Bill Text: IL HB4706 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that substance abuse programs and mental health or developmental disabilities facilities operating in the State shall provide verbal notice to the personal representative of the patient within 24 hours after the death of a patient and shall provide written notice to the personal representative of the patient within 5 days after the death of a patient. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4706 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4706-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4706 Introduced , by Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 301/55-45 new
405 ILCS 5/5-100.1 new
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that substance abuse programs and mental health or developmental disabilities facilities operating in the State shall provide verbal notice to the personal representative of the patient within 24 hours after the death of a patient and shall provide written notice to the personal representative of the patient within 5 days after the death of a patient. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
HB4706 LRB103 36126 SPS 66217 b
AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Substance Use Disorder Act is amended by
adding Section 55-45 as follows:
(20 ILCS 301/55-45 new)
Sec. 55-45. Notice of death of patient. Any program
operating in this State shall provide notice of the death of a
patient occurring in the program to the personal
representative of the patient. The program shall provide
verbal notice to the personal representative of the patient
within 24 hours after the death of the patient and shall
provide written notice to the personal representative of the
patient within 5 days after the death of the patient. The
program shall provide notice under this subsection in
accordance with 42 CFR 2.15(b) and 45 CFR 164.502(g), as
amended. For the purposes of this subsection, "personal
representative" has the meaning set forth in 45 CFR
164.502(g).
Section 10. The Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code is amended by adding Section 5-100.1 as
follows:

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(405 ILCS 5/5-100.1 new)
Sec. 5-100.1. Notice of death of patient. Any mental
health or developmental disabilities facility operating in
this State shall provide notice of the death of a recipient of
services occurring in the facility to the personal
representative of the recipient of services. The facility
shall provide verbal notice to the personal representative of
the recipient of services within 24 hours after the death of
the recipient of services and shall provide written notice to
the personal representative of the recipient of services
within 5 days after the death of the recipient of services. The
facility shall provide notice under this subsection in
accordance with 42 CFR 2.15(b) and 45 CFR 164.502(g), as
amended. For the purposes of this subsection, "personal
representative" has the meaning set forth in 45 CFR
164.502(g).