Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 5/4/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3922
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3922 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 2305/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22)
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7 | Sec. 2. Powers.
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8 | (a) The State Department of Public Health has general | ||||||
9 | supervision of
the interests of the health and lives of the | ||||||
10 | people of the State. It has
supreme authority in matters of | ||||||
11 | quarantine and isolation, and may declare and enforce
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12 | quarantine and isolation when none exists, and may modify or | ||||||
13 | relax quarantine and isolation when it has
been established. | ||||||
14 | The Department may adopt, promulgate, repeal and amend
rules | ||||||
15 | and regulations and make such sanitary investigations and | ||||||
16 | inspections
as it may from time to time deem necessary for the |
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1 | preservation and
improvement of the public health, consistent | ||||||
2 | with law regulating the
following:
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3 | (1) Transportation of the remains of deceased persons.
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4 | (2) Sanitary practices relating to drinking water made
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5 | accessible to the
public for human consumption or for | ||||||
6 | lavatory or culinary purposes.
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7 | (3) Sanitary practices relating to rest room | ||||||
8 | facilities made
accessible
to the public or to persons | ||||||
9 | handling food served to the public.
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10 | (4) Sanitary practices relating to disposal of human | ||||||
11 | wastes in
or from all buildings and places where people | ||||||
12 | live, work or assemble.
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13 | The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | ||||||
14 | Act are hereby
expressly adopted and shall apply to all | ||||||
15 | administrative rules and
procedures of the Department of Public | ||||||
16 | Health under this Act, except that
Section 5-35 of the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Administrative Procedure Act relating to
procedures for | ||||||
18 | rule-making does not apply to the adoption of any rule
required | ||||||
19 | by federal law in connection with which the Department is
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20 | precluded by law from exercising any discretion.
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21 | All local boards of health, health authorities and | ||||||
22 | officers, police
officers, sheriffs and all other officers and | ||||||
23 | employees of the state or any
locality shall enforce the rules | ||||||
24 | and regulations so adopted and orders issued by the Department | ||||||
25 | pursuant to this Section.
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26 | The Department of Public Health shall conduct a public |
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1 | information
campaign to inform Hispanic women of the high | ||||||
2 | incidence of breast cancer
and the importance of mammograms and | ||||||
3 | where to obtain a mammogram.
This requirement may be satisfied | ||||||
4 | by translation into Spanish and
distribution of the breast | ||||||
5 | cancer summaries required by Section 2310-345 of
the Department | ||||||
6 | of Public Health Powers and Duties Law (20 ILCS
2310/2310-345).
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7 | The information provided by the Department of Public Health | ||||||
8 | shall include (i)
a statement that mammography is the most | ||||||
9 | accurate method for making an early
detection of breast cancer, | ||||||
10 | however, no diagnostic tool is 100% effective and
(ii) | ||||||
11 | instructions for performing breast
self-examination and a | ||||||
12 | statement that it is
important to perform a breast | ||||||
13 | self-examination monthly.
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14 | The Department of Public Health shall investigate the | ||||||
15 | causes of
dangerously contagious or infectious diseases and the | ||||||
16 | health effects, health conditions, or health ailments related | ||||||
17 | to a biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear event , | ||||||
18 | especially when existing in
epidemic form, and take means to | ||||||
19 | restrict and suppress the same, and
whenever such disease or | ||||||
20 | event becomes, or threatens to become epidemic, in any
locality | ||||||
21 | and the local board of health or local authorities neglect or
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22 | refuse to enforce efficient measures for its restriction or | ||||||
23 | suppression or
to act with sufficient promptness or efficiency, | ||||||
24 | or whenever the local
board of health or local authorities | ||||||
25 | neglect or refuse to promptly enforce
efficient measures for | ||||||
26 | the restriction or suppression of dangerously
contagious or |
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1 | infectious diseases or biological, chemical, radiological, or | ||||||
2 | nuclear events , the Department of Public Health may
enforce | ||||||
3 | such measures as it deems necessary to protect the public | ||||||
4 | health,
and all necessary expenses so incurred shall be paid by | ||||||
5 | the locality for
which services are rendered.
