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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 must 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) Rulemaking authority to implement this Section, if any, 
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is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with 
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all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and 
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all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on 
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Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for 
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whatever reason, is unauthorized. 
 

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