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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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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 2310-433 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-433  new)
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    Sec. 2310-433. COPD issues.
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    (a) The Department shall designate a
member of its staff to 
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handle issues related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 
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(COPD), which are not currently
or adequately addressed by the 
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Department.
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    (b) The staff person's duties may include, without 
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limitation, the following:
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        (1) the improvement of data-collection systems and 
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    surveillance systems with respect to COPD;
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        (2) the increase of Department programs related to 
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    education about COPD and to the diagnosis and treatment of 
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    the disease;
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        (3) the identification and removal of barriers to 
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    medical care, diagnostic services, and treatment of COPD; 
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    and
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        (4) the promotion of the  awareness of COPD concerns and

 


 






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    the advocacy for the establishment of
COPD patient 
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    services. 
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    (c) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that 
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may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head 
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under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to 
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make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions 
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of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.  If, 
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however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to 
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implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to 
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the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House 
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and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the 
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General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those 
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suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action 
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in the General Assembly's discretion.   Nothing contained in this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be 
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interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other 
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Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise 
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explicitly given.  For the purposes of this subsection, "rules" 
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is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois 
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Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" 
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are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of 
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the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that 
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such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the 
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jurisdiction of the Governor. 
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 


 






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becoming law.