Public Act 097-0928
 
HB4453 EnrolledLRB097 18266 RPM 63492 b


  
    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease 
Control Act is amended  by changing Section 9 as follows:
 



    (410 ILCS 325/9)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7409)



    Sec. 9. Prisoners. 
    (a) The Department and its authorized
representatives may, 
at its discretion, enter any State, county or
municipal 
detention facility to interview, examine and treat any prisoner

for a sexually transmissible disease.  Any such State, county or 
municipal
detention facility shall cooperate with
the 
Department and its authorized representative to provide such 
space as
is necessary for the examination and treatment of all 
prisoners suffering
from or suspected of having a sexually 
transmissible disease.

    (b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as relieving 
the
Department of Corrections or any county or municipality of 
their primary
responsibility for providing medical treatment 
for prisoners under their
jurisdiction, including treatment 
for sexually transmissible diseases.

    (c) Any person who knowingly or maliciously disseminates 
any false
information or report concerning the existence of any 
sexually
transmissible disease under this Section is guilty of 
a Class A misdemeanor.

    (d) The Department, in consultation with the Department of 
Corrections, shall develop and implement written procedures 
that establish a process for confidentially notifying and 
recommending sexually transmissible disease testing of the 
contacts of a committed person who has been diagnosed with a 
sexually transmissible disease and for notifying and 
recommending sexually transmissible disease testing of a 
committed person who has had contact with one diagnosed with a 
sexually transmissible disease.  The process shall be in 
accordance with Sections 3, 5, and 8 of this Act. 
(Source: P.A. 85-681.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.