96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1168


 
Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke
 
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410 ILCS 520/2
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5602







    Amends the Illinois Health Statistics Act.  Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning definitions.
















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    AN ACT concerning 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 Illinois Health Statistics Act is amended by 
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changing Section 2 as follows:
 



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    (410 ILCS 520/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5602)



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    Sec. 2. 
As used in this Act, unless the
the context 
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otherwise requires,
the terms specified in this Section have 
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the meanings ascribed to them herein.
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    (a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public 
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Health.

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    (b) "Disclosure" means the communication of health data to 
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any individual
or organization outside the Department.

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    (c) "Health data" means any information, except vital 
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records as defined
in the Vital Records Act, relating to the

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health status of people, the availability of health resources 
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and services,
and the use and cost of such resources and 
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services.

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    (d) "Identifiable health data" means any item, collection, 
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or grouping
of health data which makes the individual supplying 
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it or described in it
identifiable.

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    (e) "Individual" means a natural person.

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    (f) "Organization" means any corporation, association, 
 


 






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partnership,
agency, department, unit or other legally 
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constituted institution or entity
or part thereof.

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    (g) "Research and statistical purposes" means the 
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performance of certain
activities relating to health data 
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including but not limited to: (1) describing
the group 
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characteristics of individuals or organizations; (2) analyzing

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the interrelationships among the various characteristics of 
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individuals
or organizations; (3) the conduct of statistical 
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procedures or studies to
improve the quality of health data; 
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(4) the design of sample surveys and
the selection of samples 
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of individuals or organizations; (5) the preparation
and 
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publication of reports describing these matters; and (6) other 
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related
functions. Specifically excluded as research and 
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statistical purposes
is the use of the data for an individual 
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or organization to make any
determination directly affecting 
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the rights, benefits, or entitlements of
that individual or 
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organization.

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(Source: P.A. 87-895.)