Rep. Laura Fine
Filed: 5/8/2014
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3409
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3409 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 54.3 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (225 ILCS 25/54.3 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 54.3. Vaccinations. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Notwithstanding Section 54.2 of this Act, a dentist may | ||||||
| 9 | administer vaccinations upon completion of appropriate | ||||||
| 10 | training set forth by rule and approved by the Department on | ||||||
| 11 | appropriate vaccine storage, proper administration, and | ||||||
| 12 | addressing contraindications and adverse reactions. | ||||||
| 13 | Vaccinations shall be limited to patients 18 years of age and | ||||||
| 14 | older pursuant to a valid prescription or standing order by a | ||||||
| 15 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches | ||||||
| 16 | who, in the course of professional practice, administers | ||||||
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| 1 | vaccines to patients. Methods of communication shall be | ||||||
| 2 | established for consultation with the physician in person or by | ||||||
| 3 | telecommunications. | ||||||
| 4 | (b) Vaccinations administered by a dentist shall be limited | ||||||
| 5 | to influenza (inactivated influenza vaccine and live | ||||||
| 6 | attenuated influenza intranasal vaccine). Vaccines shall only | ||||||
| 7 | be administered by the dentist and shall not be delegated to an | ||||||
| 8 | assistant or any other person. Vaccination of a patient by a | ||||||
| 9 | dentist shall be documented in the patient's dental record and | ||||||
| 10 | the record shall be retained in accordance with current dental | ||||||
| 11 | recordkeeping standards. The dentist shall notify the | ||||||
| 12 | patient's primary care physician of each dose of vaccine | ||||||
| 13 | administered to the patient and shall enter all patient level | ||||||
| 14 | data or update the patient's current record. The dentist may | ||||||
| 15 | provide this notice to the patient's physician electronically. | ||||||
| 16 | In addition, the dentist shall enter all patient level data on | ||||||
| 17 | vaccines administered in the immunization data registry | ||||||
| 18 | maintained by the Department of Public Health. | ||||||
| 19 | (c) A dentist shall only provide vaccinations under this | ||||||
| 20 | Section if contracted with and credentialed by the patient's | ||||||
| 21 | health insurance, health maintenance organization, or other | ||||||
| 22 | health plan to specifically provide the vaccinations allowed | ||||||
| 23 | under this Section. Persons enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid | ||||||
| 24 | may only receive the vaccinations allowed for under this | ||||||
| 25 | Section from dentists who are authorized to do so by the | ||||||
| 26 | federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the | ||||||
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| 1 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services. | ||||||
| 2 | (d) The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to | ||||||
| 3 | implement this Section. | ||||||
| 4 | (e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2020.
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| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law.".
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