HB5402 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5402

Introduced 01/27/06, by Rep. Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 315/2e new

Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish the Pandemic Influenza Community Preparedness Grant Program to aid local health departments in preparing for an avian influenza pandemic. Requires the Department to provide grants to develop an integrated and coordinated response to minimize the spread of avian influenza. Provides that funding shall come from federal sources. Requires the Department to adopt rules to implement and administer the program. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

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

Section 5. The Communicable Disease Prevention Act is amended by adding Section 2e as follows:

(410 ILCS 315/2e new)

Sec. 2e. Pandemic Influenza Community Preparedness Grant Program.

(a) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local health officials must understand and be ready to comply with the legal requirements in their jurisdiction regarding the isolation of infectious persons and the quarantine of exposed persons should an outbreak of avian influenza occur.

(b) The Department shall establish the Pandemic Influenza Community Preparedness Grant Program to aid local health departments in preparing for an avian influenza pandemic.

(c) The Department shall provide grants to local health departments to develop an integrated and coordinated response to an avian influenza outbreak to minimize the spread of the disease.

(d) Grants provided under this Section shall be funded from federal funds appropriated for that purpose.

(e) The Department shall adopt rules to implement and administer this Section.

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