HB0823 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0823

Introduced , by Rep. Kathleen Willis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-218 new

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to ensure that those who draw blood from children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are trained, at least once every 3 years, in the most current method of drawing blood from children and adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Provides that the training shall focus on drawing blood in a safe manner that is as comfortable as possible. Requires the Department to ensure that those facilities and providers review their training program at least once within each 3-year period to ensure that the training includes the most current methods available of drawing blood from children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities that is safe and comfortable for them and their families. Requires the Department to ensure that by July 1, 2020 all medical facilities are equipped to draw blood from children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities using finger-prick equipment, hemoglobin testing equipment, and all other related equipment that can be adapted to serve patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-218 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-218 new)

Sec. 2310-218. Phlebotomy on children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

(a) As used in this Section, "phlebotomist" means a person who draws blood for diagnostic testing, transfusions, research, or blood donations.

(b) The Department shall ensure that all phlebotomists are trained in the most current methods of drawing blood from children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The training shall focus on drawing blood in a safe manner that is as comfortable as possible for the individual from whom blood is drawn and for the families, guardians, caretakers, or companions of the individual accompanying him or her while blood is drawn. Such training shall occur at least every 3 years.

(c) The Department shall ensure that all persons and entities that perform the training described in subsection (b) review their training program not less than once every 3 years to determine how their program conforms to the best available practices used to safely draw blood from children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a manner that is as comfortable as possible for the individual from whom blood is drawn and for the families, guardians, caretakers, or companions of the individual accompanying him or her while blood is drawn.

(d) The Department shall ensure that all licensed medical facilities, including, but not limited to, hospitals, pediatric care facilities, and adult care facilities, are, at a minimum, equipped to draw blood from children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities using finger-prick equipment, hemoglobin testing equipment, and all other related equipment that can be adapted to serve patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Department shall ensure that all licensed medical facilities comply with this subsection by July 1, 2020.