Bill Amendment: IL HB1004 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
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Bill Title: HEALTH-TECH
Status: 2015-07-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0054 [HB1004 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB1004-House_Amendment_003.html
Bill Title: HEALTH-TECH
Status: 2015-07-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0054 [HB1004 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB1004-House_Amendment_003.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1004
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1004, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | ||||||
6 | Section 5.666 as follows:
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7 | (30 ILCS 105/5.666)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 5.666. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. | ||||||
10 | This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026 2016 . | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 94-797, eff. 1-1-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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12 | Section 10. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act is | ||||||
13 | amended by changing Section 27 as follows:
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14 | (410 ILCS 303/27) |
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1 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 27. African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. | ||||||
3 | (a) The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund is created | ||||||
4 | as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys deposited into | ||||||
5 | the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used for grants | ||||||
6 | for programs to prevent the transmission of HIV and other | ||||||
7 | programs and activities consistent with the purposes of this | ||||||
8 | Act, including, but not limited to, preventing and treating | ||||||
9 | HIV/AIDS, the creation of an HIV/AIDS service delivery system, | ||||||
10 | and the administration of the Act. Moneys for the Fund shall | ||||||
11 | come from appropriations by the General Assembly, federal | ||||||
12 | funds, and other public resources. | ||||||
13 | (b) The Fund shall provide resources for communities in | ||||||
14 | Illinois to create an HIV/AIDS service delivery system that | ||||||
15 | reduces the disparity of HIV infection and AIDS cases between | ||||||
16 | African-Americans and other population groups in Illinois that | ||||||
17 | may be impacted by the disease by, including but, not limited | ||||||
18 | to: | ||||||
19 | (1) developing, implementing, and maintaining a | ||||||
20 | comprehensive, culturally sensitive HIV Prevention Plan | ||||||
21 | targeting communities that are identified as high-risk in | ||||||
22 | terms of the impact of the disease on African-Americans; | ||||||
23 | (2) developing, implementing, and maintaining a stable | ||||||
24 | HIV/AIDS service delivery infrastructure in Illinois | ||||||
25 | communities that will meet the needs of African-Americans; | ||||||
26 | (3) developing, implementing, and maintaining a |
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1 | statewide HIV/AIDS testing program; | ||||||
2 | (4) providing funding for HIV/AIDS social and | ||||||
3 | scientific research to improve prevention and treatment; | ||||||
4 | (5) providing comprehensive technical and other | ||||||
5 | assistance to African-American community service | ||||||
6 | organizations that are involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and | ||||||
7 | treatment; | ||||||
8 | (6) developing, implementing, and maintaining an | ||||||
9 | infrastructure for African-American community service | ||||||
10 | organizations to make them less dependent on government | ||||||
11 | resources; and | ||||||
12 | (7) creating and maintaining at least 17 one-stop | ||||||
13 | shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. | ||||||
14 | (c) When providing grants pursuant to this Fund, the | ||||||
15 | Department of Public Health shall give priority to the | ||||||
16 | development of comprehensive medical and social services to | ||||||
17 | African-Americans at risk of infection from or infected with | ||||||
18 | HIV/AIDS in areas of the State determined to have the greatest | ||||||
19 | geographic prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the African-American | ||||||
20 | population. | ||||||
21 | (d) The Section is repealed on July 1, 2026 2016 .
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22 | (Source: P.A. 94-797, eff. 1-1-07.)
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23 | Section 15. The AIDS Confidentiality Act is amended by | ||||||
24 | changing Sections 3, 4, and 9 as follows:
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1 | (410 ILCS 305/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7303)
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2 | Sec. 3. Definitions. When used in this Act:
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3 | (a) "AIDS" means acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. | ||||||
4 | (b) "Authority" means the Illinois Health Information | ||||||
5 | Exchange Authority established pursuant to the Illinois Health | ||||||
6 | Information Exchange and Technology Act. | ||||||
7 | (c) "Business associate" has the meaning ascribed to it | ||||||
8 | under HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 160.103. | ||||||
9 | (d) "Covered entity" has the meaning ascribed to it under | ||||||
10 | HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 160.103. | ||||||
11 | (e) "De-identified information" means health information | ||||||
12 | that is not individually identifiable as described under HIPAA, | ||||||
13 | as specified in 45 CFR 164.514(b). | ||||||
14 | (f) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
15 | Health or its designated agents.
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16 | (g) "Disclosure" has the meaning ascribed to it under | ||||||
17 | HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 160.103. | ||||||
18 | (h) "Health care operations" has the meaning ascribed to it | ||||||
19 | under HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 164.501. | ||||||
20 | (i) "Health care professional" means (i) a licensed | ||||||
21 | physician, (ii) a
physician assistant
to whom the physician | ||||||
22 | assistant's supervising physician has delegated the
provision | ||||||
23 | of AIDS and
HIV-related health services, (iii) an advanced | ||||||
24 | practice registered nurse who
has a written
collaborative | ||||||
25 | agreement with a collaborating physician which authorizes the
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26 | provision of AIDS
and HIV-related health services, (iv) an |
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1 | advanced practice nurse or physician assistant who practices in | ||||||
2 | a hospital or ambulatory surgical treatment center and | ||||||
3 | possesses appropriate clinical privileges, (v) a licensed | ||||||
4 | dentist, (vi) (v) a licensed podiatric physician, or (vii) (vi) | ||||||
5 | an
individual certified to provide HIV testing and counseling | ||||||
6 | by a state or local
public health
department. | ||||||
7 | (j) "Health care provider" has the meaning ascribed to it | ||||||
8 | under HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 160.103.
