Full Text of HB0595 94th General Assembly
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Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 5/3/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 595
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 595 by replacing the | 3 |
| title with the following:
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| "AN ACT concerning health"; and | 5 |
| by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 6 |
| following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | 8 |
| Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 9 |
| amended by changing Section 2310-376 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-376)
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| Sec. 2310-376. Hepatitis C education and outreach.
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| (a) The Illinois General Assembly finds and declares the | 13 |
| following:
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| (1) The World Health Organization characterizes | 15 |
| Hepatitis C as a disease
of
primary concern to humanity.
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| (2) Hepatitis C is considered a silent killer; no | 17 |
| recognizable signs or
symptoms occur until severe liver | 18 |
| damage has occurred.
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| (3) Studies indicate that nearly 4 million Americans | 20 |
| (1.8 percent of the
population) carry the virus HCV that | 21 |
| causes the disease.
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| (4) 30,000 acute new infections occur each year in the | 23 |
| United States,
and
only 25 to 30 percent are diagnosed.
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| (5) 8,000 to 10,000 Americans die from the disease each | 2 |
| year.
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| (6) 200,000 Illinois residents may be carriers and | 4 |
| could develop the
debilitating and potentially deadly | 5 |
| liver disease.
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| (7) Inmates of correctional facilities have a higher | 7 |
| incidence of
Hepatitis
C and, upon their release, present a | 8 |
| significant health risk to the general
population.
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| (8) Illinois members of the armed services are subject | 10 |
| to an increased risk of contracting Hepatitis due to their | 11 |
| possible receipt of contaminated blood during a | 12 |
| transfusion occurring for the treatment of wounds and due | 13 |
| to their service in areas of the World where the disease is | 14 |
| more prevalent and healthcare is less capable of detecting | 15 |
| and treating the disease. Many of these service members are | 16 |
| unaware of the danger of Hepatitis and their increased risk | 17 |
| of contracting the disease.
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| (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall conduct | 19 |
| an education and
outreach campaign, in
addition to its overall | 20 |
| effort to prevent infectious disease in Illinois, in
order to
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| raise awareness about and promote prevention of Hepatitis C .
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| (c) Subject to appropriation, in addition to the education | 23 |
| and outreach campaign provided in subsection (b), the | 24 |
| Department shall develop and make available to physicians, | 25 |
| other health care providers, members of the armed services, and | 26 |
| other persons subject to an increased risk of contracting | 27 |
| Hepatitis, educational materials, in written and electronic | 28 |
| forms, on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the | 29 |
| disease. These materials shall include the recommendations of | 30 |
| the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and any | 31 |
| other persons or entities determined by the Department to have | 32 |
| particular expertise on Hepatitis, including the American | 33 |
| Liver Foundation. These materials shall be written in terms | 34 |
| that are understandable by members of the general public.
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| (d) The Department shall establish an Advisory Council on | 2 |
| Hepatitis to develop a Hepatitis prevention plan. The | 3 |
| Department shall specify the membership, members' terms, | 4 |
| provisions for removal of members, chairmen, and purpose of the | 5 |
| Advisory Council. The Advisory Council shall consist of one | 6 |
| representative from each of the following State agencies or | 7 |
| offices, appointed by the head of each agency or office: | 8 |
| (1) The Department of Public Health. | 9 |
| (2) The Department of Public Aid. | 10 |
| (3) The Department of Corrections. | 11 |
| (4) The Department of Veterans' Affairs. | 12 |
| (5) The Department on Aging. | 13 |
| (6) The Department of Human Services. | 14 |
| (7) The Department of State Police. | 15 |
| (8) The office of the State Fire Marshal.
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| The Director shall appoint representatives of | 17 |
| organizations and advocates in the State of Illinois, | 18 |
| including, but not limited to, the American Liver Foundation. | 19 |
| The Director shall also appoint interested members of the | 20 |
| public, including consumers and providers of health services | 21 |
| and representatives of local public health agencies, to provide | 22 |
| recommendations and information to the members of the Advisory | 23 |
| Council. Members of the Advisory Council shall serve on a | 24 |
| voluntary, unpaid basis and are not entitled to reimbursement | 25 |
| for mileage or other costs they incur in connection with | 26 |
| performing their duties.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-129, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 29 |
| becoming law.".
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