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1 | AN ACT concerning public health.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Hepatitis C Screening Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Department" means the Department of Public Health. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Director" means the Director of Public Health.
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9 | "Health care practitioner" means a physician licensed to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | practice medicine in all its branches, a physician assistant, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | or a nurse practitioner. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Hepatitis C-related test" means any of the following tests | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | that detect the presence of hepatitis C antibodies in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | blood: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (1) a laboratory screening test approved by the federal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Food and Drug Administration; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (2) a rapid point-of-care test approved by the federal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Food and Drug Administration; or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (3) any other test approved by the federal Food and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Drug Administration. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | "Hospital" means a duly licensed institution as defined in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | the
Hospital Licensing Act or the University of Illinois
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23 | Hospital as defined in the University of Illinois Hospital Act. |
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1 | "Primary care" means the medical fields of family medicine, | ||||||
2 | general pediatrics, primary care, internal medicine, primary | ||||||
3 | care obstetrics, or primary care gynecology, without regard to | ||||||
4 | board certification. | ||||||
5 | Section 10. Required offering of hepatitis C-related | ||||||
6 | testing. | ||||||
7 | (a) Every individual born between the years of 1945 and | ||||||
8 | 1965 who receives health services from a hospital as an | ||||||
9 | inpatient or in the emergency department of a hospital or who | ||||||
10 | receives primary care services in an outpatient department of a | ||||||
11 | hospital or who receives health services from a health care | ||||||
12 | practitioner providing primary care shall be offered a | ||||||
13 | hepatitis C-related test, unless the health care practitioner | ||||||
14 | providing the services reasonably believes that the | ||||||
15 | individual: | ||||||
16 | (1) is being treated for a life-threatening emergency; | ||||||
17 | (2) has previously been offered or has been the subject | ||||||
18 | of a hepatitis C-related test (except that a test shall be | ||||||
19 | offered if otherwise indicated); or | ||||||
20 | (3) lacks capacity to consent to a hepatitis C-related | ||||||
21 | test. | ||||||
22 | (b) If an individual accepts the offer of a hepatitis | ||||||
23 | C-related test and the test is reactive, then the health care | ||||||
24 | provider shall either offer the individual follow-up health | ||||||
25 | care or refer the individual to a health care provider who can |
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1 | provide follow-up health care. The follow-up health care shall | ||||||
2 | include a hepatitis C diagnostic test. | ||||||
3 | (c) The offering of hepatitis C-related testing under this | ||||||
4 | Act shall be culturally and linguistically appropriate in | ||||||
5 | accordance with rules adopted by the Director. | ||||||
6 | (d) The Director shall adopt rules to carry out the | ||||||
7 | provisions of this Act. | ||||||
8 | Section 15. Scope of practice. This Act shall not affect | ||||||
9 | the scope of practice of any health care practitioner or | ||||||
10 | diminish any authority or legal or professional obligation of | ||||||
11 | any health care practitioner to offer hepatitis C-related tests | ||||||
12 | or provide services or care for the subject of a hepatitis | ||||||
13 | C-related test.
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
15 | 1, 2016.
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