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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 Pertussis Vaccine Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 235/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7504)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4.
Every hospital in this State licensed under the |
| 8 | | Hospital
Licensing Act or an Act in relation to the founding |
| 9 | | and operation of the
University of Illinois Hospital, shall |
| 10 | | provide the parents or guardians of
each newborn child the |
| 11 | | pamphlet pursuant to Section 3 of this Act. Parents or |
| 12 | | guardians of a newborn child in a neonatal intensive care unit |
| 13 | | shall be informed about the importance of parents, guardians, |
| 14 | | and immediate family members being immunized against pertussis |
| 15 | | to minimize the chances that the disease will be communicated |
| 16 | | to the newborn child and shall also be informed about where |
| 17 | | they may obtain the appropriate vaccine.
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| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 85-898.)
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 20 | | becoming law.
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