Illinois Estate Plan
Health Care
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Publisher Description
Health care legal documents are an essential component of estate planning in Illinois. You should prepare in advance and appoint who should make health care decisions for you.
Power of Attorney is a legal concept that allows you to appoint another person to make property, financial, and health care decisions for you. He/she may, for example, sign documents, sell real estate, access bank accounts, and coordinate with doctors to make decisions about your medical treatment.
Power of Attorney for Health Care is such an important decision that Illinois law has special requirements and a basic form that is independent from a Power of Attorney for Property. The person you appoint is called your "health care agent". This individual has the authority to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to make them yourself.
A Living Will is your written declaration that instructs a physician to have death delaying procedures withheld or withdrawn in instances of a terminal condition. There is also an Illinois law specific to this document with a sample basic format.
This book focuses entirely on these laws and the recommended statutory format:
- Power of Attorney for Health Care
- Living Will
- HIPAA Authorization
- Detailed Instructions and Insight
- Relevant Laws
Included is a basic HIPAA Authorization form for situations where federal law prevents your family, or others, from accessed or relying upon your medical records to make decisions for you. Without such authorization, a doctor or hospital could refuse to provide your own children with private medical records.
Also included is a brief tutorial for artificial intelligence writing health care estate plan documents without an attorney using AI chatbot platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini).
The author, Michael E. Byczek, has been a licensed Illinois attorney since 2007 (Chicago, IL). He manages his own legal business (https://byczeklaw.com) and has also been a licensed real estate broker (https://byczekbrokerage.com) since 2003. He has been developing legal mobile apps since 2008 and launched an eBook series in 2024.
While only valid for Illinois residents, anybody can use this information to learn the legal requirements of health care estate plan documents and use this book as a template to write your own version. You may also modify these documents to suit your preferences. You don’t need to be an attorney to write your own legal documents, just make sure the final version is accurate and valid.