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90_SB0411

      410 ILCS 315/4 new
      410 ILCS 315/5 new
          Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act.  Requires
      the Department of Public  Health  to  establish  a  statewide
      childhood   immunization  registry.    Requires  health  care
      professionals who have direct or  supervisory  responsibility
      for   administering   immunizations   to  register  with  the
      Department  their  intent  to  administer  immunizations   to
      persons under age 22 and to report the administration of such
      immunizations;  makes  failure  to register or report a petty
      offense punishable by a fine of $25.
                                                     LRB9002077DJcd
                                               LRB9002077DJcd
 1        AN ACT to amend the Communicable Disease  Prevention  Act
 2    by adding Sections 4 and 5.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The Communicable Disease Prevention  Act  is
 6    amended by adding Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
 7        (410 ILCS 315/4 new)
 8        Sec. 4.  Statewide childhood immunization registry.
 9        (a)  The  Department  of  Public Health shall establish a
10    statewide  childhood  immunization  registry.    Immunization
11    records  contained  in  the  registry  shall include the data
12    specified by the Department.
13        (b)  The  Department  of   Public   Health   shall   make
14    information  in  the  registry  concerning  the  immunization
15    status  of  a  child  available to the parents or other legal
16    custodian of the child.  The Department shall also  make  the
17    information  available  to health care professionals who have
18    direct or supervisory responsibility for  the  administration
19    of immunizations and who either report under Section 5 on the
20    immunization  status  of  children in their care or need that
21    information in order to deliver appropriate care to a child.
22        (c)  The Department of Public Health  shall  adopt  rules
23    necessary to implement this Section.  The rules shall include
24    provisions  for  maintaining  the  confidentiality of medical
25    information.
26        (410 ILCS 315/5 new)
27        Sec.  5.  Registration  and  reports   by   health   care
28    providers; penalty.
29        (a)  In  this  Section,  "provider"  means  a health care
30    professional who has direct or supervisory responsibility for
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 1    the administration of immunizations.
 2        (b)  Every provider shall register with the Department of
 3    Public Health the provider's intent to  administer  childhood
 4    immunizations   to  persons  under  22  years  of  age.   The
 5    registration  shall   be   done   according   to   guidelines
 6    established by the Department in rules.
 7        (c)  Every  provider  shall  report  to the Department of
 8    Public   Health   the   administration   of   any   childhood
 9    immunization to a person under 22 years of age.
10        (d)  A provider who administers a childhood  immunization
11    to  a  person  under  22  years  of  age and who (i) fails to
12    register with the Department of  Public  Health  as  required
13    under  subsection  (b), (ii) fails to report the immunization
14    as required under subsection (c),  or  (iii)  both  fails  to
15    register with the Department as required under subsection (b)
16    and  fails  to  report  the  immunization  as  required under
17    subsection (c) commits a petty offense and upon conviction of
18    the offense shall be fined $25.
19        (e)  The Department of Public Health  shall  adopt  rules
20    necessary  to implement this Section.

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