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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB1226 Introduced 1/30/2013, by Sen. Dan Kotowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 2310/2310-665 new | |
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Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Sets forth the General Assembly's findings and declarations concerning sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Provides that the Department shall establish a SUDEP awareness program to educate medical examiners, examining physicians, and coroners in this State about SUDEP. Provides that all autopsies conducted in this State shall include an inquiry to determine whether the death was a direct result of a seizure or epilepsy. Provides that if a medical examiner's, examining physician's, or coroner's findings in an autopsy are consistent with the definition of known or suspected SUDEP, then the medical examiner, examining physician, or coroner shall take certain action.
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| | SB1226 | | LRB098 04241 RPM 34266 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 2310-665 as follows: |
7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-665 new) |
8 | | Sec. 2310-665. Sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy |
9 | | awareness program. |
10 | | (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: |
11 | | (1) Sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a |
12 | | mysterious, rare condition in which typically young or |
13 | | middle-aged individuals with epilepsy die without a clear |
14 | | cause and is generally defined by the medical community as |
15 | | a sudden, unexpected, non-traumatic, non-drowning death in |
16 | | an otherwise healthy individual with epilepsy, where the |
17 | | postmortem examination does not reveal an anatomic or |
18 | | toxicologic cause for the death. |
19 | | (2) SUDEP is believed to account for up to 17% of |
20 | | deaths in people with epilepsy. |
21 | | (3) Autopsy plays a key role in determining the |
22 | | diagnosis of SUDEP, yet the Institute of Medicine has found |
23 | | that SUDEP may be underreported for several reasons, |