Full Text of HB0595 94th General Assembly
HB0595 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0595
Introduced 1/27/2005, by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Requires the Department of Public Health to develop and make available to physicians, other health care providers, members of the armed services, and other persons subject to an increased risk of contracting Hepatitis C certain educational materials on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease. Makes changes to the statement of legislative purpose to recognize that members of the armed forces are at an increased risk of contracting the disease. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT in relation to educational materials on hepatitis C | 2 |
| for veterans.
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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 Department of Public Health Powers and | 6 |
| Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 7 |
| amended by changing Section 2310-376 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-376)
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| Sec. 2310-376. Hepatitis C education and outreach.
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| (a) The Illinois General Assembly finds and declares the | 11 |
| following:
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| (1) The World Health Organization characterizes | 13 |
| Hepatitis C as a disease
of
primary concern to humanity.
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| (2) Hepatitis C is considered a silent killer; no | 15 |
| recognizable signs or
symptoms occur until severe liver | 16 |
| damage has occurred.
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| (3) Studies indicate that nearly 4 million Americans | 18 |
| (1.8 percent of the
population) carry the virus HCV that | 19 |
| causes the disease.
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| (4) 30,000 acute new infections occur each year in the | 21 |
| United States,
and
only 25 to 30 percent are diagnosed.
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| (5) 8,000 to 10,000 Americans die from the disease each | 23 |
| year.
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| (6) 200,000 Illinois residents may be carriers and | 25 |
| could develop the
debilitating and potentially deadly | 26 |
| liver disease.
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| (7) Inmates of correctional facilities have a higher | 28 |
| incidence of
Hepatitis
C and, upon their release, present a | 29 |
| significant health risk to the general
population.
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| (8) Illinois members of the armed services are subject | 31 |
| to an increased risk of contracting Hepatitis C due to | 32 |
| their possible receipt of contaminated blood during a |
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| transfusion occurring for the treatment of wounds and due | 2 |
| to their service in areas of the World where the disease is | 3 |
| more prevalent and healthcare is less capable of detecting | 4 |
| and treating the disease. Many of these service members are | 5 |
| unaware of the danger of Hepatitis C and their increased | 6 |
| risk of contracting the disease.
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| (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall conduct | 8 |
| an education and
outreach campaign, in
addition to its overall | 9 |
| effort to prevent infectious disease in Illinois, in
order to
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| raise awareness about and promote prevention of Hepatitis C.
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| (c) In addition to the education and outreach campaign | 12 |
| provided in subsection (b), the Department shall develop and | 13 |
| make available to physicians, other health care providers, | 14 |
| members of the armed services, and other persons subject to an | 15 |
| increased risk of contracting Hepatitis C, educational | 16 |
| materials, in written and electronic forms, on the diagnosis, | 17 |
| treatment, and prevention of the disease. These materials shall | 18 |
| include the recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease | 19 |
| Control and Prevention and any other persons or entities | 20 |
| determined by the Department to have particular expertise on | 21 |
| Hepatitis C, including the American Liver Foundation. These | 22 |
| materials shall be written in terms that are understandable by | 23 |
| members of the general public.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-129, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 |
| becoming law.
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