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HB0200 Enrolled LRB093 04218 JAM 04263 b
1 AN ACT concerning the Department of Public Health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 2310-320 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2310/2310-320) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.56)
8 Sec. 2310-320. AIDS awareness programs and materials.
9 (a) The Department shall include within its AIDS
10 awareness programs and materials, information directed toward
11 Hispanics, African Americans, and other population groups in
12 Illinois that are considered high risk populations for AIDS
13 and AIDS-related complex. The information shall inform high
14 risk groups about the transmission of the AIDS virus, the
15 prevention of infection, the treatment available for the
16 disease, and how treatment may be obtained.
17 (b) The Department shall include in its AIDS campaign
18 material information directed toward African-Americans and
19 Hispanics. This information shall include educational videos,
20 in English and in Spanish, directed toward teenagers who are
21 members of high risk population groups. The Department shall
22 seek the advice and assistance of community-based
23 organizations representing these populations with respect to
24 the most effective methods to educate persons within these
25 populations about AIDS.
26 (c) Beginning July 1, 2004, the Department shall develop
27 and disseminate, through print and broadcast media, public
28 service announcements that publicize the importance of
29 AIDS/HIV screening.
30 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)