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6 | (b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c), the | ||||||
7 | Department may order
a person or group of persons to be | ||||||
8 | quarantined or isolated or may order a place to be closed and | ||||||
9 | made off
limits to the
public to prevent the probable spread of | ||||||
10 | a dangerously contagious or infectious
disease or biological, | ||||||
11 | chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent , including | ||||||
12 | non-compliant tuberculosis patients, until such time as the
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13 | condition can be corrected or the danger to the public health | ||||||
14 | eliminated or
reduced in such a manner that no substantial | ||||||
15 | danger to the public's health any
longer exists. Orders for | ||||||
16 | isolation of a person or quarantine of a place to prevent the | ||||||
17 | probable spread of a sexually transmissible disease shall be | ||||||
18 | governed by the provisions of Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act and not this | ||||||
20 | Section.
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21 | (c) Except as provided in this Section, no person or a | ||||||
22 | group of persons may be ordered to be quarantined or isolated | ||||||
23 | and no place may
be ordered to
be closed and made off limits to | ||||||
24 | the public except with the consent of the
person or owner of | ||||||
25 | the place or
upon the prior order of a court of competent | ||||||
26 | jurisdiction. The Department may, however, order a person or a |
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1 | group of persons to be quarantined or isolated or may order a | ||||||
2 | place to be closed and made off limits to the public on an | ||||||
3 | immediate basis without prior consent or court order if, in the | ||||||
4 | reasonable judgment of the Department, immediate action is | ||||||
5 | required to protect the public from a dangerously contagious or | ||||||
6 | infectious disease or biological, chemical, radiological, or | ||||||
7 | nuclear agent . In the event of an immediate order issued | ||||||
8 | without prior consent or court order, the Department shall, as | ||||||
9 | soon as practical, within 48 hours after issuing the order, | ||||||
10 | obtain the consent of the person or owner or file a petition | ||||||
11 | requesting a court order authorizing the isolation or | ||||||
12 | quarantine or closure. When exigent circumstances exist that | ||||||
13 | cause the court system to be unavailable or that make it | ||||||
14 | impossible to obtain consent or file a petition within 48 hours | ||||||
15 | after issuance of an immediate order, the Department must | ||||||
16 | obtain consent or file a petition requesting a court order as | ||||||
17 | soon as reasonably possible. To obtain a court order,
the | ||||||
18 | Department, by clear and convincing evidence, must prove that | ||||||
19 | the public's
health and
welfare are significantly endangered by | ||||||
20 | a person or group of persons that has, that is suspected of | ||||||
21 | having, that has been exposed to, or that is reasonably | ||||||
22 | believed to have been exposed to a dangerously contagious
or | ||||||
23 | infectious disease or biological, chemical, radiological, or | ||||||
24 | nuclear agent, including non-compliant tuberculosis patients | ||||||
25 | or
by a place where there is a significant amount of activity | ||||||
26 | likely to spread a
dangerously contagious or infectious disease |
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1 | or biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent . The | ||||||
2 | Department must also prove
that
all other
reasonable means of | ||||||
3 | correcting the problem have been exhausted and no less
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4 | restrictive alternative exists. For purposes of this | ||||||
5 | subsection, in determining whether no less restrictive | ||||||
6 | alternative exists, the court shall consider evidence showing | ||||||
7 | that, under the circumstances presented by the case in which an | ||||||
8 | order is sought, quarantine or isolation is the measure | ||||||
9 | provided for in a rule of the Department or in guidelines | ||||||
10 | issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the | ||||||
11 | World Health Organization. Persons who are or are about to be | ||||||
12 | ordered to be isolated or quarantined and owners of places that | ||||||
13 | are or are about to be closed and made off limits to the public | ||||||
14 | shall have the right to counsel. If a person or owner is | ||||||
15 | indigent, the court shall appoint counsel for that person or | ||||||
16 | owner. Persons who are ordered to be isolated or quarantined or | ||||||
17 | who are owners of places that are ordered to be closed and made | ||||||
18 | off limits to the public, shall be given a written notice of | ||||||
19 | such order. The written notice shall additionally include the | ||||||
20 | following: (1) notice of the right to counsel; (2) notice that | ||||||
21 | if the person or owner is indigent, the court will appoint | ||||||
22 | counsel for that person or owner; (3) notice of the reason for | ||||||
23 | the order for isolation, quarantine, or closure; (4) notice of | ||||||
24 | whether the order is an immediate order, and if so, the time | ||||||
25 | frame for the Department to seek consent or to file a petition | ||||||
26 | requesting a court order as set out in this subsection; and (5) |
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1 | notice of the anticipated duration of the isolation, | ||||||
2 | quarantine, or closure.
