HB0027 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0027

Introduced 1/14/2009, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-640 new

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish a 3-year pilot program for the Chicago school district in which the Department shall require an electrocardiogram (EKG) test as part of the health examination that student athletes are required to undergo. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-640 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-640 new)

Sec. 2310-640. Student athletes; EKG test required; pilot program. The Department shall establish a 3-year pilot program for City of Chicago School District 299 in which the Department shall require an electrocardiogram (EKG) test as part of the health examination that student athletes are required to undergo. Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.