Illinois House Bill 5551 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act. Provides that a health care professional who makes a clinical diagnosis of trichomoniasis may prescribe, dispense, furnish, or otherwise provide prescription antibiotic drugs to the infected person's sexual partner or partners for the treatment of the sexually transmissible disease without physical examination of the partner or partners, if in the judgment of the health care professional the partner is unlikely or unable to present for comprehensive healthcare, including evaluation, testing, and treatment for sexually transmissible diseases.

DISEASE-TRICHOMONIASIS

Rep. Ann Williams [D]

Rep. Sam Yingling [D]

Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]

Rep. Jonathan Pizer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-03-17	House	Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
2020-02-26	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
2020-02-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer
2020-02-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-18	House	First Reading
2020-02-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ann M. Williams

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
410	325	6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5551&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB5551.htm