IL SB1524

Requires the Illinois Department of Corrections to publish an annual report by December 1 on hospice and palliative care provided to incarcerated individuals with terminal conditions (life expectancy of 6 months or less)

Mandates reporting of demographic data on recipients including race/ethnicity, gender, age, terminal illness cause, and length of incarceration prior to receiving end-of-life care

Requires data on program enrollment, admissions, discharges, denials, deaths (with and without hospice care), and average time between terminal diagnosis and program admission

Directs reporting on staffing levels (palliative care physicians, nurses, social workers), volunteer numbers (both incarcerated and non-incarcerated), and staff-to-patient ratios at each facility

Named the "Eddie Thomas Act" after a prisoner who died alone without end-of-life care five months after being diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer; acknowledges Illinois has over 1,000 prisoners aged 65 or older and currently lacks a formal, consistent hospice program across facilities