Illinois Senate Bill 3795

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-02-05 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Expands and clarifies definitions. Requires a mandatory mental health evaluation for all patients requesting medical aid in dying. Strengthens informed consent standards and adds a referral to an Ombudsman when financial concerns influence patient choice. Revises attending and consulting physician duties to include enhanced counseling, documentation, and disclosure requirements. Adds explicit safeguards against coercion or undue influence. Requires detailed recordkeeping and safe disposal of unused medication with reporting to the Department of Public Health. Broadens immunity provisions for good-faith compliance and clarifies protections for physicians present at self-administration. Establishes a Medical Aid-in-Dying Ombudsman Program within the Department of Public Health with authority to review compliance, investigate complaints, and operate a secure reporting portal and hotline. Imposes comprehensive reporting requirements on physicians and directs the Department to publish annual statistical reports with de-identified demographic and clinical data. Prohibits solicitation of medical aid-in-dying services. Mandates training for participating health care professionals on abuse prevention, bias recognition, and disability-competent care. Revises insurance provisions to ensure coverage parity for hospice and palliative care, restricts insurer communications, and clarifies that self-administration does not affect life or health insurance benefits. Provides that a qualified patient's act of self-administering medication shall be indicated on the death certificate (rather than shall not be indicated on the death certificate).

END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS-CHANGES

Sen. Lakesia Collins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-05	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2026-02-05	Senate	First Reading
2026-02-05	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lakesia Collins

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
410	22	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	22	107	New Code	See Bill Text
410	22	15	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	22	35	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	22	40	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	22	45	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	22	55	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	22	70	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	22	75	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	22	77	New Code	See Bill Text
410	22	85	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	22	90	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	22	97	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3795&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=208464&DocName=10400SB3795&DocNum=3795&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=167118&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=