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Sen. Andy Manar
Filed: 4/4/2014
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3512
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3512 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
5 | | Disease Testing for Public Safety Officials and Volunteers Act. |
6 | | Section 5. Definitions.
As used in this Act: |
7 | | "Blood or body fluids" means blood, saliva, amniotic fluid, |
8 | | pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, pleural fluid, synovial |
9 | | fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, semen, and vaginal secretions, and |
10 | | any body fluid visibly contaminated by blood. |
11 | | "Certified local health department" means a health |
12 | | department of a unit of local government that is certified |
13 | | under Section 600.210 of Part 600 of Title 77 of the Illinois |
14 | | Administrative Code (77 Illinois Administrative Code 600.210). |
15 | | "Communicable disease" means a disease that can be |
16 | | transmitted from person to person directly or indirectly, |
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1 | | including diseases transmitted by blood or body fluid or any |
2 | | other communicable reportable diseases as established by the |
3 | | Department in Section 6.08 of the Hospital Licensing Act.
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4 | | "Department" means the Department of Public Health. |
5 | | "Emergency services provider" means a sheriff's law |
6 | | enforcement employee as defined under Section 7-109.3 of |
7 | | Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code, law enforcement officer |
8 | | or fireman as defined under Section 2 of the Line of Duty |
9 | | Compensation Act, federal law enforcement officer as defined |
10 | | under Section 5 of the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Immunity |
11 | | Act, or medical personnel licensed under the Emergency Medical |
12 | | Services (EMS) Systems Act. |
13 | | "First aid volunteer" means a person who provides voluntary |
14 | | emergency assistance or first aid medical care to an injured |
15 | | person prior to the arrival of an emergency medical services |
16 | | provider or public safety officer. |
17 | | "Significant exposure" or "significantly exposed" means: |
18 | | (1) exposure of the body of one person to the blood or |
19 | | body fluids of another person by: |
20 | | (A) percutaneous injury, including a needle stick, |
21 | | cut with a sharp object or instrument, or a wound |
22 | | resulting from a human bite, scratch, or similar force; |
23 | | or |
24 | | (B) contact with an open wound, mucous membrane, or |
25 | | non-intact skin because of a cut, abrasion, |
26 | | dermatitis, or other damage; or |
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1 | | (2) exposure that occurs by any other method of |
2 | | transmission as defined by the Department. |
3 | | Section 10. Petition. |
4 | | (a) An emergency services provider or first aid volunteer |
5 | | who is significantly exposed during the course of performing |
6 | | his or her duties or during the course of performing emergency |
7 | | assistance or first aid may: |
8 | | (1)
request that the person to whom the emergency |
9 | | services provider or first aid volunteer was significantly |
10 | | exposed voluntarily submit to testing; or |
11 | | (2) petition the circuit court for an order requiring |
12 | | that the person to whom the emergency services provider or |
13 | | first aid volunteer was significantly exposed submit to |
14 | | testing to determine the presence of a communicable disease |
15 | | and that the results of that test be disclosed to the |
16 | | petitioner by the Department. |
17 | | (b) The petitioner shall file a petition with the circuit |
18 | | court seeking an order to submit to testing and to disclose the |
19 | | results in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The |
20 | | petition shall be sealed upon filing and made accessible only |
21 | | to the petitioner, the subject of the petition, and his or her |
22 | | attorneys, upon court order. |
23 | | (c) The petition described in subsection (b) shall be |
24 | | accompanied by an affidavit in which the petitioner certifies |
25 | | that the petitioner has been significantly exposed to the |
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1 | | person who is the subject of the petition and describes that |
2 | | exposure. The petitioner shall submit to testing to determine |
3 | | the presence of a disease when the petition is filed or within |
4 | | 3 days after the petition is filed. |
5 | | (d) The petitioner shall cause the petition required under |
6 | | this Section to be served on the person who the petitioner is |
7 | | requesting to be tested in a manner that will best preserve the |
8 | | confidentiality of that person. |
9 | | (e) The court shall set a time for a hearing on the matter |
10 | | within 10 days after the petition is filed and shall give the |
11 | | petitioner and the person who is the subject of the petition |
12 | | notice of the hearing at least 72 hours prior to the hearing. |
13 | | The person who is the subject of the petition shall also be |
14 | | notified that he or she may have an attorney present at the |
15 | | hearing and that his or her attorney may examine and |
16 | | cross-examine witnesses. The hearing shall be conducted in |
17 | | camera. |
18 | | (f) The circuit court may enter an order requiring that the |
19 | | person submit to testing, including blood testing, for a |
20 | | communicable disease if the court finds probable cause to |
21 | | believe: |
22 | | (1) the petitioner was significantly exposed; and
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23 | | (2) the exposure occurred during the course of the |
24 | | emergency services provider's duties or the provision of |
25 | | emergency assistance or first aid by a first aid volunteer. |
26 | | (g) The court may order that the specimen be obtained by |
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1 | | the use of reasonable force if the person who is the subject of |
2 | | the petition is incarcerated. |
3 | | (h) The court may order that additional testing be |
4 | | conducted and that the person submit to that testing, as it |
5 | | determines to be necessary and appropriate. |
6 | | (i) The court is not required to order the person to submit |
7 | | to a test under this Section if it finds that there is a |
8 | | substantial reason, relating to the life or health of the |
9 | | person, not to enter the order. |
10 | | (j) Upon order of the circuit court that a person submit to |
11 | | testing for a communicable disease, that person shall report to |
12 | | the designated certified local health department within 10 days |
13 | | from the issuance of the order, and thereafter as designated by |
14 | | the court, or be held in contempt of court.
The court shall |
15 | | send the order to the Department and to the certified local |
16 | | health department ordered to conduct the test.
The Department |
17 | | and a certified local health department may disclose the test |
18 | | results under a court order as provided in this Section. |
19 | | (k) The certified local health department or the Department |
20 | | shall inform the subject of the petition and the petitioner of |
21 | | the results of the test and advise both parties that the test |
22 | | results are confidential. That information shall be maintained |
23 | | as confidential by all parties to the action. |
24 | | (l) The court, its personnel, the process server, the |
25 | | Department, certified local health department, and petitioner |
26 | | shall maintain confidentiality of the name and any other |
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1 | | identifying information regarding the person tested and the |
2 | | results of the test except as specifically authorized by this |
3 | | Act.
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4 | | (m) Except as provided in this subsection, the petitioner |
5 | | shall remit payment for the testing and the analysis of the |
6 | | specimen for the mandatory disease testing to the entity that |
7 | | conducts the test. If the petitioner is an emergency services |
8 | | provider, the agency that employs the emergency services |
9 | | provider shall remit payment for the testing and the analysis |
10 | | of the specimen for the mandatory disease testing to the entity |
11 | | that conducts the test. |
12 | | (n) The entity that conducts the test shall cause the |
13 | | specimen and the payment for the analysis of the specimen to be |
14 | | delivered to the Department for analysis. |
15 | | (o) If the subject of the petition is incarcerated, the |
16 | | incarcerating authority shall either collect the specimen or |
17 | | shall pay the expenses of having the person's specimen |
18 | | collected.
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19 | | Section 15. Confidentiality of test results.
Any person or |
20 | | entity entitled to receive confidential information under this |
21 | | Act, other than the person tested and identified in the |
22 | | information, who violates any provision of this Act by |
23 | | releasing or making public that confidential information, or by |
24 | | otherwise breaching the confidentiality requirements of this |
25 | | Act, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
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