D. I intend for the person named as my agent to be treated as I would be with respect to my
rights regarding the use and disclosure of my individually identiable health information or
other medical records, including records or communications governed by the Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities Condentiality Act. This release authority applies to any
information governed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(“HIPAA”) and regulations thereunder. I intend for the person named as my agent to serve as
my “personal representative” as that term is dened under HIPAA and regulations thereunder.
(i) The person named as my agent shall have the power to authorize the release of information
governed by HIPAA to third parties.
(ii) I authorize any physician, health care professional, dentist, health plan, hospital, clinic,
laboratory, pharmacy or other covered health care provider, any insurance company and
the Medical Informational Bureau, Inc., or any other health care clearinghouse that has
provided treatment or services to me, or that has paid for or is seeking payment for me
for such services to give, disclose, and release to the person named as my agent, without
restriction, all of my individually identiable health information and medical records,
regarding any past, present, or future medical or mental health condition, including all
information relating to the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted
diseases, drug or alcohol abuse, and mental illness (including records or communications
governed by the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Condentiality Act).
(iii) The authority given to the person named as my agent shall supersede any prior agreement
that I may have with my health care providers to restrict access to, or disclosure of, my
individually identiable health information. The authority given to the person named as my
agent has no expiration date and shall expire only in the event that I revoke the authority in
writing and deliver it to my health care provider.
(NOTE: The above grant of power is intended to be as broad as possible so that your agent will
have the authority to make any decision you could make to obtain or terminate any type of health
care, including withdrawal of food and water and other life-sustaining measures, if your agent
believes such action would be consistent with your intent and desires. If you wish to limit the
scope of your agent’s powers or prescribe special rules or limit the power to make an anatomical
gift, authorize autopsy or dispose of remains, you may do so in the following paragraphs.)
2. The powers granted above shall not include the following powers or shall be subject to the
following rules or limitations:
(NOTE: Here you may include any specic limitations you deem appropriate, such as: your
own denition of when life-sustaining measures should be withheld; a direction to continue food
and uids or life-sustaining treatment in all events; or instructions to refuse any specic types
of treatment that are inconsistent with your religious beliefs or unacceptable to you for any
other reason, such as blood transfusion, electro-convulsive therapy, amputation, psychosurgery,
voluntary admission to a mental institution, etc.)
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(NOTE: The subject of life-sustaining treatment is of particular importance. For your
convenience in dealing with that subject, some general statements concerning the withholding or
removal of life-sustaining treatment are set forth below. If you agree with one of these statements,
you may initial that statement; but do not initial more than one. These statements serve as
guidance for your agent, who shall give careful consideration to the statement you initial when
engaging in health care decision-making on your behalf.)
I do not want my life to be prolonged nor do I want life-sustaining treatment to be provided or
continued if my agent believes the burdens of the treatment outweigh the expected benets. I
want my agent to consider the relief of suffering, the expense involved and the quality as well as
the possible extension of my life in making decisions concerning life-sustaining treatment.
Initialed __________
I want my life to be prolonged and I want life-sustaining treatment to be provided or continued,
unless I am, in the opinion of my attending physician, in accordance with reasonable medical
standards at the time of reference, in a state of “permanent unconsciousness” or suffer from
an “incurable or irreversible condition” or “terminal condition”, as those terms are dened in
Section 4-4 of the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. If and when I am in any one of these states or
conditions, I want life-sustaining treatment to be withheld or discontinued.
Initialed __________
I want my life to be prolonged to the greatest extent possible in accordance with reasonable
medical standards without regard to my condition, the chances I have for recovery or the cost of
the procedures.
Initialed __________
B-2
B-3