Bill Text: IL HB4353 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that in the event a physician of the Department of Transportation uses guidance standards that are in violation of Public Law 113-45 with regards to sleep apnea screening and testing of a potential employee of the Department when the employee may be operating a commercial motor vehicle, the physician shall be subject to a civil penalty of no more than $5,000 and the Department shall revoke his or her physician certificate. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4353 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4353-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4353 Introduced , by Rep. Jerry Lee Long SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2705/2705-583 new
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that in the event a physician of the Department of Transportation uses guidance standards that are in violation of Public Law 113-45 with regards to sleep apnea screening and testing of a potential employee of the Department when the employee may be operating a commercial motor vehicle, the physician shall be subject to a civil penalty of no more than $5,000 and the Department shall revoke his or her physician certificate. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
Section 2705-583 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2705/2705-583 new)
Sec. 2705-583. Department physicians; sleep apnea
screening. In the event a physician of the Department uses
guidance standards that are in violation of Public Law 113-45,
approved October 15, 2013, with regards to sleep apnea
screening and testing of a potential employee of the Department
when the employee may be operating a commercial motor vehicle,
the physician shall be subject to a civil penalty of no more
than $5,000 and the Department shall revoke his or her
physician certificate.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.