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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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 10-21.11 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/10-21.11)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.11)
7     Sec. 10-21.11. Infectious disease policies and rules.
8     (a) To develop policies and adopt rules relating to the
9 appropriate manner of managing children with chronic
10 infectious diseases, not inconsistent with guidelines
11 published by the State Board of Education and the Illinois
12 Department of Public Health. Such policies and rules must
13 include evaluation of students with a chronic infectious
14 disease on an individual case-by-case basis, and may include
15 different provisions for different age groups, classes of
16 instruction, types of educational institution, and other
17 reasonable classifications, as the school board may find
18 appropriate.
19     (b) Prior to the 2010-2011 school year, to develop policies
20 and adopt rules relating to the prevention of infections
21 transmitted by contact with blood or bodily fluids. Such
22 policies and rules must include U.S. Centers for Disease
23 Control and Prevention universal precautions when exposure to

 

 

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1 blood or bodily fluids occurs; a recommendation for testing by
2 a health care professional; and a summary of applicable State
3 and federal laws applying to confidentiality of medical
4 information. No school shall be required to pay the cost of any
5 testing recommended under these policies and rules. The State
6 Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of
7 Public Health, shall develop and disseminate to school boards a
8 model exposure policy and training program, which shall be made
9 available at no cost to schools by video, electronic, or other
10 means.
11     (c) The requirements of this Section apply This requirement
12 applies to all school districts and public schools of this
13 State, including special charter districts, Department of
14 Corrections school districts, laboratory schools operated by
15 the governing board of a public university, and alternative
16 schools operated by a regional superintendent of schools.
17 (Source: P.A. 86-890; 86-1028.)
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
19 2009.