Bill Text: IL SB2644 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that information in the Advance Directive Registry shall be made available electronically to Emergency Medical Services personnel as defined under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that hospital administrators shall, as appropriate for their respective hospital, provide access to information in the Advance Directive Registry to hospital health care providers. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-06-21 - Sent to the Governor [SB2644 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2644-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by adding
Section 34 as follows:
(15 ILCS 305/34 new)
Sec. 34. Advance Directive Registry.
(a) By January 1, 2027, the Secretary of State shall
establish an electronic registry, to be known as the Advance
Directive Registry, through which residents of the State of
Illinois may deposit, with the Secretary of State, a completed
Department of Public Health Uniform Practitioner Order for
Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form. In calendar year 2026,
the Secretary of State shall, in good faith, promote the
Advance Directive Registry throughout the State by
disseminating information about the Advance Directive Registry
in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(b) Information in the Advance Directive Registry shall be
made available electronically to Emergency Medical Services
personnel as defined in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Systems Act, administrators of hospitals licensed under the
Hospital Licensing Act, and administrators of hospitals
organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act.

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Hospital administrators shall, as appropriate for their
respective hospital, provide access to information in the
Advance Directive Registry to hospital health care providers
and health care professionals. Persons may rely on information
obtained from the Advance Directive Registry as an accurate
copy of the documents filed with the Advance Directive
Registry.
(c) Nothing in this Section shall limit the right to amend
or revoke a Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form
previously filed with the Advance Directive Registry.
(d) The Secretary of State shall adopt any rules necessary
to implement this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
Assembly, and the Secretary of State shall also provide on the
Secretary of State's website information regarding use of the
Advance Directive Registry.
(e) In the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct, the Secretary of State and employees of the
Secretary of State are immune from any civil or criminal
liability in connection with the creation and maintenance of
the Advance Directive Registry described in this Section.
(f) A person who knowingly submits a document to the
Advance Directive Registry without authorization or assists in
such submission shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(g) Nothing in this Section requires a health care
professional or health care provider, including Emergency
Medical Services personnel as defined in the Emergency Medical

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