SB0008 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0008

Introduced 1/15/2015, by Sen. John G. Mulroe

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-637 new

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires each licensed health care professional who performs a physical examination of a person 19 years of age or younger to include as part of that examination questions that evaluate the person's family history related to various cardiac conditions. Requires the Department to develop a cardiac screening professional development module in consultation with certain health care associations to be determined by the Director. Defines "licensed health care professional".

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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-637 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-637 new)

Sec. 2310-637. Required cardiac screening. Each licensed health care professional who performs a physical examination of a person 19 years of age or younger, whether that examination is performed annually or pursuant to the requirements of Section 27-8.1 of the School Code, shall include as part of that examination questions that evaluate the person's family history related to cardiac conditions contained in the current version of the Preparticipation Physical Evaluation Form developed jointly by the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Sports Medicine, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, and American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine. The Department is required to develop a cardiac screening professional development module in consultation with certain health care associations to be determined by the Director.

For the purposes of this Section, "licensed health care professional" means a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a physician assistant under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, or an advanced practice nurse under Article 65 of the Nurse Practice Act.