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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0741 Introduced 1/30/2017, by Sen. Emil Jones, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health may require certified local health departments and any facility licensed by the Department (currently, may require any facility licensed by the Department) to implement an influenza vaccination program that ensures that the health care personnel of the facility are vaccinated against specified influenza viruses (currently, are offered the opportunity to be vaccinated against specified influenza viruses). Provides that the Department may adopt rules that make exceptions for employees who may be exempt from influenza vaccination program requirements. Provides that general philosophical or moral reluctance to influenza vaccinations is not a sufficient basis for an exemption to statutory requirements. Provides that medical exemptions shall be consistent with current guidelines issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides that nothing in provisions concerning an influenza vaccination program prohibits certified local health departments and any facility licensed by the Department from implementing more stringent influenza vaccination policies, strategies, or programs, including a mandatory health care personnel influenza vaccination program, designed to improve health care personnel vaccination rates that are consistent with existing law and rules. Effective immediately.
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| | SB0741 | | LRB100 07983 MJP 18063 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Public Health Powers and |
| 5 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
| 6 | | amended by changing Section 2310-650 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-650) |
| 8 | | Sec. 2310-650. Influenza vaccination program. The |
| 9 | | Department of Public Health may require certified local health |
| 10 | | departments and any facility licensed by the Department to |
| 11 | | implement an influenza vaccination program that ensures that |
| 12 | | the health care personnel employees of the facility are offered |
| 13 | | the opportunity to be vaccinated against seasonal influenza and |
| 14 | | any other novel or pandemic influenza viruses as vaccines |
| 15 | | become available. The Department may adopt rules setting forth |
| 16 | | the requirements of the influenza vaccination program, along |
| 17 | | with exceptions for employees who may be exempt from this |
| 18 | | requirement. General philosophical or moral reluctance to |
| 19 | | influenza vaccinations is not a sufficient basis for an |
| 20 | | exemption to statutory requirements. Medical exemptions shall |
| 21 | | be consistent with current guidelines issued by the Centers for |
| 22 | | Disease Control and Prevention.
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| 23 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits certified local health |