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3 | (d) The Department may order physical examinations and | ||||||
4 | tests and collect laboratory specimens as necessary for the | ||||||
5 | diagnosis or treatment of individuals in order to prevent the | ||||||
6 | probable spread of a dangerously contagious or infectious | ||||||
7 | disease or biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear | ||||||
8 | agent . Physical examinations, tests, or collection of | ||||||
9 | laboratory specimens must not be such as are reasonably likely | ||||||
10 | to lead to serious harm to the affected individual. To prevent | ||||||
11 | the spread of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or | ||||||
12 | biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent , the | ||||||
13 | Department may, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of | ||||||
14 | this Section, isolate or quarantine any person whose refusal of | ||||||
15 | physical examination or testing or collection of laboratory | ||||||
16 | specimens results in uncertainty regarding whether he or she | ||||||
17 | has been exposed to or is infected with a dangerously | ||||||
18 | contagious or infectious disease or biological, chemical, | ||||||
19 | radiological, or nuclear agent or otherwise poses a danger to | ||||||
20 | the public's health. An individual may refuse to consent to a | ||||||
21 | physical examination, test, or collection of laboratory | ||||||
22 | specimens. An individual shall be given a written notice that | ||||||
23 | shall include notice of the following: (i) that the individual | ||||||
24 | may refuse to consent to physical examination, test, or | ||||||
25 | collection of laboratory specimens; (ii) that if the individual | ||||||
26 | consents to physical examination, tests, or collection of |
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1 | laboratory specimens, the results of that examination, test, or | ||||||
2 | collection of laboratory specimens may subject the individual | ||||||
3 | to isolation or quarantine pursuant to the provisions of | ||||||
4 | subsection (c) of this Section; (iii) that if the individual | ||||||
5 | refuses to consent to physical examination, tests, or | ||||||
6 | collection of laboratory specimens and that refusal results in | ||||||
7 | uncertainty regarding whether he or she has been exposed to or | ||||||
8 | is infected with a dangerously contagious or infectious disease | ||||||
9 | or otherwise poses a danger to the public's health, the | ||||||
10 | individual may be subject to isolation or quarantine pursuant | ||||||
11 | to the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section; and (iv) | ||||||
12 | that if the individual refuses to consent to physical | ||||||
13 | examinations, tests, or collection of laboratory specimens and | ||||||
14 | becomes subject to isolation and quarantine as provided in this | ||||||
15 | subsection (d), he or she shall have the right to counsel | ||||||
16 | pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section. | ||||||
17 | To the extent feasible without endangering the public's health, | ||||||
18 | the Department shall respect and accommodate the religious | ||||||
19 | beliefs of individuals in implementing this subsection. | ||||||
20 | (e) The Department may order the administration of | ||||||
21 | vaccines, medications, or other treatments to persons as | ||||||
22 | necessary in order to prevent the probable spread of a | ||||||
23 | dangerously contagious or infectious disease or biological, | ||||||
24 | chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent . A vaccine, | ||||||
25 | medication, or other treatment to be administered must not be | ||||||
26 | such as is reasonably likely to lead to serious harm to the |
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1 | affected individual. To prevent the spread of a dangerously | ||||||
2 | contagious or infectious disease or biological, chemical, | ||||||
3 | radiological, or nuclear agent , the Department may, pursuant to | ||||||
4 | the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section, isolate or | ||||||
5 | quarantine persons who are unable or unwilling to receive | ||||||
6 | vaccines, medications, or other treatments pursuant to this | ||||||
7 | Section. An individual may refuse to receive vaccines, | ||||||
8 | medications, or other treatments. An individual shall be given | ||||||
9 | a written notice that shall include notice of the following: | ||||||
10 | (i) that the individual may refuse to consent to vaccines, | ||||||
11 | medications, or other treatments; (ii) that if the individual | ||||||
12 | refuses to receive vaccines, medications, or other treatments, | ||||||
13 | the individual may be subject to isolation or quarantine | ||||||
14 | pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section; | ||||||
15 | and (iii) that if the individual refuses to receive vaccines, | ||||||
16 | medications, or other treatments and becomes subject to | ||||||
