Full Text of HB4274 103rd General Assembly
HB4274ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Dan Swanson Filed: 4/1/2024 | | 10300HB4274ham001 | | LRB103 35300 RJT 71511 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4274
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4274 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | 5 | | Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by adding Section 2310-666 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-666 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2310-666. School tick removal guidelines and form. | 9 | | (a) The Department of Public Health, in consultation with | 10 | | the State Board of Education, shall do all of the following no | 11 | | later than July 1, 2025: | 12 | | (1) Issue guidelines on how to remove and safely store | 13 | | a tick. | 14 | | (2) Publish the guidelines issued under paragraph (1) | 15 | | and the model form issued under paragraph (4) on the | 16 | | Department of Public Health's website. |
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| 1 | | (3) Provide public testing lab information to schools. | 2 | | The lab must have the capability to provide test results | 3 | | to parents or guardians. | 4 | | (4) Issue a model form as provided in subsection (b) | 5 | | that schools shall send to parents or guardians of | 6 | | students who have been identified as having been bitten by | 7 | | a tick. | 8 | | (5) Make available to schools, upon request, tick | 9 | | removal kits consisting of tweezers, bandages, a sealable | 10 | | plastic bag, an alcohol wipe, repellent wipes, an | 11 | | information card, and a tick identification card. | 12 | | (b) The form issued under paragraph (4) of subsection (a) | 13 | | shall be in substantially the following form: | 14 | | "A tick was identified on your child today. We | 15 | | attempted to contact you and (were/were not) successful. | 16 | | The tick (has/has not) been removed by school staff. Ticks | 17 | | can transmit disease and make people sick. Common | 18 | | illnesses caused by ticks in Illinois are Lyme disease and | 19 | | Rocky Mountain spotted fever. | 20 | | Due to the high incidences of tick-borne diseases | 21 | | discovered in Illinois through tick surveillance, the | 22 | | school will preserve the tick for 3 school days so that | 23 | | you, as the parent or guardian, may send the tick to a lab | 24 | | for testing. A handout is included with this form | 25 | | providing information on how you may submit the tick to a | 26 | | lab for testing. However, you may give the school |
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| 1 | | permission to dispose of the tick before the 3 school-day | 2 | | period has expired. | 3 | | After 3 school days, the school may dispose of the | 4 | | tick. | 5 | | Not all tick bites lead to tick-borne diseases. | 6 | | You should record the date on which the tick was | 7 | | removed. | 8 | | It is recommended that you promptly seek medical | 9 | | treatment for your child from your child's health care | 10 | | provider if you notice any early signs or symptoms of | 11 | | illness within 3 to 30 days after the date of removal. | 12 | | Some people with Lyme disease will get a bullseye | 13 | | rash. Others may have an atypical rash. Not everyone who | 14 | | has Lyme disease will get a rash. Other symptoms that may | 15 | | occur during the early state of Lyme disease include | 16 | | chills, fever, headache, tiredness, stiff neck, joint pain | 17 | | or swelling, and swollen lymph nodes. Lyme disease is | 18 | | treated with antibiotics. If untreated, infection may | 19 | | progress to joint, heart, brain, or nerve abnormalities. | 20 | | Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial | 21 | | disease spread through the bite of an infected tick. Most | 22 | | people who get sick with RMSF will have a fever, headache, | 23 | | and rash. RMSF can be deadly if not treated early with the | 24 | | right antibiotic. Early signs and symptoms are not | 25 | | specific to RMSF, including fever and headache. However, | 26 | | the disease can rapidly progress to a serious and |
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| 1 | | life-threatening illness. See your child's health care | 2 | | provider if your child becomes ill after having been | 3 | | bitten by a tick or having been in the woods or in areas | 4 | | with high brush where ticks commonly live. Signs and | 5 | | symptoms may include fever, headache, rash, nausea, | 6 | | vomiting, stomach pain, muscle pain, and lack of appetite. | 7 | | Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are not | 8 | | the only tick-borne diseases with which an individual can | 9 | | be infected after being bitten by a tick." | 10 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 11 | | 10-20.87 and 34-18.87 as follows: | 12 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 new) | 13 | | Sec. 10-20.87. Tick removal. | 14 | | (a) Before the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, | 15 | | each school district shall establish the following procedures | 16 | | on tick removal consistent with guidelines developed by the | 17 | | Department of Public Health under Section 2310-666 of the | 18 | | Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil | 19 | | Administrative Code of Illinois: | 20 | | (1) to contact a parent or guardian of the student as | 21 | | soon as is practicable after a tick on a student is | 22 | | identified. If a tick is identified on a student, and a | 23 | | parent or guardian is unable to be reached, the school | 24 | | nurse, an administrator, or a designated individual shall |
