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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3937

Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Chris Balkema

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 22/90

Amends the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act.
Provides that, when a death has occurred in accordance with the Act, the
death shall be attributed to both the underlying terminal disease and
medical aid in dying pursuant to the Act (rather than only the underlying
terminal disease). Requires medical aid in dying pursuant to the Act shall
be listed on the death certificate of a qualified patient who obtained and
self-administered a prescription for medication pursuant to the Act.
LRB104 19522 BDA 32970 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning health.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill
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Patients Act is amended by changing Section 90 as follows:

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(410 ILCS 22/90)
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(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
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delayed effective date
)
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Sec. 90.
Death certificate.
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(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the attending
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physician may sign the death certificate of a qualified
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patient who obtained and self-administered a prescription for
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medication pursuant to this Act.
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(b) When a death has occurred in accordance with this Act,
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the death shall be attributed to
both
the underlying terminal
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disease
and medical aid in dying pursuant to this Act
.
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(1) Death following self-administering medication
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under this Act does not alone constitute grounds for
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postmortem inquiry.
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(2) Death in accordance with this Act shall not be
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designated a suicide or homicide.
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(c)
Medical aid in dying pursuant to this Act shall be
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listed on the death certificate of a qualified patient who

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obtained and self-administered a prescription for medication
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pursuant to this Act.

A qualified patient's act of
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self-administering medication prescribed pursuant to this Act
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shall not be indicated on the death certificate.
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(Source: P.A. 104-441, eff. 9-12-26.)

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