17 | isolation or quarantine as provided in this subsection (e), he | ||||||
18 | or she shall have the right to counsel pursuant to the | ||||||
19 | provisions of subsection (c) of this Section. To the extent | ||||||
20 | feasible without endangering the public's health, the | ||||||
21 | Department shall respect and accommodate the religious beliefs | ||||||
22 | of individuals in implementing this subsection. | ||||||
23 | (f) The Department may order observation and monitoring of | ||||||
24 | persons to prevent the probable spread of a dangerously | ||||||
25 | contagious or infectious disease or biological, chemical, | ||||||
26 | radiological, or nuclear agent . To prevent the spread of a |
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1 | dangerously contagious or infectious disease or biological, | ||||||
2 | chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent , the Department may, | ||||||
3 | pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section, | ||||||
4 | isolate or quarantine persons whose refusal to undergo | ||||||
5 | observation and monitoring results in uncertainty regarding | ||||||
6 | whether he or she has been exposed to or is infected with a | ||||||
7 | dangerously contagious or infectious disease or biological, | ||||||
8 | chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent or otherwise poses a | ||||||
9 | danger to the public's health. An individual may refuse to | ||||||
10 | undergo observation and monitoring. An individual shall be | ||||||
11 | given written notice that shall include notice of the | ||||||
12 | following: (i) that the individual may refuse to undergo | ||||||
13 | observation and monitoring; (ii) that if the individual | ||||||
14 | consents to observation and monitoring, the results of that | ||||||
15 | observation and monitoring may subject the individual to | ||||||
16 | isolation or quarantine pursuant to the provisions of | ||||||
17 | subsection (c) of this Section; (iii) that if the individual | ||||||
18 | refuses to undergo observation and monitoring and that refusal | ||||||
19 | results in uncertainty regarding whether he or she has been | ||||||
20 | exposed to or is infected with a dangerously contagious or | ||||||
21 | infectious disease or biological, chemical, radiological, or | ||||||
22 | nuclear agent or otherwise poses a danger to the public's | ||||||
23 | health, the individual may be subject to isolation or | ||||||
24 | quarantine pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of this | ||||||
25 | Section; and (iv) that if the individual refuses to undergo | ||||||
26 | observation and monitoring and becomes subject to isolation or |
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1 | quarantine as provided in this subsection (f), he or she shall | ||||||
2 | have the right to counsel pursuant to the provisions of | ||||||
3 | subsection (c) of this Section. | ||||||
4 | (g) To prevent the spread of a dangerously contagious or | ||||||
5 | infectious disease or biological, chemical, radiological, or | ||||||
6 | nuclear agent among humans, the Department may examine, test, | ||||||
7 | disinfect, seize, or destroy animals or other related property | ||||||
8 | believed to be sources of infection. An owner of such animal or | ||||||
9 | other related property shall be given written notice regarding | ||||||
10 | such examination, testing, disinfection, seizure, or | ||||||
11 | destruction. When the Department determines that any animal or | ||||||
12 | related property is infected with or has been exposed to a | ||||||
13 | dangerously contagious or infectious disease or biological, | ||||||
14 | chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent , it may agree with the | ||||||
15 | owner upon the value of the animal or of any related property | ||||||
16 | that it may be found necessary to destroy, and in case such an | ||||||
17 | agreement cannot be made, the animals or related property shall | ||||||
18 | be appraised by 3 competent and disinterested appraisers, one | ||||||
19 | to be selected by the Department, one by the claimant, and one | ||||||
20 | by the 2 appraisers thus selected. The appraisers shall | ||||||
21 | subscribe to an oath made in writing to fairly value the | ||||||
22 | animals or related property in accordance with the requirements | ||||||
23 | of this Act. The oath, together with the valuation fixed by the | ||||||
24 | appraisers, shall be filed with the Department and preserved by | ||||||
25 | it. Upon the appraisal being made, the owner or the Department | ||||||
26 | shall immediately destroy the animals by "humane euthanasia" as |
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1 | that term is defined in Section 2.09 of the Humane Care for | ||||||
2 | Animals Act. Dogs and cats, however, shall be euthanized | ||||||
3 | pursuant to the provisions of the Humane Euthanasia in Animal | ||||||
4 | Shelters Act. The owner or the Department shall additionally, | ||||||
