{"data":{"id":"us-il/410-ilcs-22-15","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"410 ILCS 22/15","heading":"Informed consent.","body":"(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)\n(a) Nothing in this Act may be construed to limit the amount of information provided to a patient to ensure the patient can make a fully informed health care decision.\n(b) An attending physician must provide sufficient information to a patient regarding all appropriate end-of-life care options, including comfort care, hospice care, palliative care, and pain control, as well as the foreseeable risks and benefits of each, so that the patient can make a voluntary and affirmative decision regarding the patient's end-of-life care.\n(c) If a patient makes a request for the patient's medical records to be transmitted to an alternative physician, the patient's medical records shall be transmitted without undue delay.","path":["CHAPTER 410 PUBLIC HEALTH","End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=4646\u0026ChapterID=35\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:34Z","sha256":"559d29e11c8190332d71dca3bf4bf3fb1c96373961debe4f125fdfc1630226bd","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/410-ilcs-22-10","next":"us-il/410-ilcs-22-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}