Full Text of HB4935 099th 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 5. The Hearing Screening for Newborns Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 1, 5, 10, 15, and 30 and adding | 6 | | Sections 2 and 23 as follows:
| 7 | | (410 ILCS 213/1)
| 8 | | Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Early | 9 | | Hearing Detection and Intervention Act Hearing Screening for | 10 | | Newborns Act .
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 91-67, eff. 7-9-99.)
| 12 | | (410 ILCS 213/2 new) | 13 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 14 | | "Department" means the Department of Public Health. | 15 | | "Medical care facility" means a hospital, birthing center, | 16 | | and any other licensed facility that provides obstetrical and | 17 | | newborn nursery services.
| 18 | | (410 ILCS 213/5)
| 19 | | Sec. 5. Mandatory hearing screening. | 20 | | (a) Each medical care facility By December 31, 2002, all
| 21 | | hospitals performing deliveries shall conduct bilateral |
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| 1 | | hearing screening of each newborn infant of all newborn
infants | 2 | | prior to discharge unless medically contraindicated or the | 3 | | infant is transferred to another hospital before the hearing | 4 | | screening can be completed . If the infant is transferred to | 5 | | another hospital prior to completion of the hearing screening, | 6 | | the hospital to which the infant is transferred shall complete | 7 | | the hearing screening prior to discharge. All medical care | 8 | | facilities shall make provisions for an outpatient screening | 9 | | for infants born outside a medical care facility. | 10 | | (b) The facility performing the hearing screening shall | 11 | | report the results of the hearing screening to the Department | 12 | | within 7 days of screening. | 13 | | If there is no hearing screening result or an infant does | 14 | | not pass the hearing screening in both ears at the same time, | 15 | | the medical care facility shall refer the infant's parents or | 16 | | guardians to a health care practitioner for follow-up, and | 17 | | document and report the referral, including the name of the | 18 | | health care practitioner, to the Department in a format | 19 | | determined by the Department. | 20 | | For infants born outside a medical care facility, the | 21 | | newborn's primary care provider shall refer the patient to a | 22 | | medical care facility for the hearing screening to be done in | 23 | | compliance with this Section within 30 days after birth, unless | 24 | | a different time period is medically indicated. | 25 | | (c) Follow-up to hearing screening includes: | 26 | | (1) for newborns, infants, and children with confirmed |
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| 1 | | hearing loss, making the audiological, medical, language | 2 | | and communication, aural habilitation, parent-to-parent | 3 | | support, and intervention referrals and documenting the | 4 | | referrals and outcomes to the Department or in the State's | 5 | | designated data system; and | 6 | | (2) for newborns, infants, and children with a | 7 | | confirmed hearing loss, audiologists, early intervention | 8 | | programs and providers, parent-to-parent support programs, | 9 | | the Department of Human Services, and the University of | 10 | | Illinois at Chicago Division of Specialized Care for | 11 | | Children reporting screening, diagnosis, amplification, | 12 | | and intervention outcomes to the Department.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 91-67, eff. 7-9-99.)
| 14 | | (410 ILCS 213/10)
| 15 | | Sec. 10. Reports to Department of Public Health. | 16 | | Physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, | 17 | | otolaryngologists, audiologists, ancillary health care | 18 | | providers, early intervention programs and providers, | 19 | | parent-to-parent support programs, the Department of Human | 20 | | Services, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Division of | 21 | | Specialized Care for Children shall report all hearing testing, | 22 | | medical treatment, and intervention outcomes related to | 23 | | newborn hearing screening or newly identified hearing loss for | 24 | | children birth through 6 years of age to the Department. | 25 | | Reporting shall be done within 7 days after the date of service |
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| 1 | | or after an inquiry from the Department. Reports shall be in a | 2 | | format determined by the Department. Hospitals shall report
| 3 | | information about each child with a positive hearing screening | 4 | | result to the
Illinois Department of Public Health.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 91-67, eff. 7-9-99.)
| 6 | | (410 ILCS 213/15)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Department of Public Health to maintain registry | 8 | | of cases. The
Illinois Department of Public Health shall | 9 | | maintain a registry documenting screening, diagnosis, and | 10 | | intervention of cases of
positive hearing screening results, | 11 | | including information needed for the
purpose of follow-up | 12 | | services.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 91-67, eff. 7-9-99.)
| 14 | | (410 ILCS 213/23 new) | 15 | | Sec. 23. Information sharing. | 16 | | (a) For the purposes of documentation and coordination of | 17 | | medical care or intervention services, the Department may share | 18 | | newborn hearing screening information with medical care | 19 | | facilities, health care providers, early intervention programs | 20 | | and providers, local health departments, the Department of | 21 | | Human Services, and the University of Illinois at Chicago | 22 | | Division of Specialized Care for Children. | 23 | | (b) For the purposes of documentation and coordination of | 24 | | medical care or intervention services, medical care |
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| 1 | | facilities, health care providers, early intervention programs | 2 | | and providers, local health departments, the Department of | 3 | | Human Services, and the University of Illinois at Chicago | 4 | | Division of Specialized Care for Children shall submit | 5 | | information or reports about newborn, infant, and child hearing | 6 | | screening and diagnostic testing, follow-up services, | 7 | | intervention, and parent support services to the Department. | 8 | | Documentation is only required to be provided for those | 9 | | services provided. Reporting shall be done within 7 days of the | 10 | | date of service or an inquiry from the Department. Reports | 11 | | shall be in a format determined by the Department. Reports by | 12 | | medical care facilities shall be in accordance with only | 13 | | subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5. | 14 | | (c) Except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct, no | 15 | | health care provider, hospital, or medical facility acting in | 16 | | compliance with this Section shall be civilly or criminally | 17 | | liable for any act performed in compliance with this Section, | 18 | | including furnishing information required according to this | 19 | | Section.
| 20 | | (410 ILCS 213/30)
| 21 | | Sec. 30. Rules. The Department of Human Services shall | 22 | | adopt promulgate rules
necessary to implement this Act.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 91-67, eff. 7-9-99.)
| 24 | | (410 ILCS 213/20 rep.) |
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| 1 | | Section 10. The Hearing Screening for Newborns Act is | 2 | | amended by repealing Section 20. | 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law. |
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