Full Text of HB3002 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Infectious Disease Testing Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 | | "Health care provider" has the meaning ascribed to it under | 8 | | HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 160.103. | 9 | | "Health facility" means a hospital, nursing home, blood | 10 | | bank, blood center, sperm bank, or other health care | 11 | | institution, including any "health facility" as that term is | 12 | | defined in the Illinois Finance Authority Act. | 13 | | "HIPAA" means the Health Insurance Portability and | 14 | | Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended by | 15 | | the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical | 16 | | Health Act of 2009, Public Law 111-05, and any subsequent | 17 | | amendments thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder. | 18 | | "Law enforcement officer" means any person employed by the | 19 | | State, a county, or a municipality as a policeman, peace | 20 | | officer, auxiliary policeman, or correctional officer or in | 21 | | some like position involving the enforcement of the law and | 22 | | protection of the public interest at the risk of that person's | 23 | | life.
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| 1 | | Section 10. Infectious disease testing. An individual | 2 | | shall be required to submit to a test to detect an infectious | 3 | | disease upon the request of a health care provider, employee of | 4 | | a health facility, PHRN, EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, paramedic, | 5 | | firefighter, or law enforcement officer who, accidentally or in | 6 | | the line of duty, comes into direct skin or mucous membrane | 7 | | contact with the blood or bodily fluids of the individual that | 8 | | is of a nature that may transmit an infectious disease, as | 9 | | determined by a physician in his or her medical judgment. | 10 | | Informed consent is not required for a health care provider | 11 | | or health facility to perform a test on an individual to detect | 12 | | an infectious disease when a health care provider, employee of | 13 | | a health facility, PHRN, EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, paramedic, | 14 | | firefighter, or law enforcement officer who, accidentally or in | 15 | | the line of duty, comes into direct skin or mucous membrane | 16 | | contact with the blood or bodily fluids of the individual that | 17 | | is of a nature that may transmit an infectious disease, as | 18 | | determined by a physician in his or her medical judgment. | 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.
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