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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB1024
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. Carol Ronen - Emil Jones, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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410 ILCS 525/2 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6702 |
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Amends the Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Act. Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning legislative findings.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1024 |
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LRB094 04679 RXD 34708 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 Health and Hazardous Substances |
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| Registry Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 525/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6702)
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| Sec. 2. (a) The General Assembly finds that:
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| (i) the
the dangers of hazardous substances pose a |
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| serious threat to the
public
health and welfare of the |
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| citizens of Illinois;
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| (ii) there exists no unified effort to collect and |
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| analyze information on
hazardous substances and their |
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| potential health effects;
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| (iii) the lack of comprehensive information has caused |
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| concern on the part
of Illinois citizens and a lack of |
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| effective control by the State government;
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| (iv) it is the obligation of the State government to |
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| inform and protect
the citizens of Illinois by developing a |
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| comprehensive and integrated data
system on hazardous |
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| substances and public health.
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| (b) It is the purpose of this Act to establish a unified |
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| Statewide project
to collect, compile and correlate |
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| information on public health and hazardous
substances. Such |
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| information is to be used to assist in the determination of
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| public policy and to provide a source of information for the |
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| public, except
when public disclosure of the information would |
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| violate the provisions of
subsection (d) of Section 4 |
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| concerning confidentiality.
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| (c) In particular, the purpose of the collection of cancer |
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| incidence
information is to:
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| (1) monitor incidence trends of cancer to detect |
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| potential public health
problems, predict risks and |