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PUBLIC HEALTH (410 ILCS 515/) Head and Spinal Cord Injury Act.

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    (410 ILCS 515/0.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7850)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Head and Spinal Cord Injury Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

    (410 ILCS 515/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7851)
    Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
    (a) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
    (b) "Head Injury" means a sudden insult or damage to the brain or its coverings, not of a degenerative nature, which produces an altered state of consciousness or temporarily or permanently impairs mental, cognitive, behavioral or physical functioning. Cerebral vascular accidents, aneurisms and congenital deficits are excluded from this definition.
    (c) "Spinal cord injury" means an injury that occurs as a result of trauma, which involves spinal vertebral fracture, or where the injured person suffers any of the following effects:
    (1) effects on the sensory system including numbness, tingling or loss of sensation in the body or in one or more extremities;
    (2) effects on the motor system including weakness or paralysis in one or more extremities;
    (3) effects on the visceral system including bowel or bladder dysfunction or hypotension.
(Source: P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)

    (410 ILCS 515/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7852)
    Sec. 2. (a) The Department shall establish and maintain an information registry and reporting system for the purpose of data collection and needs assessment of head and spinal cord injured persons in this State.
    (b) Reports of head and spinal cord injuries shall be filed with the Department by a hospital administrator or his designee on a quarterly basis.
    (c) Reporting forms and the manner in which the information is to be reported shall be provided by the Department. Such reports shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following information: name, age, and residence of the injured person, the date and cause of the injury, the initial diagnosis and such other information as may be required by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 86-510; 87-691.)

    (410 ILCS 515/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7853)
    Sec. 3. (a) All reports and records made pursuant to this Act and maintained by the Department and other appropriate persons, officials and institutions pursuant to this Act shall be confidential. Information shall not be made available to any individual or institution except to:
    (1) appropriate staff of the Department; and
    (2) any person engaged in a bona fide research project, with the permission of the Director of Public Health, except that no information identifying the subjects of the reports or the reporters shall be made available to researchers unless the Department requests and receives consent for such release pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
    (b) The Department shall not reveal the identity of a patient, physician or hospital, except that the identity of the patient may be released upon written consent of the patient, parent or guardian, the identity of the physician may be released upon written consent of the physician, and the identity of the hospital may be released upon written consent of the hospital.
    (c) The Department shall request consent for release from a patient, a physician or hospital only upon a showing by the applicant for such release that obtaining the identities of certain patients, physicians or hospitals is necessary for his bonafide research directly related to the objectives of this Act.
    (d) The Department shall at least annually compile a report of the data accumulated through the reporting system established under Section 2 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)

    (410 ILCS 515/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7854)
    Sec. 4. No individual or organization providing information to the Department in accordance with this Act shall be held liable in a civil or criminal action for divulging confidential information unless such individual or organization acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose.
(Source: P.A. 86-510.)

    (410 ILCS 515/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7855)
    Sec. 5. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to compel any individual to submit to any medical or Department examination, treatment or supervision of any kind.
    (b) Violation of any provision of Sections 2 through 4 of this Act shall be a petty offense.
(Source: P.A. 86-510.)

    (410 ILCS 515/6)
    Sec. 6. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)