102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4244
 
Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Bob Morgan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
410 ILCS 527/15

     Amends the Immunization Data Registry Act. Provides that health care providers, physician's designees, or pharmacist's designees shall (rather than may) provide immunization data to be entered into the immunization data registry. Provides that the written information and the immunization data exemption forms must include information that the health care provider shall (rather than may) report immunization data to the Department of Public Health to be entered into the immunization data registry. Effective January 1, 2023.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Immunization Data Registry Act is amended  
5by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 527/15)

7    Sec. 15. Provision of immunization data to registry; 
8exemption forms;
written information on immunization registry.

9    (a) A health care provider, physician's designee, or 
10pharmacist's
designee shall may provide immunization data to 
11be entered into the immunization data
registry in a manner 
12prescribed by the Department and for the
purposes allowed 
13under this Act unless the patient or the patient's parent or 
14guardian, if the patient is less than
18 years of age,
has 
15completed and filed with the provider, physician's designee, 
16or
pharmacist's designee a written immunization data exemption 
17form.
18    (b) The Department shall create and provide copies of

19immunization data exemption forms to health care providers who 
20are authorized to
administer immunizations and
individuals
who 
21request the form.
The forms shall also be accessible from the 
22immunization data registry system itself.
23    (c) The Department shall distribute to health care 
 
 
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1providers, upon
request, written information to be 
2disseminated to patients that
describes the immunization data 
3registry. The written information
and the immunization data 
4exemption forms must include all of the following information:

5        (1) A description of the immunization data registry 
6    and its purpose.
7        (2) That the health care provider shall may report 
8    immunization data to the Department to be entered into the

9    immunization data registry.

10        (3) That the patient or the patient's parent or 
11    guardian, if the
patient is less than 18 years of age, has 
12    a right to
exempt disclosure of immunization data to the 
13    registry and may
prevent disclosure by signing an 
14    immunization data exemption
form.

15        (4) That the patient or the patient's parent or 
16    guardian, if the
patient is less than 18 years of age, may 
17    have the
individual's information removed from the 
18    immunization data
registry.

19        (5) Instructions on how to have the information 
20    removed.

21(Source: P.A. 97-117, eff. 7-14-11.)
 
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
231, 2023.