Bill Text: IL HB1168 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Health Statistics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1168 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB1168-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB1168 Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 520/2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5602
Amends the Illinois Health Statistics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
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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 Illinois Health Statistics Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
(410 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5602)
Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the the context
otherwise requires, the terms specified in this Section have
the meanings ascribed to them herein.
(a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
Health.
(b) "Disclosure" means the communication of health data to
any individual or organization outside the Department.
(c) "Health data" means any information, except vital
records as defined in the Vital Records Act, relating to the
health status of people, the availability of health resources
and services, and the use and cost of such resources and
services.
(d) "Identifiable health data" means any item, collection,
or grouping of health data which makes the individual supplying
it or described in it identifiable.
(e) "Individual" means a natural person.
(f) "Organization" means any corporation, association,

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partnership, agency, department, unit or other legally
constituted institution or entity or part thereof.
(g) "Research and statistical purposes" means the
performance of certain activities relating to health data
including but not limited to: (1) describing the group
characteristics of individuals or organizations; (2) analyzing
the interrelationships among the various characteristics of
individuals or organizations; (3) the conduct of statistical
procedures or studies to improve the quality of health data;
(4) the design of sample surveys and the selection of samples
of individuals or organizations; (5) the preparation and
publication of reports describing these matters; and (6) other
related functions. Specifically excluded as research and
statistical purposes is the use of the data for an individual
or organization to make any determination directly affecting
the rights, benefits, or entitlements of that individual or
organization.
(Source: P.A. 87-895.)