96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1687


 
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Mattie Hunter
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



410 ILCS 315/2
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.12








    Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Provides that the rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Public Health requiring immunization of children must include, but are not limited to, a booster immunization containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and an acellular pertussis vaccine for children entering the 6th grade. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning public health.

 
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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 Communicable Disease Prevention Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 2 as follows:
 



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    (410 ILCS 315/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.12)



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    Sec. 2. The Department of Public Health shall promulgate 
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rules and
regulations requiring immunization of children 
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against preventable communicable
diseases designated by the 
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Director, including, but not limited to, a booster immunization 
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containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and an acellular 
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pertussis vaccine for children entering the 6th grade. Before 
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any regulation or amendment
thereto is prescribed, the 
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Department shall conduct a public hearing
regarding such 
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regulation.
In addition, before any regulation or any amendment 
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to a regulation is
adopted,
and after the Immunization Advisory 
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Committee has made its recommendations,
the State Board of 
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Health shall conduct 3 public hearings,
geographically

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distributed throughout the State, regarding the regulation or 
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amendment to the
regulation.  At the conclusion of the hearings, 
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the State Board of Health shall
issue a report, including its 
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recommendations, to the Director.  The Director
shall take into 
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consideration any comments or recommendations made by the Board

 


 






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based on these hearings.
The Department may prescribe 
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additional rules
and regulations for immunization of other 
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diseases as vaccines are
developed.

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    The provisions of this Act shall not apply if:

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    1. The parent or guardian of the child objects thereto on 
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the grounds
that the administration of immunizing agents 
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conflicts with his religious
tenets or practices or,

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    2. A physician employed by the parent or guardian to 
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provide care and
treatment to the child states that the 
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physical condition of the child is
such that the administration 
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of one or more of the required immunizing
agents would be 
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detrimental to the health of the child.

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(Source: P.A. 90-607, eff. 6-30-98.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.