(410 ILCS 649/10)
    Sec. 10. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
    "Accident and health insurer" has the meaning given to that term in Section 126.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
    "Eligible patient" means a person who:
        (1) has a terminal illness;
        (2) has considered all other treatment options
    
approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration;
        (3) has received a prescription or recommendation
    
from his or her physician for an investigational drug, biological product, or device;
        (4) has given his or her informed consent in writing
    
for the use of the investigational drug, biological product, or device or, if he or she is a minor or lacks the mental capacity to provide informed consent, a parent or legal guardian has given informed consent on his or her behalf; and
        (5) has documentation from his or her physician
    
indicating that he or she has met the requirements of this Act.
    "Investigational drug, biological product, or device" means a drug, biological product, or device that has successfully completed Phase I of a clinical trial, but has not been approved for general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
    "Phase I of a clinical trial" means the stage of a clinical trial where an investigational drug, biological product, or device has been tested in a small group for the first time to evaluate its safety, determine a safe dosage range, and identify side effects.
    "Terminal illness" means a disease that, without life-sustaining measures, can reasonably be expected to result in death in 24 months or less.
(Source: P.A. 99-270, eff. 1-1-16.)