Rep. Susana A Mendoza

Filed: 3/29/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2242

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2242 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Communicable Disease Prevention Act is
5 amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 1.5 as
6 follows:
 
7     (410 ILCS 315/1)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.11)
8     Sec. 1. Certain communicable diseases such as measles,
9 poliomyelitis, invasive pneumococcal disease, and tetanus, may
10 and do result in serious physical and mental disability
11 including mental retardation, permanent paralysis,
12 encephalitis, convulsions, pneumonia, and not infrequently,
13 death.
14     Most of these diseases attack young children, and if they
15 have not been immunized, may spread to other susceptible
16 children and possibly, adults, thus, posing serious threats to

 

 

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1 the health of the community. Effective, safe and widely used
2 vaccines and immunization procedures have been developed and
3 are available to prevent these diseases and to limit their
4 spread. Even though such immunization procedures are
5 available, many children fail to receive this protection either
6 through parental oversight, lack of concern, knowledge or
7 interest, or lack of available facilities or funds. The
8 existence of susceptible children in the community constitutes
9 a health hazard to the individual and to the public at large by
10 serving as a focus for the spread of these communicable
11 diseases.
12     It is declared to be the public policy of this State that
13 all children shall be protected, as soon after birth as
14 medically indicated, by the appropriate vaccines and
15 immunizing procedures to prevent communicable diseases which
16 are or which may in the future become preventable by
17 immunization.
18 (Source: P.A. 78-255; 78-303; 78-1297.)
 
19     (410 ILCS 315/1.5 new)
20     Sec. 1.5. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Notwithstanding
21 Section 2 of this Act, within 30 days of the effective date of
22 this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the
23 Department shall promulgate rules and regulations, and shall
24 submit those rules and regulations in accordance with the
25 rulemaking first notice requirements under Section 5-40 of the

 

 

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1 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, requiring the
2 age-appropriate series of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, as
3 recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization
4 Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to
5 a child younger than 2 years of age who is enrolled or
6 enrolling in a licensed child care facility, as that term is
7 defined in the Child Care Act of 1969. The Department shall
8 also establish protocols for children younger than 2 years of
9 age to catch up on missed doses. A child care facility must be
10 able to furnish proof of compliance with this Section for all
11 children at the facility, beginning January 1, 2008.
12     The provisions of this Section shall not apply if:
13         (1) the parent or guardian of the child objects thereto
14     on the grounds that the administration of immunizing agents
15     conflicts with his or her religious tenets or practices; or
16         (2) a physician employed by the parent or guardian to
17     provide care and treatment to the child states that the
18     physical condition of the child is such that the
19     administration of the required immunizing agent would be
20     detrimental to the health of the child.
 
21     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
22 2007.".