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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 adding Section 2310-313 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-313 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2310-313. Sepsis Review Task Force. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The Sepsis Review Task Force is created. The Task Force | ||||||
| 10 | shall study sepsis early intervention and the prevention of | ||||||
| 11 | loss of life from sepsis. The Task Force's study shall include, | ||||||
| 12 | but not be limited to: | ||||||
| 13 | (1) studying the Medical Patient Rights Act, reviewing | ||||||
| 14 | how other states handle patients' rights, and determining | ||||||
| 15 | how Illinois can improve patients' rights and prevent | ||||||
| 16 | sepsis based on the approaches of the other states; | ||||||
| 17 | (2) investigating specific advances in medical | ||||||
| 18 | technology that could identify sepsis in blood tests; | ||||||
| 19 | (3) studying medical record sharing that would enable | ||||||
| 20 | physicians and patients to see results from blood work that | ||||||
| 21 | was drawn at hospitals; | ||||||
| 22 | (4) best practices and protocols for hospitals, | ||||||
| 23 | long-term care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home | ||||||
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| 1 | Care Act, ID/DD facilities under the ID/DD Community Care | ||||||
| 2 | Act, and group homes; and | ||||||
| 3 | (5) develop best practices and protocols for emergency | ||||||
| 4 | first responders in the field dealing with patients who | ||||||
| 5 | potentially are in septic shock or others who are suffering | ||||||
| 6 | from sepsis. | ||||||
| 7 | (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members, | ||||||
| 8 | appointed by the Director of Public Health: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) one representative of a statewide association | ||||||
| 10 | representing hospitals; | ||||||
| 11 | (2) two representatives of a statewide organization | ||||||
| 12 | representing physicians licensed to practice medicine in | ||||||
| 13 | all its branches, one of whom shall represent hospitalists; | ||||||
| 14 | (3) one representative of a statewide organization | ||||||
| 15 | representing emergency physicians; | ||||||
| 16 | (4) one representative of a statewide labor union | ||||||
| 17 | representing nurses; | ||||||
| 18 | (5) two representatives of statewide organizations | ||||||
| 19 | representing long-term care facilities; | ||||||
| 20 | (6) one representative of a statewide organization | ||||||
| 21 | representing facilities licensed under the MC/DD Act or | ||||||
| 22 | ID/DD Community Care Act; | ||||||
| 23 | (7) the Chief of the Department's Division of Emergency | ||||||
| 24 | Medical Services and Highway Safety or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 25 | (8) one representative of an ambulance or emergency | ||||||
| 26 | medical services association; | ||||||
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| 1 | (9) three representatives of a nationwide sepsis | ||||||
| 2 | advocacy organization; | ||||||
| 3 | (10) one representative of a medical research | ||||||
| 4 | department at a public university; and | ||||||
| 5 | (11) one representative of a statewide association | ||||||
| 6 | representing medical information management professionals. | ||||||
| 7 | Task Force members shall serve without compensation. If a | ||||||
| 8 | vacancy occurs in the Task Force membership, the vacancy shall | ||||||
| 9 | be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The | ||||||
| 10 | Department of Public Health shall provide the Task Force with | ||||||
| 11 | administrative and other support.
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| 12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 13 | becoming law.
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