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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4353 Introduced , by Rep. Jerry Lee Long SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 20 ILCS 2705/2705-583 new | |
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Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that in the event a physician of the Department of Transportation uses guidance standards that are in violation of Public Law 113-45 with regards to sleep apnea screening and testing of a potential employee of the Department when the employee may be operating a commercial motor vehicle, the physician shall be subject to a civil penalty of no more than $5,000 and the Department shall revoke his or her physician certificate. Effective immediately.
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| | HB4353 | | LRB100 16811 AXK 31952 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| 5 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding |
| 6 | | Section 2705-583 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-583 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 2705-583. Department physicians; sleep apnea |
| 9 | | screening. In the event a physician of the Department uses |
| 10 | | guidance standards that are in violation of Public Law 113-45, |
| 11 | | approved October 15, 2013, with regards to sleep apnea |
| 12 | | screening and testing of a potential employee of the Department |
| 13 | | when the employee may be operating a commercial motor vehicle, |
| 14 | | the physician shall be subject to a civil penalty of no more |
| 15 | | than $5,000 and the Department shall revoke his or her |
| 16 | | physician certificate.
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| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 18 | | becoming law.
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