Full Text of SB2866 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 2310-617 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-617)
| 8 | | Sec. 2310-617. Human papillomavirus vaccine. | 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "eligible individual" means a | 10 | | female child under the age of 18 , and, beginning on January 1, | 11 | | 2020, a male child under the age of 18 , who is a resident of | 12 | | Illinois who: (1) is not entitled to receive a human | 13 | | papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination at no cost as a benefit under | 14 | | a plan of health insurance, a managed care plan, or a plan | 15 | | provided by a health maintenance organization, a health | 16 | | services plan corporation, or a similar entity, and (2) meets | 17 | | the requirements established by the Department of Public Health | 18 | | by rule. | 19 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Public | 20 | | Health shall establish and administer a program, commencing no | 21 | | later than July 1, 2011, under which any eligible individual | 22 | | shall, upon the eligible individual's request, receive a series | 23 | | of HPV vaccinations as medically indicated, at no cost to the |
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| 1 | | eligible individual. | 2 | | (c) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules for | 3 | | the administration and operation of the program, including, but | 4 | | not limited to: determination of the HPV vaccine formulation to | 5 | | be administered and the method of administration; eligibility | 6 | | requirements and eligibility determinations; and standards and | 7 | | criteria for acquisition and distribution of the HPV vaccine | 8 | | and related supplies. The Department may enter into contracts | 9 | | or agreements with public or private entities for the | 10 | | performance of such duties under the program as the Department | 11 | | may deem appropriate to carry out this Section and its rules | 12 | | adopted under this Section.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 95-422, eff. 8-24-07.) | 14 | | Section 10. The Communicable Disease Prevention Act is | 15 | | amended by changing Section 2e as follows: | 16 | | (410 ILCS 315/2e) | 17 | | Sec. 2e. HPV-related Cervical cancer prevention. | 18 | | (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 of this | 19 | | Act, beginning August 1, 2007, the Department of Public Health | 20 | | must provide all female students who are entering sixth grade | 21 | | and their parents or legal guardians written information about | 22 | | the link between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical, | 23 | | vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal, and oropharyngeal cancers in | 24 | | males and females, as applicable, and the availability of a HPV |
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| 1 | | vaccine so that they may be protected before ever being exposed | 2 | | to the virus cervical cancer and the availability of a HPV | 3 | | vaccine . | 4 | | (b) The Director of Public Health shall prescribe the | 5 | | content of the information required in subsection (a) of this | 6 | | Section.
| 7 | | (c) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely | 8 | | implementation of the provisions of this amendatory Act of the | 9 | | 95th General Assembly, the Department of Public Health shall | 10 | | adopt emergency rules in accordance with Section 5-45 of the | 11 | | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent necessary | 12 | | to administer the Department's responsibilities under this | 13 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. The adoption of | 14 | | emergency rules authorized by this subsection (c) is deemed to | 15 | | be necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.
| 16 | | (d) In order to provide for the expeditious and timely | 17 | | implementation of the provisions of this amendatory Act of the | 18 | | 100th General Assembly, the Department of Public Health shall | 19 | | adopt emergency rules in accordance with Section 5-45 of the | 20 | | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent necessary | 21 | | to administer the Department's responsibilities under this | 22 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly no later than July | 23 | | 1, 2019. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by this | 24 | | subsection (d) is deemed to be necessary for the public | 25 | | interest, safety, and welfare. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 95-422, eff. 8-24-07.)
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