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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1623 Introduced 2/13/2013, by Sen. Andy Manar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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410 ILCS 235/4 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7504 |
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Amends the Pertussis Vaccine Act. Provides that parents or guardians and immediate family members of a newborn child in a neonatal intensive care unit shall be offered an opportunity to receive the pertussis vaccine to minimize the chances that the disease will be communicated to the newborn child. Effective immediately.
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| | SB1623 | | LRB098 08364 RPM 38469 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 Pertussis Vaccine Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 235/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7504)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4.
Every hospital in this State licensed under the |
| 8 | | Hospital
Licensing Act or an Act in relation to the founding |
| 9 | | and operation of the
University of Illinois Hospital, shall |
| 10 | | provide the parents or guardians of
each newborn child the |
| 11 | | pamphlet pursuant to Section 3 of this Act. Parents or |
| 12 | | guardians and immediate family members of a newborn child in a |
| 13 | | neonatal intensive care unit shall be offered an opportunity to |
| 14 | | receive the pertussis vaccine to minimize the chances that the |
| 15 | | disease will be communicated to the newborn child.
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| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 85-898.)
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| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 18 | | becoming law.
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