SB1623enr 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1623 Enrolled LRB098 08364 RPM 38469 b

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Pertussis Vaccine Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

(410 ILCS 235/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7504)

Sec. 4. Every hospital in this State licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or an Act in relation to the founding and operation of the University of Illinois Hospital, shall provide the parents or guardians of each newborn child the pamphlet pursuant to Section 3 of this Act. Parents or guardians of a newborn child in a neonatal intensive care unit shall be informed about the importance of parents, guardians, and immediate family members being immunized against pertussis to minimize the chances that the disease will be communicated to the newborn child and shall also be informed about where they may obtain the appropriate vaccine.

(Source: P.A. 85-898.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.