SB1226sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dan Kotowski

Filed: 3/7/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1226

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1226 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-665 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-665 new)

Sec. 2310-665. Sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy awareness program. The General Assembly finds and declares that:

(1) Sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a condition in which typically young or middle-aged individuals with epilepsy die without a clear cause and is generally defined by the medical community as a sudden, unexpected, non-traumatic, non-drowning death in an otherwise healthy individual with epilepsy, where the postmortem examination does not reveal an anatomic or toxicologic cause for the death.

(2) SUDEP is believed to account for up to 38% of deaths in people with epilepsy.

(3) Autopsy plays a key role in determining the diagnosis of SUDEP, yet the Institute of Medicine has found that SUDEP may be underreported for several reasons, including a lack of awareness about SUDEP among medical examiners and coroners.".