Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2044 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2044 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Tickborne Disease Prevention and Protection Act. Presents legislative findings. Requires the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the medical entomology lab of the Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey and a statewide association representing physicians, to develop protocols and best practices for identifying, diagnosing, and treating tickborne diseases in Illinois and a mandatory accredited continuing medical education course that describes those protocols and best practices. Provides that the Department shall require health care professionals and laboratories to report cases of tickborne disease to each other and the Department. Directs the Department to train local health departments to respond to tickborne disease-related inquiries. Requires the Department to prepare a report of all efforts undertaken by the Department under the Act. LRB103 30685 CPF 57154 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2044 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Tickborne Disease Prevention and Protection Act. Presents legislative findings. Requires the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the medical entomology lab of the Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey and a statewide association representing physicians, to develop protocols and best practices for identifying, diagnosing, and treating tickborne diseases in Illinois and a mandatory accredited continuing medical education course that describes those protocols and best practices. Provides that the Department shall require health care professionals and laboratories to report cases of tickborne disease to each other and the Department. Directs the Department to train local health departments to respond to tickborne disease-related inquiries. Requires the Department to prepare a report of all efforts undertaken by the Department under the Act. LRB103 30685 CPF 57154 b LRB103 30685 CPF 57154 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Creates the Tickborne Disease Prevention and Protection Act. Presents legislative findings. Requires the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the medical entomology lab of the Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey and a statewide association representing physicians, to develop protocols and best practices for identifying, diagnosing, and treating tickborne diseases in Illinois and a mandatory accredited continuing medical education course that describes those protocols and best practices. Provides that the Department shall require health care professionals and laboratories to report cases of tickborne disease to each other and the Department. Directs the Department to train local health departments to respond to tickborne disease-related inquiries. Requires the Department to prepare a report of all efforts undertaken by the Department under the Act.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning health.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title.
15	15	5 (a) This Act may be cited as the Tickborne Disease
16	16	6 Prevention and Protection Act.
17	17	7 (b) This Act may be referred to as the Gabby Galbo
18	18	8 Tickborne Disease Prevention and Protection Law.
19	19	9 Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly
20	20	10 finds that:
21	21	11 (1) Tickborne diseases, including, but not limited to,
22	22	12 Lyme disease, Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis,
23	23	13 Ehrlichiosis, and anaplasmosis, afflict humans and other
24	24	14 animals and are caused by infectious agents transmitted by
25	25	15 tick bites.
26	26	16 (2) In the past decade, tickborne diseases have been
27	27	17 reported more frequently in Illinois.
28	28	18 (3) Anyone participating in an outdoor activity,
29	29	19 especially in an area with tall grasses, shrubs,
30	30	20 low-hanging branches, or leaf mold, has a higher chance of
31	31	21 contracting tick bites, but it is possible to encounter a
32	32	22 tick bite anywhere.
33	33	23 (4) Tick bites can occur throughout the year,
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2044 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Creates the Tickborne Disease Prevention and Protection Act. Presents legislative findings. Requires the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the medical entomology lab of the Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey and a statewide association representing physicians, to develop protocols and best practices for identifying, diagnosing, and treating tickborne diseases in Illinois and a mandatory accredited continuing medical education course that describes those protocols and best practices. Provides that the Department shall require health care professionals and laboratories to report cases of tickborne disease to each other and the Department. Directs the Department to train local health departments to respond to tickborne disease-related inquiries. Requires the Department to prepare a report of all efforts undertaken by the Department under the Act.
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68	68	1 including during winter months.
69	69	2 (5) In 2018, the American Academy of Pediatrics'
70	70	3 Committee on Infectious Diseases determined that a course
71	71	4 of treatment with doxycycline is safe to prescribe to
72	72	5 young children with any infection responsive to it,
73	73	6 specifically including early tickborne diseases.
74	74	7 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
75	75	8 "Tickborne disease" means any disease carried or caused by
76	76	9 a tick.
77	77	10 "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
78	78	11 Section 15. Tickborne disease; protocols and best
79	79	12 practices.
80	80	13 (a) The Department, in conjunction with the National
81	81	14 Institutes of Health, the medical entomology lab of the
82	82	15 Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey,
83	83	16 and a statewide association representing physicians, shall
84	84	17 develop mandatory protocols and best practices for
85	85	18 identifying, diagnosing, and treating tickborne diseases in
86	86	19 Illinois. The Department shall study the diseases carried by
87	87	20 ticks in Illinois and the number of people infected by ticks in
88	88	21 Illinois to provide data to the public on the incidence of
89	89	22 tickborne disease and locations of exposure in Illinois, by
90	90	23 county. The Department shall require local health departments,
91	91	24 health care professionals, and laboratories to report to each
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102	102	1 other and the Department, within the period specified in the
103	103	2 Control of Communicable Diseases Code for reporting to local
104	104	3 health departments, each case of a tickborne disease in the
105	105	4 local health department in whose jurisdiction the case is
106	106	5 reported. The Department shall also train local health
107	107	6 departments to respond to tickborne disease-related inquiries
108	108	7 from the public.
109	109	8 (b) To raise awareness about and promote the prevention of
110	110	9 tickborne disease, the protocols and best practices developed
111	111	10 by the Department under subsection (a):
112	112	11 (1) shall be published on a designated and publicly
113	113	12 accessible webpage, shall include up-to-date information
114	114	13 about the prevention, detection, and treatment of all
115	115	14 tickborne disease, and shall illustrate the prevalence of
116	116	15 tickborne disease using historical mapping;
117	117	16 (2) shall reference peer-reviewed scientific research
118	118	17 articles;
119	119	18 (3) shall incorporate guidance and recommendations
120	120	19 from the federal Centers for Disease Control and
121	121	20 Prevention, the Agency for Healthcare Research and
122	122	21 Quality's National Guideline Clearinghouse, and any other
123	123	22 persons or entities determined by the Department to have
124	124	23 particular expertise in tickborne disease; and
125	125	24 (4) shall be distributed to physicians, other health
126	126	25 care professionals and providers, and persons subject to
127	127	26 an increased risk of contracting tickborne disease.
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138	138	1 (c) The Department shall prepare a report of all efforts
139	139	2 undertaken by the Department under this Act. The report shall
140	140	3 be posted on the Department's website and distributed to local
141	141	4 health departments and to any other facilities as determined
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143	143	6 Section 20. Mandatory continuing medical education
144	144	7 training; tickborne disease. The Department, in conjunction
145	145	8 with the medical entomology lab of the Prairie Research
146	146	9 Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey and a statewide
147	147	10 association representing physicians, shall develop a mandatory
148	148	11 accredited continuing medical education course that describes
149	149	12 the protocols and best practices for identifying, diagnosing,
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