Elder Law

(Feigenholtz, D-Chicago; Raoul, D-Chicago) makes two changes. Requires that the Department of Public Health publish its Uniform DNR Advance Directive form in Spanish, and that the form must meet the national, minimum requirements to be considered a physician's order to be a life-sustaining treatment form. Effective January 1, 2012.

(Beaubien, R-Barrington; Silverstein, D-Chicago) excludes from the Illinois Power of Attorney Act certain kinds of limited agencies done primarily for various business, commercial, and governmental purposes that are executed by or for financial institutions. House Bill 1712 ensures that these kinds of POAs are not revoked using the statutory short form. Governor Quinn amendatorily vetoed this bill, and one of three things may happen when the General Assembly reconvenes in late October for veto session. (1) The General Assembly rules that the amendatory veto exceeds the Governor's authority and therefore kills the bill. (2) The General Assembly accepts the amendatory veto, and the law as amendatorily vetoed takes effect January 1, 2012. (3) The General Assembly overrides the Governor's amendatory veto and it takes effect without the amendatory veto changes. Text of the bill and the Governor's amendatory veto message may be found at the link below.

The State of Illinois is proposing rules to implement the federal Deficit Reduction Act. If you do any estate planning at all, you need to click on the August 13, 2010 Flinn Report below and review the Department of Health and Family Services proposed rules. HFS has scheduled a hearing in Chicago on September 13 to take testimony before the proposed rules are submitted to JCAR (Joint Committee on Administrative Rules) for JCAR's approval.

This requires a mandatory arrest for domestic damage to property. Creates a new crime of damaging your own property.

Creates the Uniform Power of Attorney Act. Scheduled to be worked on over the summer.