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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2984
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2984, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||||
| 6 | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
| 7 | amended by changing Section 2310-650 as follows: | ||||||
| 8 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-650) | ||||||
| 9 | Sec. 2310-650. Influenza vaccination program. The | ||||||
| 10 | Department of Public Health may require certified local health | ||||||
| 11 | departments with jurisdiction over areas with more than 500,000
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| 12 | residents and any facility licensed by the Department to | ||||||
| 13 | implement an influenza vaccination program that ensures that | ||||||
| 14 | the health care personnel employees of the facility are offered | ||||||
| 15 | the opportunity to be vaccinated against seasonal influenza and | ||||||
| 16 | any other novel or pandemic influenza viruses as vaccines | ||||||
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| 1 | become available. | ||||||
| 2 | Nothing in this Section prohibits certified local health | ||||||
| 3 | departments and any facility licensed by the Department from | ||||||
| 4 | implementing more stringent influenza vaccination policies, | ||||||
| 5 | strategies, or programs, including a mandatory health care | ||||||
| 6 | personnel influenza vaccination program that contains measures | ||||||
| 7 | to protect patients from potential exposure to influenza and | ||||||
| 8 | improve health care personnel vaccination rates that are | ||||||
| 9 | consistent with existing law and rules. | ||||||
| 10 | The Department may adopt rules setting forth the | ||||||
| 11 | requirements of the influenza vaccination program, along with | ||||||
| 12 | exceptions for personnel who may be exempt for medical or | ||||||
| 13 | religious reasons. Medical exemptions shall be consistent with | ||||||
| 14 | current guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control | ||||||
| 15 | and Prevention. General philosophical or moral reluctance to | ||||||
| 16 | influenza vaccinations is not a sufficient basis for an | ||||||
| 17 | exemption.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 96-823, eff. 11-25-09.)
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| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 20 | 2018.".
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