Bill Amendment: IL SB0661 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

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Bill Title: HEPATITIS C SCREENING ACT

Status: 2015-09-24 - Total Veto Stands [SB0661 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0661-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe

Filed: 5/11/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 661
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 661 on page 7, by
replacing lines 15 and 16 with the following:
"hepatitis C virus screening and confirmatory testing when
ordered by an individual's primary care physician or
practitioner within the context of a primary care setting who
meet either of the following conditions:
(1) Adults at high risk for hepatitis C infection.
Repeat screenings for high risk persons are covered
annually only for persons who have had continued illicit
injection drug use since the prior negative screening test.
(2) Adults who are not high risk, but who were born on
or after January 1, 1945 through December 31, 1965. A
single, one-time screening test is covered for these
individuals.
As used in this Section, "high risk" is defined as persons
with a current or past history of illicit injection drug use

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and persons who have a history of receiving a blood transfusion
prior to 1992.".