(410 ILCS 213/23)

Sec. 23. Information sharing.

(a) For the purposes of documentation and coordination of medical care or intervention services, the Department may share newborn hearing screening information with medical care facilities, health care providers, early intervention programs and providers, local health departments, the Department of Human Services, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Division of Specialized Care for Children.

(b) For the purposes of documentation and coordination of medical care or intervention services, medical care facilities, health care providers, early intervention programs and providers, local health departments, the Department of Human Services, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Division of Specialized Care for Children shall submit information or reports about newborn, infant, and child hearing screening and diagnostic testing, follow-up services, intervention, and parent support services to the Department. Documentation is only required to be provided for those services provided. Reporting shall be done within 7 days of the date of service or an inquiry from the Department. Reports shall be in a format determined by the Department. Reports by medical care facilities shall be in accordance with only subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.

(c) Except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct, no health care provider, hospital, or medical facility acting in compliance with this Section shall be civilly or criminally liable for any act performed in compliance with this Section, including furnishing information required according to this Section.

(Source: P.A. 99-834, eff. 8-19-16.)