HB1332 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CONTACT
Last Action
08/01/2025 - House: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0046
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
210 ILCS 85/11.11 new  
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital licensed under the Act must, at the time a patient is being checked in, give the patient an opportunity to designate an emergency contact to be notified if the patient dies or experiences a significant change in condition. If an emergency contact is designated, hospital staff must communicate with the emergency contact and ask whether the emergency contact would prefer to be notified by telephone call, by hospital staff when the emergency contact reaches the hospital, or by some other method.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
210 ILCS 85/11.11 new  
Adds reference to:
210 ILCS 91/1  
210 ILCS 91/5  
210 ILCS 91/10  
210 ILCS 91/14 new  
210 ILCS 91/30  
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable Act. Changes the short title to the Emergency Contact and Caregiver Act. Makes changes to defined terms. Provides that, 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 an emergency contact and the opportunity to authorize the hospital to share the patient's protected health information with the emergency contact. Requires a hospital, if authorized by the patient when the emergency contact was designated, to provide notice to the patient's designated emergency contact of the patient's death or if the patient's condition has become life threatening. Limits the liability of hospitals who attempt to contact an emergency contact. Makes conforming changes.

House Floor Amendment No. 3
Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Changes the short title to the Emergency Contact and Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable Act. Makes changes to defined terms. Provides that, 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 a caregiver following the patient's admission into the hospital as an inpatient and prior to the patient's discharge (rather than only prior to the patient's discharge) to the patient's residence or transfer to another facility. Requires a hospital, as soon as practicable, to notify the emergency contact of the patient's death (rather than notify a patient's emergency contact of the patient's death or if the patient's condition has become life threatening) 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. Limits the liability of hospitals who attempt to contact an emergency contact. Removes provisions concerning failure to contact the patient's emergency contact. Provides that, if a patient fails to authorize the hospital to share the patient's protected health information or revokes such authorization, the hospital may contact the emergency contact only as otherwise allowed by law. Makes other changes.
Actions
DateChamberAction
01/14/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
01/28/2025HouseFirst Reading
01/28/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
02/11/2025HouseAssigned to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
03/04/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
03/04/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
03/05/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
03/11/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; by Voice Vote
03/11/2025HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 009-005-000
03/12/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
03/14/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
03/14/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
03/18/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
03/26/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
03/26/2025HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
04/02/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
04/02/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
04/07/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee
04/07/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
04/07/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
04/07/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
04/08/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 012-000-000
04/09/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
04/09/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
04/09/2025HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-026-000
04/09/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled
04/10/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
04/10/2025SenateArrive in Senate
04/10/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2025
04/14/2025SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
04/14/2025SenateFirst Reading
04/14/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
04/23/2025SenateAssigned to Health and Human Services
04/30/2025SenateDo Pass Health and Human Services; 008-000-000
04/30/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025
05/14/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
05/14/2025SenateSecond Reading
05/14/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2025
05/21/2025SenateThird Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
05/21/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
05/21/2025HousePassed Both Houses
06/17/2025HouseSent to the Governor
08/01/2025HouseGovernor Approved
08/01/2025HouseEffective Date January 1, 2026
08/01/2025HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0046