Full Text of HB2855 103rd General Assembly
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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 Lyme Disease Prevention and Protection Act | 5 | | is amended by changing Section 15 as follows: | 6 | | (410 ILCS 450/15)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Lyme Disease Task Force; duties; members. | 8 | | (a) The Department shall establish the Lyme Disease Task | 9 | | Force to advise the Department on disease prevention and | 10 | | surveillance and provider and public education relating to the | 11 | | disease.
| 12 | | (b) The Task Force shall consist of the Director of Public | 13 | | Health or a designee, who shall serve as chairman, and the | 14 | | following members:
| 15 | | (1) one representative from the Department of | 16 | | Financial and Professional Regulation, appointed by the | 17 | | Director of Public Health;
| 18 | | (2) 3 physicians licensed to practice medicine in all | 19 | | its branches who are members of a statewide organization | 20 | | representing physicians, one of whom represents a medical | 21 | | school faculty and one of whom has the experience of | 22 | | treating Lyme disease, appointed by the Director of Public | 23 | | Health;
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| 1 | | (3) one advanced practice registered nurse selected | 2 | | from the recommendations of professional nursing | 3 | | associations, appointed by the Director of Public Health;
| 4 | | (4) one local public health administrator, appointed | 5 | | by the Director of Public Health;
| 6 | | (5) one veterinarian , who must be a practicing Doctor | 7 | | of Veterinary Medicine , appointed by the Director of | 8 | | Public Health;
| 9 | | (6) one medical entomologist, appointed by the | 10 | | Director of Public Health; | 11 | | (7) (6) 4 members of the public interested in Lyme | 12 | | disease, appointed by the Director of Public Health;
| 13 | | (8) (7) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the | 14 | | House of Representatives; | 15 | | (9) (8) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of | 16 | | the House of Representatives; | 17 | | (10) (9) 2 members appointed by the President of the | 18 | | Senate; and | 19 | | (11) (10) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader | 20 | | of the Senate. | 21 | | (c) The terms of the members of the Task Force shall be 3 | 22 | | years. Members may continue to serve after the expiration of a | 23 | | term until a new member is appointed. Each member appointed to | 24 | | fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term | 25 | | for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for | 26 | | the remainder of such term. The council shall meet as |
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| 1 | | frequently as the chairman deems necessary, but not less than | 2 | | 4 2 times each year. Members shall receive no compensation for | 3 | | their services.
| 4 | | (d) The Lyme Disease Task Force has the following duties | 5 | | and responsibilities:
| 6 | | (1) monitoring the implementation of this Act and | 7 | | providing feedback and input for necessary additions or | 8 | | modifications;
| 9 | | (2) reviewing relevant literature and guidelines that | 10 | | define accurate diagnosis of Lyme disease with the purpose | 11 | | of creating cohesive and consistent guidelines for the | 12 | | determination of Lyme diagnosis across all counties in | 13 | | Illinois and with the intent of providing accurate and | 14 | | relevant numbers to the Centers for Disease Control and | 15 | | Prevention;
| 16 | | (3) providing recommendations on professional | 17 | | continuing educational materials and opportunities that | 18 | | specifically focus on Lyme disease prevention, protection, | 19 | | and treatment; and
| 20 | | (4) assisting the Department in establishing policies, | 21 | | procedures, techniques, and criteria for the collection, | 22 | | maintenance, exchange, and sharing of medical information | 23 | | on Lyme disease, and identifying persons or entities with | 24 | | Lyme disease expertise to collaborate with Department in | 25 | | Lyme disease diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1137, eff. 1-1-19; 101-606, eff. 12-13-19.)
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