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Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
Filed: 2/17/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 299
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 299 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The HIV/AIDS Registry Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 310/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7354)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4. (a) The Department shall establish and maintain an |
| 8 | | HIV/AIDS
Registry consisting of a record of all cases of HIV |
| 9 | | and
AIDS which
occur in Illinois, and such information |
| 10 | | concerning those cases as it deems
necessary or appropriate in |
| 11 | | order to conduct thorough and complete
epidemiological surveys |
| 12 | | of HIV and AIDS in
Illinois, and to evaluate existing control |
| 13 | | and prevention measures. Notwithstanding any other provision |
| 14 | | of this subsection (a), the information concerning those cases |
| 15 | | included in the Registry shall include all CD4 test results, |
| 16 | | including counts and percentages of any value, and HIV viral |
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| 1 | | load test results, both detectable and undetectable. Cases
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| 2 | | included in the Registry shall be identified by a code rather |
| 3 | | than by name.
To the extent feasible, the Registry shall be |
| 4 | | compatible with other
national models so as to facilitate the |
| 5 | | coordination of information with other
data bases.
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| 6 | | (b) To facilitate the collection of information relating to |
| 7 | | cases of HIV and
AIDS, the Department shall have the authority |
| 8 | | to
require hospitals, laboratories and other facilities which |
| 9 | | diagnose
such conditions to report cases of HIV and AIDS to the |
| 10 | | Department or a local health authority if the local health |
| 11 | | authority serves a population of over 1,000,000 citizens or if |
| 12 | | the local health authority has been designated by the |
| 13 | | Department to collect such information,
and to require the |
| 14 | | submission of such other information pertaining to or in
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| 15 | | connection with such reported cases as the Department deems |
| 16 | | necessary or
appropriate for the purposes of this Act, |
| 17 | | including all CD4 and HIV viral load test results for those |
| 18 | | cases included in the Registry. The Department may promulgate
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| 19 | | rules or regulations specifying the types of information |
| 20 | | required,
requirements for follow up of patients, frequency of |
| 21 | | reporting, methods of
submitting such information and any other |
| 22 | | details deemed by the Department
to be necessary or appropriate |
| 23 | | for the administration of this Act. Nothing
in this Act shall |
| 24 | | be construed to compel any individual to submit to a
medical |
| 25 | | examination or supervision.
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| 26 | | (c) The Director shall by rule establish standards for |