96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1687

 

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Mattie Hunter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 315/2   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.12

    Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Provides that the rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Public Health requiring immunization of children must include, but are not limited to, a booster immunization containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and an acellular pertussis vaccine for children entering the 6th grade. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning public health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Communicable Disease Prevention Act is
5 amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (410 ILCS 315/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.12)
7     Sec. 2. The Department of Public Health shall promulgate
8 rules and regulations requiring immunization of children
9 against preventable communicable diseases designated by the
10 Director, including, but not limited to, a booster immunization
11 containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and an acellular
12 pertussis vaccine for children entering the 6th grade. Before
13 any regulation or amendment thereto is prescribed, the
14 Department shall conduct a public hearing regarding such
15 regulation. In addition, before any regulation or any amendment
16 to a regulation is adopted, and after the Immunization Advisory
17 Committee has made its recommendations, the State Board of
18 Health shall conduct 3 public hearings, geographically
19 distributed throughout the State, regarding the regulation or
20 amendment to the regulation. At the conclusion of the hearings,
21 the State Board of Health shall issue a report, including its
22 recommendations, to the Director. The Director shall take into
23 consideration any comments or recommendations made by the Board

 

 

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1 based on these hearings. The Department may prescribe
2 additional rules and regulations for immunization of other
3 diseases as vaccines are developed.
4     The provisions of this Act shall not apply if:
5     1. The parent or guardian of the child objects thereto on
6 the grounds that the administration of immunizing agents
7 conflicts with his religious tenets or practices or,
8     2. A physician employed by the parent or guardian to
9 provide care and treatment to the child states that the
10 physical condition of the child is such that the administration
11 of one or more of the required immunizing agents would be
12 detrimental to the health of the child.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-607, eff. 6-30-98.)
 
14     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.