Public Act 0928 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 097-0928 |
HB4453 Enrolled | LRB097 18266 RPM 63492 b |
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease |
Control Act is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:
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(410 ILCS 325/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7409)
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Sec. 9. Prisoners. |
(a) The Department and its authorized
representatives may, |
at its discretion, enter any State, county or
municipal |
detention facility to interview, examine and treat any prisoner
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for a sexually transmissible disease. Any such State, county or |
municipal
detention facility shall cooperate with
the |
Department and its authorized representative to provide such |
space as
is necessary for the examination and treatment of all |
prisoners suffering
from or suspected of having a sexually |
transmissible disease.
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(b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as relieving |
the
Department of Corrections or any county or municipality of |
their primary
responsibility for providing medical treatment |
for prisoners under their
jurisdiction, including treatment |
for sexually transmissible diseases.
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(c) Any person who knowingly or maliciously disseminates |
any false
information or report concerning the existence of any |
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sexually
transmissible disease under this Section is guilty of |
a Class A misdemeanor.
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(d) The Department, in consultation with the Department of |
Corrections, shall develop and implement written procedures |
that establish a process for confidentially notifying and |
recommending sexually transmissible disease testing of the |
contacts of a committed person who has been diagnosed with a |
sexually transmissible disease and for notifying and |
recommending sexually transmissible disease testing of a |
committed person who has had contact with one diagnosed with a |
sexually transmissible disease. The process shall be in |
accordance with Sections 3, 5, and 8 of this Act. |
(Source: P.A. 85-681.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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