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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0840
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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410 ILCS 240/1 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4903 |
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Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning rules of the Department of Public Health.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0840 |
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LRB096 06921 RPM 17007 b |
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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 Newborn Metabolic Screening Act is amended |
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| by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 240/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4903)
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| Sec. 1.
The
The Illinois Department of Public Health shall |
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| promulgate and
enforce rules and regulations requiring that |
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| every newborn be subjected
to tests for phenylketonuria, |
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| hypothyroidism, galactosemia and such
other metabolic diseases |
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| as the
Department may deem necessary from time to time. The |
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| Department is
empowered to promulgate such additional rules and |
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| regulations as are
found necessary for the administration of |
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| this Act, including mandatory
reporting of the results of all |
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| tests for these conditions to the
Illinois Department of Public |
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| Health. |
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| (Source: P.A. 83-87.)
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