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| 1 | | be allowed to remove the tick | 2 | | (2) to train on proper tick removal and providing | 3 | | equipment for proper tick removal to school nurses, | 4 | | administrators, and other designated individuals; | 5 | | (3) to require that a form be sent home with the | 6 | | student who was identified as having been bitten by a | 7 | | tick. The form sent home shall meet the requirements of | 8 | | the form issued by the Department of Public Health under | 9 | | Section 2310-666 of the Department of Public Health Powers | 10 | | and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | 11 | | Illinois; and | 12 | | (4) to require, in addition to the form provided under | 13 | | paragraph (3), the school to provide the parent or | 14 | | guardian with an information sheet from the federal | 15 | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the | 16 | | Department of Public Health regarding the signs and | 17 | | symptoms of Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever | 18 | | and testing labs for ticks. | 19 | | (b) If a tick is removed at a school, the school shall | 20 | | preserve the tick for 3 school days so that the parent or | 21 | | guardian may send the tick to a lab for testing and shall | 22 | | provide information to the parent or guardian on how to send | 23 | | the tick to a lab for testing. However, the parent or guardian | 24 | | may give the school permission to dispose of the tick before | 25 | | the 3 school-day period has expired. | 26 | | (c) A school district and its employees and agents may not |
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| 1 | | be held liable, except for willful or wanton conduct, as a | 2 | | result of any injury arising from the removal of a tick if the | 3 | | removal of the tick was conducted following the guidelines | 4 | | issued by the Department of Public Health under Section | 5 | | 2310-666 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties | 6 | | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.87 new) | 8 | | Sec. 34-18.87. Tick removal. | 9 | | (a) Before the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, the | 10 | | district shall establish the following procedures on tick | 11 | | removal consistent with guidelines developed by the Department | 12 | | of Public Health under Section 2310-666 of the Department of | 13 | | Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil | 14 | | Administrative Code of Illinois: | 15 | | (1) to contact a parent or guardian of the student as | 16 | | soon as is practicable after a tick on a student is | 17 | | identified. If a tick is identified on a student, and a | 18 | | parent or guardian is unable to be reached, the school | 19 | | nurse, an administrator, or a designated individual shall | 20 | | be allowed to remove the tick | 21 | | (2) to train on proper tick removal and providing | 22 | | equipment for proper tick removal to school nurses, | 23 | | administrators, and other designated individuals; | 24 | | (3) to require that a form be sent home with the | 25 | | student who was identified as having been bitten by a |
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| 1 | | tick. The form sent home shall meet the requirements of | 2 | | the form issued by the Department of Public Health under | 3 | | Section 2310-666 of the Department of Public Health Powers | 4 | | and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | 5 | | Illinois; and | 6 | | (4) to require the school to provide the parent or | 7 | | guardian with an information sheet from the federal | 8 | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the | 9 | | Department of Public Health regarding the signs and | 10 | | symptoms of Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever | 11 | | and testing labs for ticks. | 12 | | (b) If a tick is removed at a school, the school shall | 13 | | preserve the tick for 3 school days so that the parent or | 14 | | guardian may send the tick to a lab for testing and shall | 15 | | provide information to the parent or guardian on how to send | 16 | | the tick to a lab for testing. However, the parent or guardian | 17 | | may give the school permission to dispose of the tick before | 18 | | the 3 school-day period has expired. | 19 | | (c) The district and its employees and agents may | | | not be | 20 | | held liable, except for willful or wanton conduct, as a result | 21 | | of any injury arising from the removal of a tick if the removal | 22 | | of the tick was conducted following the guidelines issued by | 23 | | the Department of Public Health under Section 2310-666 of the | 24 | | Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil | 25 | | Administrative Code of Illinois. ". |
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