96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0840

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 240/1   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4903

    Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rules of the Department of Public Health.


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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 Newborn Metabolic Screening Act is amended
5 by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (410 ILCS 240/1)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4903)
7     Sec. 1. The The Illinois Department of Public Health shall
8 promulgate and enforce rules and regulations requiring that
9 every newborn be subjected to tests for phenylketonuria,
10 hypothyroidism, galactosemia and such other metabolic diseases
11 as the Department may deem necessary from time to time. The
12 Department is empowered to promulgate such additional rules and
13 regulations as are found necessary for the administration of
14 this Act, including mandatory reporting of the results of all
15 tests for these conditions to the Illinois Department of Public
16 Health.
17 (Source: P.A. 83-87.)