Bill Text: IL HB0879 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning do-not-resuscitate orders.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0879 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB0879-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB0879 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 45/2-104.2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-104.2
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning do-not-resuscitate orders.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
Section 2-104.2 as follows:
(210 ILCS 45/2-104.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-104.2)
Sec. 2-104.2. Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Department of
Public Health Uniform DNR/POLST form.
(a) Every facility licensed under this Act shall establish
a policy for the the implementation of practitioner orders
concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or
life-sustaining treatment including, but not limited to,
"Do-Not-Resuscitate" orders. This policy may only prescribe
the format, method of documentation and duration of any
practitioner orders. Any orders under this policy shall be
honored by the facility. The Department of Public Health
Uniform DNR/POLST form under Section 2310-600 of the Department
of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois, or a copy of that form or a
previous version of the uniform form, shall be honored by the
facility.
(b) Within 30 days after admission, new residents who do
not have a guardian of the person or an executed power of

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attorney for health care shall be provided with written notice,
in a form and manner provided by rule of the Department, of
their right to provide the name of one or more potential health
care surrogates that a treating physician should consider in
selecting a surrogate to act on the resident's behalf should
the resident lose decision-making capacity. The notice shall
include a form of declaration that may be utilized by the
resident to identify potential health care surrogates or by the
facility to document any inability or refusal to make such a
declaration. A signed copy of the resident's declaration of a
potential health care surrogate or decision to decline to make
such a declaration, or documentation by the facility of the
resident's inability to make such a declaration, shall be
placed in the resident's clinical record and shall satisfy the
facility's obligation under this Section. Such a declaration
shall be used only for informational purposes in the selection
of a surrogate pursuant to the Health Care Surrogate Act. A
facility that complies with this Section is not liable to any
healthcare provider, resident, or resident's representative or
any other person relating to the identification or selection of
a surrogate or potential health care surrogate.
(Source: P.A. 98-1110, eff. 8-26-14.)