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SB2790 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2790 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2790 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Act is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by adding Section 8.6 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 2305/8.6 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 8.6. Expanded access to lung cancer screenings. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) In this Section, "tobacco quitline" means a resource | ||||||
| 9 | that is free to tobacco users in Illinois who want to quit | ||||||
| 10 | using tobacco, that is accessible by a toll-free telephone | ||||||
| 11 | number, and that is established, operated, and funded with the | ||||||
| 12 | assistance of the Department of Public Health. "Tobacco | ||||||
| 13 | quitline" includes an evidence-based program, certified | ||||||
| 14 | counselors, and staff to provide the support needed for | ||||||
| 15 | tobacco users in Illinois to break the habit of using tobacco. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) The Department of Public Health shall require | ||||||
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| 1 | information and counseling concerning lung cancer screening to | ||||||
| 2 | be made available to individuals through the tobacco quitline. | ||||||
| 3 | The Department may enter into contracts and agreements with | ||||||
| 4 | persons operating the tobacco quitline on behalf of the | ||||||
| 5 | Department and may award grants for the purposes of this Act. | ||||||
| 6 | In the course of providing information and counseling | ||||||
| 7 | concerning lung cancer screening, the Department and the | ||||||
| 8 | operators of the tobacco quitline shall: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) refer to the criteria and guidelines developed by | ||||||
| 10 | the United States Preventive Services Task Force for lung | ||||||
| 11 | cancer screening; | ||||||
| 12 | (2) provide information about lung cancer screening | ||||||
| 13 | services during intake and counseling calls and through | ||||||
| 14 | emails to tobacco quitline enrollees, including | ||||||
| 15 | information on screening eligibility; and | ||||||
| 16 | (3) provide reporting data to the Department on the | ||||||
| 17 | number of callers educated on lung cancer screening. | ||||||
| 18 | (c) The Department of Public Health shall develop signage | ||||||
| 19 | that discloses referral information for lung cancer screening. | ||||||
| 20 | The signage shall include, but shall not be limited to, the | ||||||
| 21 | following: | ||||||
| 22 | (1) information about who is eligible for lung cancer | ||||||
| 23 | screening; and | ||||||
| 24 | (2) contact information for the tobacco quitline, | ||||||
| 25 | including the toll-free telephone number. | ||||||
| 26 | The Department shall make available this signage to | ||||||
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| 1 | retailers of tobacco products and retailers of nicotine | ||||||
| 2 | replacement therapies. Retailers of tobacco products and | ||||||
| 3 | retailers of nicotine replacement therapies shall | ||||||
| 4 | conspicuously post this signage in their retail | ||||||
| 5 | establishments. | ||||||
| 6 | (d) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules to | ||||||
| 7 | implement and administer this Section.". | ||||||