Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Filed: 1/31/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4306

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4306, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Perinatal HIV Prevention Act is amended by
6 changing Sections 5 and 10 and by adding Sections 15, 20, 25,
7 30, and 35 as follows:
 
8     (410 ILCS 335/5)
9     Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
10     "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
11     "Health care professional" means a physician licensed to
12 practice medicine in all its branches, a physician assistant
13 who has been delegated the provision of health services by his
14 or her supervising physician, or an advanced practice
15 registered nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with
16 a collaborating physician that authorizes the provision of
17 health services.
18     "Health care facility" or "facility" means any hospital or
19 other institution that is licensed or otherwise authorized to
20 deliver health care services.
21     "Health care services" means any prenatal medical care or
22 labor or delivery services to a pregnant woman and her newborn
23 infant, including hospitalization.
24 (Source: P.A. 93-566, eff. 8-20-03.)
 

 

 

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1     (410 ILCS 335/10)
2     Sec. 10. HIV counseling and recommendation offer of HIV
3 testing required.
4     (a) Every health care professional who provides health care
5 services to a pregnant woman shall provide the woman with HIV
6 counseling and recommend offer HIV testing, unless she has
7 already received an HIV test during pregnancy. HIV testing
8 shall be provided with the woman's consent. A health care
9 professional shall provide the counseling and recommend offer
10 the testing as early in the woman's pregnancy as possible. For
11 women at continued risk of exposure to HIV infection in the
12 judgment of the health care professional, a repeat test should
13 be recommended offered late in pregnancy or at the time of
14 labor and delivery. The health care professional shall inform
15 the pregnant woman that, should she refuse HIV testing during
16 pregnancy, her newborn infant will be tested for HIV. The
17 counseling and recommendation offer of testing shall be
18 documented in the woman's medical record.
19     (b) Every health care professional or facility that cares
20 for a pregnant woman during labor or delivery shall provide the
21 woman with HIV counseling and recommend offer HIV testing. HIV
22 testing shall be provided with the woman's consent. No
23 counseling or offer of testing is required if already provided
24 during the woman's pregnancy. The counseling and offer of
25 testing shall be documented in the woman's medical record. The
26 health care facility shall adopt a policy that provides that as
27 soon as possible within medical standards after the infant's
28 birth, the mother's HIV test result, if available, shall be
29 noted in the newborn infant's medical record. It shall also be
30 noted in the newborn infant's medical record if the mother's
31 HIV test result is not available because she has not been
32 tested or has declined testing. Any testing or test results
33 shall be documented in accordance with the AIDS Confidentiality

 

 

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1 Act.
2     (c) Every health care professional or facility caring for a
3 newborn infant shall, upon delivery or as soon as possible
4 within medical standards 48 hours after the infant's birth,
5 provide counseling to the parent or guardian of the infant and
6 perform rapid HIV testing, when the HIV status of the infant's
7 mother is unknown, if the parent or guardian does not refuse.
8 The health care professional or facility shall document in the
9 woman's medical record that counseling and the offer of testing
10 were given, and that no written refusal was given.
11     (d) The counseling required under this Section must be
12 provided in accordance with the AIDS Confidentiality Act and
13 must include the following:
14         (1) For the health of the pregnant woman, the voluntary
15     nature of the testing and the The benefits of HIV testing,
16     for the pregnant woman, including the prevention of
17     transmission.
18         (2) The benefit of HIV testing for the newborn infant,
19     including interventions to prevent HIV transmission.
20         (3) The side effects of interventions to prevent HIV
21     transmission.
22         (4) The statutory confidentiality provisions that
23     relate to HIV and acquired immune deficiency syndrome
24     ("AIDS") testing.
25         (5) The voluntary nature of the testing, including the
26     opportunity to refuse testing of a newborn infant in
27     writing.
28     (e) All counseling and testing must be performed in
29 accordance with the standards set forth in the AIDS
30 Confidentiality Act, including the written informed consent
31 provisions of Sections 4, 7, and 8 of that Act, with the
32 exception of the requirement of consent for testing of newborn
33 infants. Consent for testing of a newborn infant shall be
34 presumed when a health care professional or health care

 

 

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1 facility seeks to perform a test on a newborn infant whose
2 mother's HIV status is not known, provided that the counseling
3 required under subsection (d) has taken place and the newborn
4 infant's parent or guardian has not indicated in writing that
5 he or she refuses to allow the newborn infant to receive HIV
6 testing.
7     (f) The Illinois Department of Public Health shall adopt
8 necessary rules to implement this Act.
9 (Source: P.A. 93-566, eff. 8-20-03.)
 
