210 ILCS 91/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Emergency Contact and Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable Act.(Source: P.A. 104-46, eff. 1-1-26.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 210 ILCS 91 — Emergency Contact and Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable Act.
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210 ILCS 91/5
Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act: "After care" means clinical assistance to a patient provided by a caregiver in the patient's residence following the patient's discharge from an inpatient hospital stay that is related to the patient's condition at the time of discharge, as determined appropriate by the discharging phy…
210 ILCS 91/10
Opportunity to designate an emergency contact and a caregiver
Opportunity to designate an emergency contact and a caregiver. (a) Following the patient's admission into the hospital as an inpatient, a hospital shall provide each patient or, if applicable, the patient's legal representative with an opportunity to designate: (1) an emergency contact, including the opportunity to aut…
210 ILCS 91/14
Notice to designated emergency contact
Notice to designated emergency contact. If a patient has authorized the hospital to share protected health information with an emergency contact that is not the patient's legal representative and the patient's legal representative does not object, a hospital shall, as soon as practicable, notify that emergency contact…
210 ILCS 91/15
Notice to designated caregiver
Notice to designated caregiver. A hospital shall notify a patient's designated caregiver of the patient's discharge or transfer to another hospital or facility licensed by the Department of Public Health as soon as possible prior to the patient's actual discharge or transfer and, in any event, upon issuance of a discha…
210 ILCS 91/20
Instruction to designated caregiver
Instruction to designated caregiver. (a) As soon as possible prior to a patient's discharge from a hospital to the patient's residence, the hospital shall consult with the designated caregiver and issue a discharge plan that describes a patient's after care needs, if any, at the patient's residence. The consultation an…
210 ILCS 91/25
Non-interference with health care directives
Non-interference with health care directives. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a valid health care directive or valid power of attorney. (Source: P.A. 99-222, eff. 1-27-16.)
210 ILCS 91/30
No private right of action
No private right of action. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to create a private right of action against a hospital, a hospital affiliate, a hospital employee, or a consultant or contractor with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship solely for attempting to contact an emergency contact, as described in S…
210 ILCS 91/99
Effective date
Effective date. This Act takes effect 180 days after becoming law. (Source: P.A. 99-222, eff. 1-27-16.)