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| 1 | AN ACT concerning public health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The HIV/AIDS Registry Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | (410 ILCS 310/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7354)
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| 7 | Sec. 4. (a) The Department shall establish and maintain an | ||||||
| 8 | HIV/AIDS
Registry consisting of a record of all cases of HIV | ||||||
| 9 | and
AIDS which
occur in Illinois, and such information | ||||||
| 10 | concerning those cases as it deems
necessary or appropriate in | ||||||
| 11 | order to conduct thorough and complete
epidemiological surveys | ||||||
| 12 | of HIV and AIDS in
Illinois, and to evaluate existing control | ||||||
| 13 | and prevention measures. Notwithstanding any other provision | ||||||
| 14 | of this subsection (a), the information concerning those cases | ||||||
| 15 | included in the Registry shall include all CD4 test results, | ||||||
| 16 | including counts and percentages of any value, and HIV viral | ||||||
| 17 | load test results, both detectable and undetectable. Cases
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| 18 | included in the Registry shall be identified by a code rather | ||||||
| 19 | than by name.
To the extent feasible, the Registry shall be | ||||||
| 20 | compatible with other
national models so as to facilitate the | ||||||
| 21 | coordination of information with other
data bases.
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| 22 | (b) To facilitate the collection of information relating to | ||||||
| 23 | cases of HIV and
AIDS, the Department shall have the authority | ||||||
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| 1 | to
require hospitals, laboratories and other facilities which | ||||||
| 2 | diagnose
such conditions to report cases of HIV and AIDS to the | ||||||
| 3 | Department or a local health authority if the local health | ||||||
| 4 | authority serves a population of over 1,000,000 citizens or if | ||||||
| 5 | the local health authority has been designated by the | ||||||
| 6 | Department to collect such information,
and to require the | ||||||
| 7 | submission of such other information pertaining to or in
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| 8 | connection with such reported cases as the Department deems | ||||||
| 9 | necessary or
appropriate for the purposes of this Act, | ||||||
| 10 | including all CD4 and HIV viral load test results for those | ||||||
| 11 | cases included in the Registry. The Department may promulgate
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| 12 | rules or regulations specifying the types of information | ||||||
| 13 | required,
requirements for follow up of patients, frequency of | ||||||
| 14 | reporting, methods of
submitting such information and any other | ||||||
| 15 | details deemed by the Department
to be necessary or appropriate | ||||||
| 16 | for the administration of this Act. Nothing
in this Act shall | ||||||
| 17 | be construed to compel any individual to submit to a
medical | ||||||
| 18 | examination or supervision.
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| 19 | (c) The Director shall by rule establish standards for | ||||||
| 20 | ensuring the
protection of information made confidential or | ||||||
| 21 | privileged under law.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 94-102, eff. 1-1-06.)
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