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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2749
Introduced 2/5/2004, by Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 2310/2310-610 new |
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Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to
classify obesity as a disease.
Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2749 |
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LRB093 20223 RAS 45980 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to public health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
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| Duties Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by adding Section 2310-610 as
follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-610 new)
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| Sec. 2310-610. Disease classification; obesity. The |
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| Department shall
classify obesity as a
disease.
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| For the purpose of this Section:
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| "Body mass index" means a mathematical formula used to |
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| determine a person's
body weight in relation to height as |
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| measured by dividing a person's weight in
kilograms
by the |
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| square of the person's height in meters.
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| "Obesity" means:
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| (1) having a body mass index of 30 or greater;
or
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| (2) having a body mass index of 27 or greater
and |
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| having one or more of the following:
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| (i) Type II diabetes mellitus;
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| (ii) Impaired glucose tolerance;
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| (iii) Hypertension;
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| (iv) Cardiovascular disease;
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| (v) Gastric reflux disease;
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| (vi) Gall bladder disease;
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| (vii) Osteoarthritis of the hips or knees;
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| (viii) Sleep apnea;
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| (ix) Cerebrovascular disease (stroke);
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| (x) Coronary heart disease;
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| (xi) Dyslipidemia;
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| (xii) Gout;
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| (xiii) Cancer;
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| (xiv) Infertility; or
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