5 | dispose of the carcasses, and disinfect, change, or destroy the | ||||||
6 | premises occupied by the animals, in accordance with rules | ||||||
7 | prescribed by the Department governing such destruction and | ||||||
8 | disinfection. Upon his or her failure so to do or to cooperate | ||||||
9 | with the Department, the Department shall cause the animals or | ||||||
10 | related property to be destroyed and disposed of in the same | ||||||
11 | manner, and thereupon the owner shall forfeit all right to | ||||||
12 | receive any compensation for the destruction of the animals or | ||||||
13 | related property. All final administrative decisions of the | ||||||
14 | Department hereunder shall be subject to judicial review | ||||||
15 | pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, | ||||||
16 | and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules | ||||||
17 | adopted pursuant thereto. The term "administrative decision" | ||||||
18 | is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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19 | (h) To prevent the spread of a dangerously contagious or | ||||||
20 | infectious disease or biological, chemical, radiological, or | ||||||
21 | nuclear agent , the Department, local boards of health, and | ||||||
22 | local public health authorities shall have emergency access to | ||||||
23 | medical or health information or records or data upon the | ||||||
24 | condition that the Department, local boards of health, and | ||||||
25 | local public health authorities shall protect the privacy and | ||||||
26 | confidentiality of any medical or health information or records |
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1 | or data obtained pursuant to this Section in accordance with | ||||||
2 | federal and State law. Additionally, any such medical or health | ||||||
3 | information or records or data shall be exempt from inspection | ||||||
4 | and copying under the Freedom of Information Act. Other than a | ||||||
5 | hearing for the purpose of this Act, any information, records, | ||||||
6 | reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other data in the | ||||||
7 | possession of the Department, local boards of health, or local | ||||||
8 | public health authorities shall not be admissible as evidence, | ||||||
9 | nor discoverable in any action of any kind in any court or | ||||||
10 | before any tribunal, board, agency, or person. The access to or | ||||||
11 | disclosure of any of this information or data by the | ||||||
12 | Department, a local board of health, or a local public | ||||||
13 | authority shall not waive or have any effect upon its | ||||||
14 | non-discoverability or non-admissibility. Any person, | ||||||
15 | facility, institution, or agency that provides emergency | ||||||
16 | access to health information and data under this subsection | ||||||
17 | shall have immunity from any civil or criminal liability, or | ||||||
18 | any other type of liability that might otherwise result by | ||||||
19 | reason of these actions except in the event of willful and | ||||||
20 | wanton misconduct. The privileged quality of communication | ||||||
21 | between any professional person or any facility shall not | ||||||
22 | constitute grounds for failure to provide emergency access. | ||||||
23 | Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the sharing of | ||||||
24 | information as authorized in Section 2.1 of this Act. The | ||||||
25 | disclosure of any of this information, records, reports, | ||||||
26 | statements, notes, memoranda, or other data obtained in any |
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1 | activity under this Act, except that necessary for the purposes | ||||||
2 | of this Act, is unlawful, and any person convicted of violating | ||||||
3 | this provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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4 | (i) (A) The Department, in order to prevent and control | ||||||
5 | disease, injury, or disability among citizens of the State | ||||||
6 | of Illinois, may develop and implement, in consultation | ||||||
7 | with local public health authorities, a Statewide system | ||||||
8 | for syndromic data collection through the access to | ||||||
9 | interoperable networks, information exchanges, and | ||||||
10 | databases. The Department may also develop a system for the | ||||||
11 | reporting of comprehensive, integrated data to identify | ||||||
12 | and address unusual occurrences of disease symptoms and | ||||||
13 | other medical complexes affecting the public's health. | ||||||
14 | (B) The Department may enter into contracts or | ||||||
15 | agreements with individuals, corporations, hospitals, | ||||||
16 | universities, not-for-profit corporations, governmental | ||||||
17 | entities, or other organizations, whereby those | ||||||
18 | individuals or entities agree to provide assistance in the | ||||||
19 | compilation of the syndromic data collection and reporting | ||||||
20 | system.
