Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2023	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

20 ILCS 2305/2

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22

410 ILCS 535/24

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-24

720 ILCS 570/318

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Access to Public Health Data Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Children and Family Services shall, at the request of a local health department in Illinois, make any and all public health data related to residents of that local health department's jurisdiction available to that local health department for the purposes of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability. Provides that the Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Children and Family Services may adopt any rules necessary to implement the Act. Contains other provisions. Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Provides that emergency access to medical or health information, records, or data shall include access to electronic health records, provided that the local health authority shall be unable to alter the electronic health records. Provides that a person, facility, institution, or agency providing information under the provisions may withhold a patient's mental or behavioral health history. Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that no rule adopted by the Department of Public Health shall be construed as restricting access to vital records by any municipality, county, multicounty, public health district, or regional health officer recognized by the Department for the purposes described in specified provisions. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may release specified confidential information to a certified local health department engaged in the performance of epidemiological studies, the application of data science methods, or other analytic models that protect and promote public health. Makes other changes.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2022	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
1/11/2022	Senate	First Reading
1/11/2022	Senate	Referred to Assignments
1/10/2023	Senate	Session Sine Die

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