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 1        AN ACT concerning the Department of Public Health.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Department of Public  Health  Powers  and
 5    Duties  Law  of  the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
 6    amended by changing Section 2310-320 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 2310/2310-320) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.56)
 8        Sec. 2310-320. AIDS awareness programs and materials.
 9        (a)  The  Department  shall  include  within   its   AIDS
10    awareness programs and materials, information directed toward
11    Hispanics,  African Americans, and other population groups in
12    Illinois that are considered high risk populations  for  AIDS
13    and  AIDS-related  complex. The information shall inform high
14    risk groups about the transmission of  the  AIDS  virus,  the
15    prevention  of  infection,  the  treatment  available for the
16    disease, and how treatment may be obtained.
17        (b)  The Department shall include in  its  AIDS  campaign
18    material  information  directed  toward African-Americans and
19    Hispanics. This information shall include educational videos,
20    in English and in Spanish, directed toward teenagers who  are
21    members of high risk population groups.  The Department shall
22    seek   the   advice   and   assistance   of   community-based
23    organizations  representing these populations with respect to
24    the most effective methods to educate  persons  within  these
25    populations about AIDS.
26        (c)  Beginning July 1, 2004, the Department shall develop
27    and  disseminate,  through  print and broadcast media, public
28    service  announcements  that  publicize  the  importance   of
29    AIDS/HIV screening.
30    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)