms, changes the definition of "attending health care practitioner". Provides that a health care provider facility shall comply with a POLST form, National POLST form, another state's POLST Paradigm portable medical orders form, or an out-of-hospital Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order sanctioned by a State in the United States that: has been executed by an adult; and is apparent and immediately available. Provides that before voiding or revoking a uniform practitioner orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) form, National POLST form, or another state's POLST Paradigm portable medical orders form consented to by the individual, that individual's legally authorized surrogate decision maker shall first: engage in consultation with the attending health care practitioner; consult the patient's advance directive, if available; and make a good faith effort to act consistently, at all times, with the patient's known wishes, or, if the patient's wishes are not known, using substituted judgment as the standard. Provides that when an individual's legally authorized surrogate is making a good faith effort to act consistently with the patient's known wishes to void or revoke a POLST form, if the patient's wishes are unknown and remain unknown after reasonable efforts to discern them, the decision shall be made on the basis of the patient's best interests as determined by the surrogate decision maker.

HEALTH SURROGATE-POLST CHANGES

Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [D]

Sen. Robert Martwick [D]

Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]

Rep. Carol Ammons [D]

2021-05-19 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 65 N: 48 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-21 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 43 N: 15 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-07-23	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0140
2021-07-23	Senate	Effective Date January 1, 2022
2021-07-23	Senate	Governor Approved
2021-06-17	Senate	Sent to the Governor
2021-05-19	Senate	Passed Both Houses
2021-05-19	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 065-048-000
2021-05-13	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2021-05-13	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2021-05-07	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2021-05-06	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 005-003-000
2021-04-28	House	Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
2021-04-28	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2021-04-23	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2021-04-23	House	First Reading
2021-04-22	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
2021-04-22	House	Arrived in House
2021-04-21	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 043-015-000
2021-04-21	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
2021-04-21	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Feigenholtz
2021-04-21	Senate	Recalled to Second Reading
2021-04-20	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 007-001-000
2021-04-15	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
2021-04-14	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2021-04-14	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
2021-03-17	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 23, 2021
2021-03-17	Senate	Second Reading
2021-03-16	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2021
2021-03-16	Senate	Do Pass Judiciary; 007-002-000
2021-03-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
2021-02-17	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2021-02-03	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-03	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-03	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
755	40	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
755	40	20	Amended Code	Citation Text
755	40	65	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=109&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB0109.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB0109eng.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB0109enr.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/102/102-0140.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB0109sam001.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/102/senate/10200SB0109_04212021_003000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/102/house/10200SB0109_05192021_002000T.pdf