96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1168

 

Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 520/2   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5602

    Amends the Illinois Health Statistics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Health Statistics Act is amended by
5 changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (410 ILCS 520/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5602)
7     Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the the context
8 otherwise requires, the terms specified in this Section have
9 the meanings ascribed to them herein.
10     (a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
11 Health.
12     (b) "Disclosure" means the communication of health data to
13 any individual or organization outside the Department.
14     (c) "Health data" means any information, except vital
15 records as defined in the Vital Records Act, relating to the
16 health status of people, the availability of health resources
17 and services, and the use and cost of such resources and
18 services.
19     (d) "Identifiable health data" means any item, collection,
20 or grouping of health data which makes the individual supplying
21 it or described in it identifiable.
22     (e) "Individual" means a natural person.
23     (f) "Organization" means any corporation, association,

 

 

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1 partnership, agency, department, unit or other legally
2 constituted institution or entity or part thereof.
3     (g) "Research and statistical purposes" means the
4 performance of certain activities relating to health data
5 including but not limited to: (1) describing the group
6 characteristics of individuals or organizations; (2) analyzing
7 the interrelationships among the various characteristics of
8 individuals or organizations; (3) the conduct of statistical
9 procedures or studies to improve the quality of health data;
10 (4) the design of sample surveys and the selection of samples
11 of individuals or organizations; (5) the preparation and
12 publication of reports describing these matters; and (6) other
13 related functions. Specifically excluded as research and
14 statistical purposes is the use of the data for an individual
15 or organization to make any determination directly affecting
16 the rights, benefits, or entitlements of that individual or
17 organization.
18 (Source: P.A. 87-895.)