HB0980 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0980

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-317 new

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that by January 1, 2008, the Department of Public Health shall promulgate rules for all health care facilities subject to licensure, certification, registration, or other regulation by the Department requiring compliance with the recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing. Provides that the Department shall conduct a public information campaign for health care providers not subject to regulation by the Department, including physicians, health facilities, public health departments, other public and private health care providers, laboratories, and the general public regarding the importance to the public health of conducting HIV screening in health care settings. Provides that the Department shall create and administer a training program for health care providers who have a need for understanding matters relating to HIV and AIDS in accordance with the CDC recommendations. Provides that this training may be made available to public employees and the employees of private agencies and that the Department may charge fees to cover the actual costs of the training. Provides that the Department shall recommend and approve tests or testing procedures used in determining, preventing, and controlling HIV and AIDS. Effective immediately.

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AN ACT concerning public health.

WHEREAS, The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are leading causes of illness and death; and

WHEREAS, Effective September 2006, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its recommendations for HIV testing due to the changing demographics of the persons who have become infected since the 1980's, which include increasing proportions of persons less than 20 years of age, women, members of racial and ethnic minority populations, persons who reside outside metropolitan areas, and heterosexual men and women who frequently are unaware that they are at risk for HIV; and

WHEREAS, The CDC reports that prevention strategies that incorporate universal HIV screening have been highly effective and recommends screening for HIV infection for all persons 13 to 64 years of age; and

WHEREAS, It is declared to be the public policy of this State that HIV screening be conducted in accordance with the recommendations of the CDC and that the Department of Public Health shall develop and administer compliant policies and procedures for health care providers subject to State regulation, as well as related public health information and education programs; therefore

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-317 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-317 new)

Sec. 2310-317. HIV and AIDS testing. By January 1, 2008, the Department shall promulgate rules for all health care facilities subject to licensure, certification, registration, or other regulation by the Department requiring compliance with the recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), referenced as the Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings (2006). The Department shall conduct a public information campaign for health care providers not subject to regulation by the Department, including physicians, health facilities, public health departments, other public and private health care providers, laboratories, and the general public regarding the importance to the public health of conducting HIV screening in health care settings. The Department shall create and administer a training program for health care providers who have a need for understanding matters relating to HIV and AIDS in accordance with the CDC recommendations. The training may be made available to public employees and the employees of private agencies. The Department may charge fees to cover the actual costs of the training. The Department shall recommend and approve tests or testing procedures used in determining, preventing, and controlling HIV and AIDS.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.