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| AN ACT concerning public health, which may be referred to |
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| as Adamin and Ryan's Law.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Newborn Eye Pathology Act. |
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| Section 5. Policy. It is the policy of the State of |
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| Illinois to make efforts to detect pediatric congenital ocular |
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| abnormalities that lead to premature death, blindness, or |
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| vision impairment unless treated soon after birth.
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| Section 10. Newborn Eye Pathology Advisory Committee. |
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| (a) By January 1, 2006, the Department of Public Health |
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| shall organize a Newborn Eye Pathology Advisory Committee and |
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| appoint members of the Advisory Committee, including, but not |
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| limited to, the following:
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| (1) Three ophthalmologists with backgrounds in or |
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| knowledge of providing services to infants with |
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| retinoblastoma, one from the Chicago metropolitan area, |
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| one representing DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will |
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| counties, and one from the southern counties of Illinois. |
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| (2) A pediatric ophthalmologist who sees general |
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| pediatric patients and is a designee of the American |
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| Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.
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| (3) An academic pediatrician with a background in or |
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| knowledge of infant eye pathology.
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| (4) Three parents representing families with child |
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| blindness or other ocular abnormalities affecting vision, |
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| one from the Chicago metropolitan area, one representing |
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| DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, and one |
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| from the southern counties of Illinois.
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| (5) Two community pediatricians.
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