93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2749

 

Introduced 2/5/2004, by Mattie Hunter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2310/2310-610 new

    Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to classify obesity as a disease. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT in relation to public health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 2310-610 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 2310/2310-610 new)
8     Sec. 2310-610. Disease classification; obesity. The
9 Department shall classify obesity as a disease.
10     For the purpose of this Section:
11     "Body mass index" means a mathematical formula used to
12 determine a person's body weight in relation to height as
13 measured by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by the
14 square of the person's height in meters.
15     "Obesity" means:
16         (1) having a body mass index of 30 or greater; or
17         (2) having a body mass index of 27 or greater and
18     having one or more of the following:
19             (i) Type II diabetes mellitus;
20             (ii) Impaired glucose tolerance;
21             (iii) Hypertension;
22             (iv) Cardiovascular disease;
23             (v) Gastric reflux disease;
24             (vi) Gall bladder disease;
25             (vii) Osteoarthritis of the hips or knees;
26             (viii) Sleep apnea;
27             (ix) Cerebrovascular disease (stroke);
28             (x) Coronary heart disease;
29             (xi) Dyslipidemia;
30             (xii) Gout;
31             (xiii) Cancer;
32             (xiv) Infertility; or

 

 

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1             (xv) Respiratory difficulties
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.