Bill Text: IL HB0679 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop an informational brochure relating to meningococcal disease that contains specified information. Provides that the Department shall make the brochure available on its website and shall notify every public institution of higher education in the State of the availability of the brochure. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall provide a copy of the brochure to all students and if the student is under 18 years of age, to the student's parent or guardian.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0342 [HB0679 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0679-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB0679 Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 315/1.11 new
Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop an informational brochure relating to meningococcal disease that contains specified information. Provides that the Department shall make the brochure available on its website and shall notify every public institution of higher education in the State of the availability of the brochure. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall provide a copy of the brochure to all students and if the student is under 18 years of age, to the student's parent or guardian.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Communicable Disease Prevention Act is
amended by adding Section 1.11 as follows:
(410 ILCS 315/1.11 new)
Sec. 1.11. Meningococcal disease brochure. The Department
of Public Health shall develop an informational brochure
relating to meningococcal disease that states that
immunizations against meningococcal disease are available. The
Department of Public Health shall make the brochure available
on its website and shall notify every public institution of
higher education in the State of the availability of the
brochure. Each public institution of higher education shall
provide a copy of the brochure to all students and if the
student is under 18 years of age, to the student's parent or
guardian. Such information in the brochure shall include:
(1) the risk factors for and symptoms of meningococcal
disease, how it may be diagnosed, and its possible
consequences if untreated;
(2) how meningococcal disease is transmitted;
(3) the latest scientific information on meningococcal
disease immunization and its effectiveness, including

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information on all meningococcal vaccines receiving a
Category A or B recommendation from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices;
(4) a statement that any questions or concerns
regarding immunization against meningococcal disease may
be answered by contacting the individual's health care
provider; and
(5) a recommendation that the current student or
entering student receive meningococcal vaccines in
accordance with current guideline from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices.