HB4013 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4013

Introduced 2/28/2005, by Rep. Karen May

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-339 new

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to create a registry of the occurrence of birth defects in Illinois. Requires physicians and midwives to report the occurrence of birth defects to the Department. Requires the Department to file with the General Assembly an annual report summarizing the reported information.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 2310-339 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-339 new)

Sec. 2310-339. Birth defects registry. The Department shall create a registry of birth defects occurring in Illinois. Each physician and midwife practicing in Illinois must report to the Department the occurrence of birth defects encountered by the physician or midwife in the course of his or her practice. The Department shall adopt rules prescribing the birth defects to be reported under this Section and prescribing the form and manner of reporting those birth defects to the Department. The Department shall file with the General Assembly an annual report summarizing the information reported by physicians and midwives under this Section.