Bill Status of HB 4274   103rd General Assembly

Short Description:  SCH CD-TICK REMOVAL IN SCHOOLS

House Sponsors
Rep. Dan Swanson, Charles Meier, Jackie Haas, Anne Stava-Murray, Lindsey LaPointe, William "Will" Davis, Gregg Johnson, Janet Yang Rohr, Dan Caulkins and Adam M. Niemerg

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  4/19/2024HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
105 ILCS 5/22-100 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school nurse or other designated person employed by a school district shall remove a tick from a student in accordance with guidelines issued by the Department of Public Health. After the tick has been removed, requires (i) the school nurse or other designated person to notify the parent or guardian of the student (and sets forth what the notice must state), (ii) the school to provide the parent or guardian with an information sheet from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Public Health regarding the signs and symptoms of Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever and testing labs for ticks, and (iii) the school to preserve the tick for 72 hours so that the parent or guardian may send the tick to a lab for testing and provide information to the parent or guardian on how to send the tick to a lab for testing (but allows the parent or guardian to give the school permission to dispose of the tick before the 72-hour time period has expired). Provides that the Department of Public Health shall issue guidelines on how to remove a tick, publish those guidelines on the Department of Public Health's Internet website, and, in consultation with the State Board of Education, provide the guidelines to school districts. Provides that a school district and its employees and agents shall incur no liability, except for willful or wanton conduct, as a result of any injury arising from the removal of a tick if the removal of the tick followed the guidelines issued by the Department of Public Health. Effective July 1, 2024.

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Deletes reference to:
105 ILCS 5/22-100 new
Adds reference to:
20 ILCS 2310/2310-666 new
105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.87 new

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to do all of the following no later than July 1, 2025: (1) issue guidelines on how to remove and safely store a tick; (2) publish the guidelines issued and a model form on the Department's website; (3) provide public testing lab information to schools; (4) issue a model form that schools shall send to the parents or guardians of students who have been identified as having been bitten by a tick; and (5) make available to schools, upon request and free of charge, tick removal kits consisting of tweezers, bandages, a sealable plastic bag, an alcohol wipe, repellent wipes, an information card, and a tick identification card. Specifies requirements for the form. Amends the School Code. Requires, before the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, a school board to establish procedures on tick removal consistent with the guidelines developed by the Department of Public Health. Includes provisions relating to preserving the tick for possible testing by the parent or guardian and school district immunity for tick removal.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  12/14/2023HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Swanson
  1/16/2024HouseFirst Reading
  1/16/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/14/2024HouseAssigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
  2/20/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
  2/20/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jackie Haas
  2/20/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
  2/20/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
  2/22/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis
  2/22/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
  4/1/2024HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Swanson
  4/1/2024HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  4/2/2024HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
  4/3/2024HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 014-000-000
  4/3/2024HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
  4/3/2024HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  4/4/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
  4/15/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Swanson
  4/15/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
  4/16/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
  4/17/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 009-001-000
  4/17/2024HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  4/17/2024HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
  4/18/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
  4/18/2024HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  4/18/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins
  4/18/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam M. Niemerg
  4/19/2024HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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