Full Text of HB4915 94th General Assembly
HB4915 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4915
Introduced 1/19/2006, by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 2310/2310-345 |
was 20 ILCS 2310/55.49 |
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Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning breast cancer detection and treatment.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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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 changing Section 2310-345 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-345) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.49)
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| Sec. 2310-345. Breast cancer; written summary regarding | 9 |
| early detection and
treatment. | 10 |
| (a) From funds made available for this
this purpose, the
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| Department shall publish, in layman's language, a
standardized | 12 |
| written summary outlining methods for the early detection and
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| diagnosis of breast cancer. The summary shall include | 14 |
| recommended
guidelines for screening and detection of breast | 15 |
| cancer through the use of
techniques that shall include but not | 16 |
| be limited to self-examination and
diagnostic radiology.
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| (b) The summary shall also suggest that women seek | 18 |
| mammography
services from facilities that
are certified to | 19 |
| perform mammography as required by the
federal Mammography | 20 |
| Quality Standards Act of 1992.
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| (c) The summary shall also include the medically viable
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| alternative
methods for the treatment of breast cancer, | 23 |
| including, but not limited to,
hormonal, radiological, | 24 |
| chemotherapeutic, or surgical treatments or
combinations | 25 |
| thereof. The summary shall contain information on breast
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| reconstructive surgery, including, but not limited to, the use | 27 |
| of breast
implants and their side effects.
The summary shall | 28 |
| inform the
patient of the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and | 29 |
| dangers of the various
procedures.
The summary shall include | 30 |
| (i) a statement that mammography is the most
accurate method | 31 |
| for making an early detection of breast cancer, however, no
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| diagnostic tool is 100% effective and (ii) instructions for
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| instructions for performing breast self-examination and a | 2 |
| statement that
it is
important to perform a breast | 3 |
| self-examination monthly.
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| (d) In developing the summary, the Department shall consult | 5 |
| with the
Advisory Board of Cancer Control, the Illinois State | 6 |
| Medical Society and
consumer groups. The summary shall be | 7 |
| updated by the Department every 2 years.
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| (e) The summaries shall additionally be translated into | 9 |
| Spanish, and
the Department shall conduct a public information | 10 |
| campaign to distribute
the summaries to the Hispanic women of | 11 |
| this State in order to inform them
of the importance of early | 12 |
| detection and mammograms.
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| (f) The Department shall distribute the summary to | 14 |
| hospitals, public
health centers, and physicians who are likely | 15 |
| to perform or order
diagnostic
tests for breast disease or | 16 |
| treat breast cancer by surgical or other
medical methods. Those | 17 |
| hospitals, public health centers, and physicians
shall make the | 18 |
| summaries available to the public. The Department shall
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| distribute the summaries to any person, organization, or other
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| interested parties upon request. The summaries may be | 21 |
| duplicated by any
person, provided the copies are identical to | 22 |
| the current summary
prepared
by the Department.
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| (g) The summary shall display, on the inside of its cover, | 24 |
| printed in
capital letters, in bold face type, the following | 25 |
| paragraph:
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| "The information contained in this brochure regarding | 27 |
| recommendations for
early detection and diagnosis of breast | 28 |
| disease and alternative breast
disease treatments is only for | 29 |
| the purpose of assisting you, the patient,
in understanding the | 30 |
| medical information and advice offered by your
physician. This | 31 |
| brochure cannot serve as a substitute for the sound
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| professional advice of your physician. The availability of this | 33 |
| brochure
or the information contained within is not intended to | 34 |
| alter, in any way,
the existing physician-patient | 35 |
| relationship, nor the existing professional
obligations of | 36 |
| your physician in the delivery of medical services to you,
the |
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| patient."
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| (h) The summary shall be updated when necessary.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; revised 10-19-05.)
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