| 4 | | - | AN ACT concerning health. |
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| 5 | | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 6 | | - | represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 7 | | - | Section 1. References to Act. This Act may be referred to |
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| 8 | | - | as the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Act. |
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| 9 | | - | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
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| 10 | | - | Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| 11 | | - | amended by adding Section 2310-730 as follows: |
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| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning health. |
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| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 6 | + | 4 Section 1. References to Act. This Act may be referred to |
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| 7 | + | 5 as the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Act. |
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| 8 | + | 6 Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
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| 9 | + | 7 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| 10 | + | 8 amended by adding Section 2310-730 as follows: |
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| 11 | + | 9 (20 ILCS 2310/2310-730 new) |
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| 12 | + | 10 Sec. 2310-730. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness |
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| 13 | + | 11 Program. |
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| 14 | + | 12 (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Public |
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| 15 | + | 13 Health, in conjunction with experts in the field of Duchenne |
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| 16 | + | 14 muscular dystrophy, shall develop mandatory protocols and best |
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| 17 | + | 15 practices for providing the necessary medical guidance for |
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| 18 | + | 16 Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Illinois. |
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| 19 | + | 17 (b) To raise awareness about Duchenne muscular dystrophy, |
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| 20 | + | 18 the protocols and best practices developed by the Department |
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| 21 | + | 19 under subsection (a): |
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| 22 | + | 20 (1) shall be published on a designated and publicly |
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| 23 | + | 21 accessible webpage; |
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| 24 | + | 22 (2) shall include up-to-date information about |
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