10     (410 ILCS 335/15 new)
11     Sec. 15. Reporting.
12     (a) A health care facility shall adopt a policy that
13 provides that a report of a preliminarily HIV-positive woman
14 and a report of a preliminarily HIV-exposed newborn infant
15 identified by a rapid HIV test conducted during labor and
16 delivery or after delivery shall be made to the Department's
17 Perinatal HIV Hotline within 24 hours after birth. Section 15
18 of the AIDS Confidentiality Act applies to reporting under this
19 Act, except for willful and wanton misconduct.
20     (b) The Department shall adopt rules specifying the
21 information required in reporting the preliminarily
22 HIV-positive woman and preliminarily HIV-exposed newborn
23 infant and the method of reporting. In adopting the rules, the
24 Department shall consider the need for information,
25 protections for the privacy and confidentiality of the infant
26 and parents, the need to provide access to care and follow-up
27 services to the infant, and procedures for destruction of
28 records maintained by the Department if, through subsequent HIV
29 testing, the woman or newborn infant is found to be
30 HIV-negative.
31     (c) The confidentiality provisions of the AIDS
32 Confidentiality Act shall apply to the reports of cases of
33 perinatal HIV made pursuant to this Section.

 

 

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1     (d) Health care facilities shall monthly report aggregate
2 statistics to the Department that include the number of
3 infected women who presented with known HIV status, the number
4 of pregnant women rapidly tested for HIV in labor and delivery,
5 the number of newborn infants rapidly tested for HIV-exposure,
6 the number of preliminarily HIV-positive pregnant women and
7 HIV-exposed newborn infants identified, the number of families
8 referred to case management, and other information the
9 Department determines is necessary to measure progress under
10 the provisions of this Act. Health care facilities must report
11 the confirmatory test result when it becomes available for each
12 preliminarily positive rapid HIV test performed on the woman
13 and newborn.
14     (e) The Department or its authorized representative shall
15 provide case management services to the preliminarily positive
16 pregnant woman or the parent or guardian of the newborn infant
17 to ensure access to treatment and care and other services as
18 appropriate if the parent or guardian has consented to the
19 services.
 
20     (410 ILCS 335/20 new)
21     Sec. 20. 24-hour Perinatal HIV Hotline.
22     (a) The Department of Public Health or its authorized
23 representative shall establish and maintain a 24-hour
24 Perinatal HIV Hotline. The purpose of the hotline is to provide
25 linkage to case management and ensure consultation to help
26 prevent the following:
27         (1) transmission of HIV during labor and delivery; and
28         (2) HIV infection of the newborn infant.
29     (b) The hotline must provide to health care professionals
30 perinatal HIV treatment information in accordance with
31 guidelines established by the U.S. Public Health Service or
32 other nationally-recognized experts, as determined by the
33 Department. An electronic reporting system may replace the

 

 

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1 telephone hotline if the Department determines the same
2 services can be provided more effectively.
 
3     (410 ILCS 335/25 new)
4     Sec. 25. Treatment information. A health care facility
5 shall adopt a policy that provides that when an HIV test
6 performed under this Act shows that a newborn infant is
7 HIV-exposed, the infant's parent or guardian shall be informed
8 of the importance of obtaining timely treatment for the infant
9 in order to prevent the newborn from becoming HIV infected, and
10 the mother of the newborn infant shall be informed of the
11 importance of obtaining treatment for her HIV infection. The
12 Department shall provide to health care professionals and
13 health care facilities written information that may be used to
14 satisfy their obligation under this Section.
 
15     (410 ILCS 335/30 new)
16     Sec. 30. Objections of parent or guardian to test. The
17 provisions of this Act shall not apply when a parent or
18 guardian of a child objects thereto on the grounds that the
19 test conflicts with his or her religious tenets and practices.
20 A written statement of the objection shall be presented to the
21 physician or other person whose duty it is to administer and
22 report the tests under the provisions of this Act.
 
23     (410 ILCS 335/35 new)
24     Sec. 35. Department report. The Department of Public Health
25 shall prepare an annual report for the Governor and the General
26 Assembly on the implementation of this Act that includes
27 information on the number of HIV-positive women who presented
28 with known HIV status, the number of pregnant women rapidly
29 tested for HIV in labor and delivery, the number of newborn
30 infants rapidly tested for HIV exposure, the number of
31 preliminarily HIV-positive pregnant women and preliminarily

 

 

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1 HIV-exposed newborn infants identified, the confirmatory test
2 result for each preliminarily positive rapid HIV test performed
3 on the woman and newborn, the number of families referred to
4 case management, and other information the Department
5 determines is necessary to measure progress under the
6 provisions of this Act. The Department shall assess the needs
7 of health care professionals and facilities for ongoing
8 training in implementation of the provisions of this Act and
9 make recommendations to improve the program.
 
10     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.".