Illinois House Bill 4632

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-24 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that 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 POLST form. Specifies that information in the Advance Directive Registry shall be made available to hospitals licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act and hospitals organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Authorizes hospitals to rely on information obtained from the Advance Directive Registry as an accurate copy of the documents filed with the Advance Directive Registry. Directs the Secretary of State to adopt any rules necessary to implement the amendatory Act and to provide information on the Secretary of State's website regarding use of the Advance Directive Registry. Provides that, except in the case 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. Provides that 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.

SOS-ADVANCE DIRECTIVE REGISTRY

Rep. Eva Dina Delgado [D]	Rep. Joyce Mason [D]	Rep. Margaret Croke [D]	Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]
Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. Janet Yang Rohr [D]	Rep. Lawrence Walsh [D]	Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid [D]
Rep. Kambium Buckner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
2024-03-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2024-03-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
2024-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
2024-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2024-02-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2024-02-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
2024-02-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
2024-01-31	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-01-31	House	First Reading
2024-01-30	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	305	34	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4632&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB4632.htm