Rep. Susana A Mendoza
Filed: 3/29/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2242
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2242 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Communicable Disease Prevention Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 1.5 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (410 ILCS 315/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.11)
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8 | Sec. 1. Certain communicable diseases such as measles, | ||||||
9 | poliomyelitis , invasive pneumococcal disease, and
tetanus, may | ||||||
10 | and do result in serious physical and mental disability
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11 | including mental retardation, permanent paralysis, | ||||||
12 | encephalitis,
convulsions, pneumonia, and not infrequently, | ||||||
13 | death.
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14 | Most of these diseases attack young children, and if they | ||||||
15 | have not been
immunized, may spread to other susceptible | ||||||
16 | children and possibly, adults,
thus, posing serious threats to |
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1 | the health of the community. Effective,
safe and widely used | ||||||
2 | vaccines and immunization procedures have been
developed and | ||||||
3 | are available to prevent these diseases and to limit their
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4 | spread. Even though such immunization procedures are | ||||||
5 | available, many
children fail to receive this protection either | ||||||
6 | through parental oversight,
lack of concern, knowledge or | ||||||
7 | interest, or lack of available facilities or
funds. The | ||||||
8 | existence of susceptible children in the community constitutes | ||||||
9 | a
health hazard to the individual and to the public at large by | ||||||
10 | serving as a
focus for the spread of these communicable | ||||||
11 | diseases.
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12 | It is declared to be the public policy of this State that | ||||||
13 | all children
shall be protected, as soon after birth as | ||||||
14 | medically indicated, by the
appropriate vaccines and | ||||||
15 | immunizing procedures to prevent communicable
diseases which | ||||||
16 | are or which may in the future become preventable by
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17 | immunization.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 78-255; 78-303; 78-1297.)
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19 | (410 ILCS 315/1.5 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 1.5. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Notwithstanding | ||||||
21 | Section 2 of this Act, within 30 days of the effective date of | ||||||
22 | this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the | ||||||
23 | Department shall promulgate rules and regulations, and shall | ||||||
24 | submit those rules and regulations in accordance with the | ||||||
25 | rulemaking first notice requirements under Section 5-40 of the |
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1 | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, requiring the | ||||||
2 | age-appropriate series of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, as | ||||||
3 | recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization | ||||||
4 | Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to | ||||||
5 | a child younger than 2 years of age who is enrolled or | ||||||
6 | enrolling in a licensed child care facility, as that term is | ||||||
7 | defined in the Child Care Act of 1969. The Department shall | ||||||
8 | also establish protocols for children younger
than 2 years of | ||||||
9 | age to catch up on missed doses. A child care
facility must be | ||||||
10 | able to furnish proof of compliance with this Section for all | ||||||
11 | children at the facility, beginning January 1, 2008. | ||||||
12 | The provisions of this Section shall not apply if: | ||||||
13 | (1) the parent or guardian of the child objects thereto | ||||||
14 | on the grounds that the administration of immunizing agents | ||||||
15 | conflicts with his or her religious tenets or practices; or | ||||||
16 | (2) a physician employed by the parent or guardian to | ||||||
17 | provide care and treatment to the child states that the | ||||||
18 | physical condition of the child is such that the | ||||||
19 | administration of the required immunizing agent would be | ||||||
20 | detrimental to the health of the child.
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
22 | 2007.".
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