Bill Text: IL HB0879 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning do-not-resuscitate orders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
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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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2-104.2 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 45/2-104.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-104.2)
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7 | Sec. 2-104.2. Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Public Health Uniform DNR/POLST form. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Every facility licensed under
this Act shall establish | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | a policy for the
the implementation of practitioner
orders | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | life-sustaining treatment including, but not limited to,
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13 | "Do-Not-Resuscitate" orders. This policy may only prescribe | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the format,
method of documentation and duration of any | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | practitioner orders. Any orders under this policy shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | honored by the facility.
The Department of Public Health | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Uniform DNR/POLST form under Section 2310-600 of the Department | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the
Civil | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Administrative Code of Illinois, or a copy of that form or a | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | previous version of the uniform form,
shall be
honored by the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | facility. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (b) Within 30 days after admission, new residents who do | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | not have a guardian of the person or an executed power of |
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1 | attorney for health care shall be provided with written notice, | ||||||
2 | in a form and manner provided by rule of the Department, of | ||||||
3 | their right to provide the name of one or more potential health | ||||||
4 | care surrogates that a treating physician should consider in | ||||||
5 | selecting a surrogate to act on the resident's behalf should | ||||||
6 | the resident lose decision-making capacity. The notice shall | ||||||
7 | include a form of declaration that may be utilized by the | ||||||
8 | resident to identify potential health care surrogates or by the | ||||||
9 | facility to document any inability or refusal to make such a | ||||||
10 | declaration. A signed copy of the resident's declaration of a | ||||||
11 | potential health care surrogate or decision to decline to make | ||||||
12 | such a declaration, or documentation by the facility of the | ||||||
13 | resident's inability to make such a declaration, shall be | ||||||
14 | placed in the resident's clinical record and shall satisfy the | ||||||
15 | facility's obligation under this Section. Such a declaration | ||||||
16 | shall be used only for informational purposes in the selection | ||||||
17 | of a surrogate pursuant to the Health Care Surrogate Act. A | ||||||
18 | facility that complies with this Section is not liable to any | ||||||
19 | healthcare provider, resident, or resident's representative or | ||||||
20 | any other person relating to the identification or selection of | ||||||
21 | a surrogate or potential health care surrogate. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 98-1110, eff. 8-26-14.)
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