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1    AN ACT concerning public health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The HIV/AIDS Registry Act is amended by changing
5Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 310/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7354)
7    Sec. 4. (a) The Department shall establish and maintain an
8HIV/AIDS Registry consisting of a record of all cases of HIV
9and AIDS which occur in Illinois, and such information
10concerning those cases as it deems necessary or appropriate in
11order to conduct thorough and complete epidemiological surveys
12of HIV and AIDS in Illinois, and to evaluate existing control
13and prevention measures. Notwithstanding any other provision
14of this subsection (a), the information concerning those cases
15included in the Registry shall include all CD4 test results,
16including counts and percentages of any value, and HIV viral
17load test results, both detectable and undetectable; provided,
18however, that hospitals and laboratories may only be required
19to report such test results for tests performed on or after 90
20days after the date that the Department furnishes an electronic
21method for the reporting of such results to the Department and
22only if a hospital or laboratory has an electronic health
23record that enables the hospital or laboratory to identify HIV

 

 

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1patients. Until electronic laboratory reporting is
2established, hospitals and laboratories shall continue to
3report cases of HIV and AIDS in Illinois in accordance with the
4administrative rules adopted by the Department that are in
5effect on May 1, 2011. Cases included in the Registry shall be
6identified by a code rather than by name. To the extent
7feasible, the Registry shall be compatible with other national
8models so as to facilitate the coordination of information with
9other data bases.
10    (b) To facilitate the collection of information relating to
11cases of HIV and AIDS, the Department shall have the authority
12to require hospitals, laboratories and other facilities which
13diagnose such conditions to report cases of HIV and AIDS to the
14Department or a local health authority if the local health
15authority serves a population of over 1,000,000 citizens or if
16the local health authority has been designated by the
17Department to collect such information, and to require the
18submission of such other information pertaining to or in
19connection with such reported cases as the Department deems
20necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this Act,
21including all CD4 and HIV viral load test results for those
22cases included in the Registry. The Department may promulgate
23rules or regulations specifying the types of information
24required, requirements for follow up of patients, frequency of
25reporting, methods of submitting such information and any other
26details deemed by the Department to be necessary or appropriate

 

 

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1for the administration of this Act. Nothing in this Act shall
2be construed to compel any individual to submit to a medical
3examination or supervision.
4    (c) The Director shall by rule establish standards for
5ensuring the protection of information made confidential or
6privileged under law.
7(Source: P.A. 94-102, eff. 1-1-06.)