Full Text of HB4531 093rd General Assembly
HB4531eng 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning public health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| 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 2310-343 as follows: | 7 |
| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-343 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 2310-343. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome; | 9 |
| outreach and education.
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| (a) The General Assembly hereby recognizes that Reflex | 11 |
| Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS), also known as Complex | 12 |
| Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Type 1 and Type 2, is a | 13 |
| debilitating progressively chronic neurological disorder that | 14 |
| generally occurs at the site of a minor or major trauma injury, | 15 |
| but may also occur without any apparent injury. RSDS is | 16 |
| characterized by severe burning pain, pathological changes in | 17 |
| bone and skin, excessive sweating, tissue swelling, and extreme | 18 |
| sensitivity to touch. The General Assembly further finds that | 19 |
| RSDS is often misdiagnosed because the condition is either | 20 |
| unknown or poorly understood. Because a delay in diagnosis or | 21 |
| treatment for this syndrome can result in severe physical | 22 |
| problems and disability, and because early recognition and | 23 |
| prompt treatment of RSDS provide the greatest opportunity for | 24 |
| recovery, the General Assembly hereby declares it to be in the | 25 |
| best interest of the public to establish a program within the | 26 |
| Department of Public Health to educate individuals and medical | 27 |
| professionals about RSDS and to promote research to accurately | 28 |
| identify, diagnose, and treat this disease. | 29 |
| (b) Within 180 days of the effective date of this | 30 |
| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Department | 31 |
| shall establish an RSDS public education and outreach program. | 32 |
| The Department shall develop written materials and Internet |
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| resources concerning RSDS and shall make those materials and | 2 |
| resources available through State and local departments of | 3 |
| public health, and through hospitals, clinics, and other health | 4 |
| care providers. The written materials and Internet resources | 5 |
| shall include information about the following: | 6 |
| (1) the cause and nature of RSDS; | 7 |
| (2) risk factors for RSDS, including, but not limited | 8 |
| to, lifestyle, heredity, and drug interactions; | 9 |
| (3) medical and surgical treatment options for RSDS, | 10 |
| including experimental and established drug therapies, and | 11 |
| the benefits and risks of those options; | 12 |
| (4) the availability of RSDS support services in the | 13 |
| community; and | 14 |
| (5) factors or elements that might mitigate the effects | 15 |
| of RSDS. | 16 |
| (c) The Department shall coordinate, promote, and offer | 17 |
| professional education programs for health care providers and | 18 |
| health-related community-based organizations concerning the | 19 |
| following: | 20 |
| (1) the cause and nature of RSDS; | 21 |
| (2) research findings related to RSDS; | 22 |
| (3) risk factors for RSDS, including, but not limited | 23 |
| to, lifestyle, heredity, and drug interactions; | 24 |
| (4) diagnostic procedures and appropriate indications | 25 |
| for their use; | 26 |
| (5) medical and surgical treatment options, including | 27 |
| experimental and established drug therapies, and the risks | 28 |
| and benefits of those options; and | 29 |
| (6) the availability of RSDS support services in the | 30 |
| community.
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| (d) The Director shall accept and expend any grants, | 32 |
| awards, or other funds or appropriations made available for the | 33 |
| purposes of the education and outreach program created by this | 34 |
| Section.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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