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| 1 | AN ACT concerning public health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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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 2310-343 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-343 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2310-343. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome; | ||||||
| 9 | outreach and education.
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| 10 | (a) The General Assembly hereby recognizes that Reflex | ||||||
| 11 | Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS), also known as Complex | ||||||
| 12 | Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Type 1 and Type 2, is a | ||||||
| 13 | debilitating progressively chronic neurological disorder that | ||||||
| 14 | generally occurs at the site of a minor or major trauma injury, | ||||||
| 15 | but may also occur without any apparent injury. RSDS is | ||||||
| 16 | characterized by severe burning pain, pathological changes in | ||||||
| 17 | bone and skin, excessive sweating, tissue swelling, and extreme | ||||||
| 18 | sensitivity to touch. The General Assembly further finds that | ||||||
| 19 | RSDS is often misdiagnosed because the condition is either | ||||||
| 20 | unknown or poorly understood. Because a delay in diagnosis or | ||||||
| 21 | treatment for this syndrome can result in severe physical | ||||||
| 22 | problems and disability, and because early recognition and | ||||||
| 23 | prompt treatment of RSDS provide the greatest opportunity for | ||||||
| 24 | recovery, the General Assembly hereby declares it to be in the | ||||||
| 25 | best interest of the public to establish a program within the | ||||||
| 26 | Department of Public Health to educate individuals and medical | ||||||
| 27 | professionals about RSDS and to promote research to accurately | ||||||
| 28 | identify, diagnose, and treat this disease. | ||||||
| 29 | (b) Within 180 days of the effective date of this | ||||||
| 30 | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Department | ||||||
| 31 | shall establish an RSDS public education and outreach program. | ||||||
| 32 | The Department shall develop written materials and Internet | ||||||
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| 1 | resources concerning RSDS and shall make those materials and | ||||||
| 2 | resources available through State and local departments of | ||||||
| 3 | public health, and through hospitals, clinics, and other health | ||||||
| 4 | care providers. The written materials and Internet resources | ||||||
| 5 | shall include information about the following: | ||||||
| 6 | (1) the cause and nature of RSDS; | ||||||
| 7 | (2) risk factors for RSDS, including, but not limited | ||||||
| 8 | to, lifestyle, heredity, and drug interactions; | ||||||
| 9 | (3) medical and surgical treatment options for RSDS, | ||||||
| 10 | including experimental and established drug therapies, and | ||||||
| 11 | the benefits and risks of those options; | ||||||
| 12 | (4) the availability of RSDS support services in the | ||||||
| 13 | community; and | ||||||
| 14 | (5) factors or elements that might mitigate the effects | ||||||
| 15 | of RSDS. | ||||||
| 16 | (c) The Department shall coordinate, promote, and offer | ||||||
| 17 | professional education programs for health care providers and | ||||||
| 18 | health-related community-based organizations concerning the | ||||||
| 19 | following: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) the cause and nature of RSDS; | ||||||
| 21 | (2) research findings related to RSDS; | ||||||
| 22 | (3) risk factors for RSDS, including, but not limited | ||||||
| 23 | to, lifestyle, heredity, and drug interactions; | ||||||
| 24 | (4) diagnostic procedures and appropriate indications | ||||||
| 25 | for their use; | ||||||
| 26 | (5) medical and surgical treatment options, including | ||||||
| 27 | experimental and established drug therapies, and the risks | ||||||
| 28 | and benefits of those options; and | ||||||
| 29 | (6) the availability of RSDS support services in the | ||||||
| 30 | community.
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| 31 | (d) The Director shall accept and expend any grants, | ||||||
| 32 | awards, or other funds or appropriations made available for the | ||||||
| 33 | purposes of the education and outreach program created by this | ||||||
| 34 | Section.
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| 35 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.
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