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21 | (C) The Department shall not release any syndromic data | ||||||
22 | or information obtained pursuant to this subsection to any | ||||||
23 | individuals or entities for purposes other than the | ||||||
24 | protection of the public health. All access to data by the | ||||||
25 | Department, reports made to the Department, the identity of | ||||||
26 | or facts that would tend to lead to the identity of the |
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1 | individual who is the subject of the report, and the | ||||||
2 | identity of or facts that would tend to lead to the | ||||||
3 | identity of the author of the report shall be strictly | ||||||
4 | confidential, are not subject to inspection or | ||||||
5 | dissemination, and shall be used only for public health | ||||||
6 | purposes by the Department, local public health | ||||||
7 | authorities, or the Centers for Disease Control and | ||||||
8 | Prevention. Entities or individuals submitting reports or | ||||||
9 | providing access to the Department shall not be held liable | ||||||
10 | for the release of information or confidential data to the | ||||||
11 | Department in accordance with this subsection.
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12 | (D) Nothing in this subsection prohibits the sharing of | ||||||
13 | information as authorized in Section 2.1 of this Act.
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14 | (j) This Section shall be considered supplemental to the | ||||||
15 | existing
authority and powers of the Department and shall not | ||||||
16 | be construed to
restrain or restrict the Department in | ||||||
17 | protecting the public health under any
other provisions of the | ||||||
18 | law.
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19 | (k) Any person who knowingly or maliciously disseminates | ||||||
20 | any false
information or report concerning the existence of any | ||||||
21 | dangerously contagious or
infectious disease in connection | ||||||
22 | with the Department's power of quarantine,
isolation and | ||||||
23 | closure or refuses to comply with a quarantine, isolation or
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24 | closure order is guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor.
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25 | (l) The Department of Public Health may establish and | ||||||
26 | maintain a
chemical
and bacteriologic laboratory for the |
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1 | examination of water and wastes, and
for the diagnosis of | ||||||
2 | diphtheria, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, malarial
fever and | ||||||
3 | such other diseases as it deems necessary for the protection of
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4 | the public health.
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5 | As used in this Act, "locality" means any governmental | ||||||
6 | agency which
exercises power pertaining to public health in an | ||||||
7 | area less than the State.
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8 | The terms "sanitary investigations and inspections" and | ||||||
9 | "sanitary
practices" as used in this Act shall not include or | ||||||
10 | apply to "Public Water
Supplies" or "Sewage Works" as defined | ||||||
11 | in the Environmental Protection Act. The Department may adopt | ||||||
12 | rules that are reasonable and necessary to implement and | ||||||
13 | effectuate this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
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14 | (m) The public health measures set forth in subsections (a) | ||||||
15 | through (h) of this Section may be used by the Department to | ||||||
16 | respond to chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents or events. | ||||||
17 | The individual provisions of subsections (a) through (h) of | ||||||
18 | this Section apply to any order issued by the Department under | ||||||
19 | this Section. The provisions of subsection (k) apply to | ||||||
20 | chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents or events. Prior to | ||||||
21 | the Department issuing an order for public health measures set | ||||||
22 | forth in this Act for chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents | ||||||
23 | or events as authorized in subsection (m), the Department and | ||||||
24 | the Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall consult in | ||||||
25 | accordance with the Illinois emergency response framework. | ||||||
26 | When responding to chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents or |
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1 | events, the Department shall determine the health related risks | ||||||
2 | and appropriate public health response measures, and provide | ||||||
3 | recommendations for response to the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
4 | Management Agency. Nothing in this Section shall supersede the | ||||||
5 | current National Incident Management System and the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Emergency Operation Plan or response plans and procedures | ||||||
7 | established pursuant to IEMA statutes. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 93-829, eff. 7-28-04.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.".
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