093_HB1712

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning public safety.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances
 5    Registry Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

 6        (410 ILCS 525/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6702)
 7        Sec. 2.  (a) Findings.  The General Assembly finds that:
 8             (i)  the dangers  of  hazardous  substances  pose  a
 9        serious  threat  to  the public health and welfare of the
10        citizens of Illinois;
11             (ii)  there exists no unified effort to collect  and
12        analyze  information  on  hazardous  substances and their
13        potential health effects;
14             (iii)  the lack  of  comprehensive  information  has
15        caused  concern  on  the  part of Illinois citizens and a
16        lack of effective control by the State government;
17             (iv)  it is the obligation of the  State  government
18        to  inform  and  protect  the  citizens  of  Illinois  by
19        developing  a comprehensive and integrated data system on
20        hazardous substances and public health.
21        (b)  It is the purpose of this Act to establish a unified
22    Statewide  project  to   collect,   compile   and   correlate
23    information  on public health and hazardous substances.  Such
24    information is to be used to assist in the  determination  of
25    public  policy and to provide a source of information for the
26    public, except when  public  disclosure  of  the  information
27    would  violate  the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 4
28    concerning confidentiality.
29        (c)  In particular, the  purpose  of  the  collection  of
30    cancer incidence information is to:
31                  (1)  monitor  incidence  trends  of  cancer  to
 
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 1             detect  potential  public  health  problems, predict
 2             risks and assist in investigating cancer clusters;
 3                  (2)  more   accurately   target    intervention
 4             resources  for  communities  and  patients and their
 5             families;
 6                  (3)  inform health professionals  and  citizens
 7             about   risks,  early  detection  and  treatment  of
 8             cancers known to be elevated in  their  communities;
 9             and
10                  (4)  promote  high  quality research to provide
11             better information for cancer control and to address
12             public concerns and questions about cancer.
13    (Source: P.A. 90-607, eff. 6-30-98.)