100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB3532

 

Introduced 2/16/2018, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2310/2310-313 new

    Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Sepsis Review Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study sepsis early intervention and the prevention of loss of life from sepsis. Provides that the Task Force's study shall include, but not be limited to, patients' rights, advances in medical technology, medical record sharing, and best practices. Contains provision concerning the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide the Task Force with administrative and other support. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6amended by adding Section 2310-313 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-313 new)
8    Sec. 2310-313. Sepsis Review Task Force.
9    (a) The Sepsis Review Task Force is created. The Task Force
10shall study sepsis early intervention and the prevention of
11loss of life from sepsis. The Task Force's study shall include,
12but not be limited to:
13        (1) studying the Medical Patient Rights Act, reviewing
14    how other states handle patients' rights, and determining
15    how Illinois can improve patients' rights and prevent
16    sepsis based on the approaches of the other states;
17        (2) investigating specific advances in medical
18    technology that could identify sepsis in blood tests;
19        (3) studying medical record sharing that would enable
20    physicians and patients to see results from blood work that
21    was drawn at hospitals;
22        (4) best practices and protocols for hospitals,
23    long-term care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home

 

 

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1    Care Act, ID/DD facilities under the ID/DD Community Care
2    Act, and group homes; and
3        (5) develop best practices and protocols for emergency
4    first responders in the field dealing with patients who
5    potentially are in septic shock or others who are suffering
6    from sepsis.
7    (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members,
8appointed by the Director of Public Health:
9        (1) one representative of a statewide association
10    representing hospitals;
11        (2) two representatives of a statewide organization
12    representing physicians licensed to practice medicine in
13    all its branches, one of whom shall represent hospitalists;
14        (3) one representative of a statewide organization
15    representing emergency physicians;
16        (4) one representative of a statewide labor union
17    representing nurses;
18        (5) two representatives of statewide organizations
19    representing long-term care facilities;
20        (6) one representative of a statewide organization
21    representing facilities licensed under the MC/DD Act or
22    ID/DD Community Care Act;
23        (7) the Chief of the Department's Division of Emergency
24    Medical Services and Highway Safety or his or her designee;
25        (8) one representative of an ambulance or emergency
26    medical services association;

 

 

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1        (9) three representatives of the Sepsis Alliance;
2        10) one representative of a medical research
3    department at a public university; and
4        (11) one representative of a statewide association
5    representing medical information management professionals.
6    Task Force members shall serve without compensation. If a
7vacancy occurs in the Task Force membership, the vacancy shall
8be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The
9Department of Public Health shall provide the Task Force with
10administrative and other support.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.