HB0089 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0089

Introduced 1/14/2009, by Rep. Lou Lang

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-21.11

from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.11

Amends the School Code. Requires school boards, prior to the 2010-2011 school year, to develop policies and adopt rules relating to the prevention of infections transmitted by contact with blood or bodily fluids. Sets forth what the policies and rules must include. Provides that no school shall be required to pay the cost of any testing recommended under these policies and rules. Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, to develop and disseminate to school boards a model exposure policy and training program, which shall be made available at no cost to schools by video, electronic, or other means. Effective July 1, 2009.

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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 10-21.11 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-21.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.11)

Sec. 10-21.11. Infectious disease policies and rules.

(a) To develop policies and adopt rules relating to the appropriate manner of managing children with chronic infectious diseases, not inconsistent with guidelines published by the State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health. Such policies and rules must include evaluation of students with a chronic infectious disease on an individual case-by-case basis, and may include different provisions for different age groups, classes of instruction, types of educational institution, and other reasonable classifications, as the school board may find appropriate.

(b) Prior to the 2010-2011 school year, to develop policies and adopt rules relating to the prevention of infections transmitted by contact with blood or bodily fluids. Such policies and rules must include U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention universal precautions when exposure to blood or bodily fluids occurs; a recommendation for testing by a health care professional; and a summary of applicable State and federal laws applying to confidentiality of medical information. No school shall be required to pay the cost of any testing recommended under these policies and rules. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop and disseminate to school boards a model exposure policy and training program, which shall be made available at no cost to schools by video, electronic, or other means.

(c) The requirements of this Section apply This requirement applies to all school districts and public schools of this State, including special charter districts, Department of Corrections school districts, laboratory schools operated by the governing board of a public university, and alternative schools operated by a regional superintendent of schools.

(Source: P.A. 86-890; 86-1028.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2009.