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HIPAA Authorization - Illinois
Illinois · Fillable PDF · Free
Federal privacy law (HIPAA) limits who doctors, hospitals, and insurers can talk to about you. This authorization lets the people you name receive your health information so they can help you, even before they need to act as your agent. Federal privacy law (HIPAA) limits who doctors, hospitals, and insurers can talk to about you.
Illinois residents and families reviewing hipaa authorization instructions.
What you'll need
Read the original packet’s instructions and complete only the fields that apply.
Bring acceptable identification and follow the packet’s signature and witness instructions.
How to complete it
Your information (Page 1) Enter your name, date of birth, and address.
Who may receive it (Page 1) Name each person who may receive your health information, such as your agents under your powers of attorney or family members.
What and for how long (Pages 1–2) Choose what may be released and when this authorization expires. Initial each type of specially protected record you want included.
Sign before a notary (Page 2) Illinois requires a witness who can confirm your identity before mental health records are released. The notary acknowledgment serves that purpose and makes hospitals and insurers far more likely to accept the form. Bring a current, government-issued photo ID.
This Illinois declaration lets you decide in advance whether you want psychotropic medication, electroconvulsive treatment, or short-term admission to a facility if a mental health crisis leaves you unable to decide, and lets you name someone to decide for you.
This is Illinois’s statutory form for choosing who will make decisions about your funeral, burial, or cremation after your death, and for giving any special directions.
This is Illinois’s statutory living will. It tells your doctors that if you have a terminal condition and death is imminent, you do not want death-delaying procedures, only comfort care.
This is Illinois’s official statutory form for naming someone (your “health care agent”) to make medical decisions for you if you cannot. It does not cover finances.
Use this form to cancel an Illinois power of attorney for health care, a living will declaration, or both, so your doctors and former agents know the old document no longer applies.
These forms are a free convenience, not legal advice. First Choice Mobile Notary & Apostille is not a law firm. Consult an attorney licensed in the relevant state for legal questions.