91st General Assembly
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DART-FLOWERS-MCCARTHY-BROSNAHAN-COULSON, SCOTT AND SILVA.

(PARKER-DEMUZIO-TROTTER-OBAMA-LINK)

   New Act                                                                     
   30 ILCS 105/5.490 new                                                       

        Creates the Health Care Worker  Needle  Stick  Injury  Protection      
   Act.   Provides  that  the Department of Public Health shall, within 6      
   months, adopt a bloodborne pathogen  standard  governing  occupational      
   exposure  of  public employees to infectious materials.  Provides that      
   these standards must meet or exceed the federal  standards.   Provides      
   that  the standards must include a requirement that needleless systems      
   be implemented in facilities employing public employees and  a  system      
   to  log  certain  exposure  incidents. Provides that the Department of      
   Public Health shall create a  list  of  possible  needleless  systems.      
   Amends  the  State Finance Act to create the Health Care Worker Injury      
   Protection Fund which shall  be  used  for  research  into  needleless      
   systems.                                                                    
          FISCAL NOTE (Department of Public Health)                            
          The annual cost for a Public Service Administrator position is       
          estimated at approximately $65,000, including personal ser-          
          vices, equipment, telecommunications, etc.                           
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Excludes the requirement that a needleless system and sharps with      
   engineered sharps injury protection be implemented where  the  product      
   is not available and provides that such system does not apply to            
   pre-filled syringes or medications approved by the federal Food and         
   Drug Administration.                                                        
   99-02-11  H  FILED WITH CLERK                                               
   99-02-11  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   99-02-11  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   99-02-17  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               HUMAN SERVS           
   99-03-03  H  DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE                     009-000-002   HHSV    
   99-03-03  H  PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                       
   99-03-10  H                         FISCAL NOTE FILED                       
   99-03-10  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   99-03-10  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 FLOWERS               
   99-03-10  H  JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO                 MCCARTHY              
   99-03-10  H  JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO                 BROSNAHAN             
   99-03-12  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART               
   99-03-12  H                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL                  
   99-03-12  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   99-03-12  H  SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE                                    
   99-03-12  H  HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE                       
   99-03-16  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 COULSON               
   99-03-16  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SCOTT                 
   99-03-17  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SILVA                 
   99-03-18  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART               
   99-03-18  H  RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED                    HRUL/003-002-000      
   99-03-18  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART               
   99-03-18  H                                   ADOPTED                       
   99-03-18  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   99-03-19  H  THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED        117-000-001           
   99-03-22  S  ARRIVE IN SENATE                                               
   99-03-22  S  PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING   99-03-23              
   99-03-23  S  CHIEF SPONSOR                            DEMUZIO               
   99-03-23  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   99-03-23  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   99-03-25  S  SPONSOR REMOVED                          DEMUZIO               
   99-03-25  S  ALTERNATE CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO       PARKER                
   99-03-25  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              DEMUZIO               
   99-04-15  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              TROTTER               
   99-04-15  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              OBAMA                 
   99-04-16  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              LINK                  
   99-04-20  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               PUBLIC HEALTH         
   99-04-22  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BOWLES                
   99-04-27  S                                 POSTPONED                       
   99-05-04  S                         HELD IN COMMITTEE                       
   99-05-04  S                   COMMITTEE               PUBLIC HEALTH         
   99-05-07  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HALVORSON             
   99-05-07  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    RADOGNO               
   99-05-08  S  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 3-9(A)    RULES                 
   99-05-26  S            RULED EXEMPT UNDER SENATE RULE 3-9(B)        SRUL    
   99-05-26  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               PUBLIC HEALTH         
   00-03-03  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SMITH                 
   00-03-22  S       RE-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE            RULES                 
   01-01-09  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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