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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 823
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 823 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||||
| 5 | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
| 6 | amended by adding Section 2310-218 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-218 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2310-218. Phlebotomy on children and adults with
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| 9 | intellectual and developmental disabilities. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) As used in this Section, "phlebotomist" means a person
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| 11 | who is certified to draw blood for diagnostic testing, | ||||||
| 12 | transfusion,
research, or blood donation. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) The Department shall develop and make available | ||||||
| 14 | training materials that ensure that all phlebotomists are | ||||||
| 15 | trained in the most current methods of drawing blood from | ||||||
| 16 | children and adults with intellectual and developmental | ||||||
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| 1 | disabilities. The materials shall conform to the best available | ||||||
| 2 | practices used for drawing blood in a safe manner that is as | ||||||
| 3 | comfortable as possible for the individual from whom blood is | ||||||
| 4 | drawn and for the families, guardians, caretakers, or | ||||||
| 5 | companions of the individual accompanying him or her while | ||||||
| 6 | blood is drawn. The Department shall review these materials | ||||||
| 7 | every 3 years to ensure that they conform with the best | ||||||
| 8 | available practices. | ||||||
| 9 | (c) The Department shall ensure that health care providers, | ||||||
| 10 | as that term is defined under the Health Care Services Lien | ||||||
| 11 | Act, and laboratories, as that term is defined under the | ||||||
| 12 | Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act, that employ a | ||||||
| 13 | phlebotomist incorporate the training described in subsection | ||||||
| 14 | (b) as part of a phlebotomist's initial employment training and | ||||||
| 15 | as part of any ongoing training to maintain competencies and | ||||||
| 16 | certifications as a phlebotomist.".
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