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9 | (k) "Health facility" means a hospital, nursing home, blood | ||||||
10 | bank, blood
center, sperm bank, or other health care | ||||||
11 | institution, including any "health
facility" as that term is | ||||||
12 | defined in the Illinois Finance Authority
Act.
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13 | (l) "Health information exchange" or "HIE" means a health | ||||||
14 | information exchange or health information organization that | ||||||
15 | oversees and governs the electronic exchange of health | ||||||
16 | information that (i) is established pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Health Information Exchange and Technology Act, or any | ||||||
18 | subsequent amendments thereto, and any administrative rules | ||||||
19 | adopted thereunder; (ii) has established a data sharing | ||||||
20 | arrangement with the Authority; or (iii) as of August 16, 2013, | ||||||
21 | was designated by the Authority Board as a member of, or was | ||||||
22 | represented on, the Authority Board's Regional Health | ||||||
23 | Information Exchange Workgroup; provided that such designation
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24 | shall not require the establishment of a data sharing | ||||||
25 | arrangement or other participation with the Illinois Health
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26 | Information Exchange or the payment of any fee. In certain |
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1 | circumstances, in accordance with HIPAA, an HIE will be a | ||||||
2 | business associate. | ||||||
3 | (m) "Health oversight agency" has the meaning ascribed to | ||||||
4 | it under HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 164.501. | ||||||
5 | (n) "HIPAA" means the Health Insurance Portability and | ||||||
6 | Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended by | ||||||
7 | the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical | ||||||
8 | Health Act of 2009, Public Law 111-05, and any subsequent | ||||||
9 | amendments thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder. | ||||||
10 | (o) "HIV" means the human immunodeficiency virus. | ||||||
11 | (p) "HIV-related information" means the identity of a | ||||||
12 | person upon whom an HIV test is performed, the results of an | ||||||
13 | HIV test, as well as diagnosis, treatment, and prescription | ||||||
14 | information that reveals a patient is HIV-positive, including | ||||||
15 | such information contained in a limited data set. "HIV-related | ||||||
16 | information" does not include information that has been | ||||||
17 | de-identified in accordance with HIPAA. | ||||||
18 | (q) "Informed consent" means : | ||||||
19 | (1) where a health care provider, health care | ||||||
20 | professional, or health facility has implemented opt-in | ||||||
21 | testing, a process by which an individual or their legal | ||||||
22 | representative receives pre-test information, has an | ||||||
23 | opportunity to ask questions, and consents verbally or in | ||||||
24 | writing to the test without undue inducement or any element | ||||||
25 | of force, fraud, deceit, duress, or other form of | ||||||
26 | constraint or coercion; or |
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1 | (2) where a health care provider, health care | ||||||
2 | professional, or health facility has implemented opt-out | ||||||
3 | testing, the individual or their legal representative has | ||||||
4 | been notified verbally or in writing that the test is | ||||||
5 | planned, has received pre-test information, has been given | ||||||
6 | the opportunity to ask questions and the opportunity to | ||||||
7 | decline testing, and has not declined testing; where such | ||||||
8 | notice is provided, consent for opt-out HIV testing may be | ||||||
9 | incorporated into the patient's general consent for | ||||||
10 | medical care on the same basis as are other screening or | ||||||
11 | diagnostic tests; a separate consent for opt-out HIV | ||||||
12 | testing is not required. a written or verbal
agreement by | ||||||
13 | the subject of a test or the subject's
legally authorized | ||||||
14 | representative without undue inducement or any element
of | ||||||
15 | force, fraud, deceit, duress, or other form of constraint | ||||||
16 | or coercion,
which entails at least the following pre-test | ||||||
17 | information: | ||||||
18 | (1) a fair explanation of the test, including its | ||||||
19 | purpose, potential
uses, limitations, and the meaning of | ||||||
20 | its results; | ||||||
21 | (2) a fair explanation of the procedures to be | ||||||
22 | followed, including the
voluntary nature of the test, the | ||||||
23 | right to withdraw consent to the testing
process at any | ||||||
24 | time, the right to anonymity to the extent provided by law
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25 | with respect to participation in the test and disclosure of | ||||||
26 | test results,
and the right to confidential treatment of
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1 | information identifying the subject of the test and the | ||||||
2 | results of the
test, to the extent provided by law; and | ||||||
3 | In addition, (3) where the person providing informed | ||||||
4 | consent is a participant in an HIE, informed consent requires a | ||||||
5 | fair explanation that the results of the patient's HIV test | ||||||
6 | will be accessible through an HIE and meaningful disclosure of | ||||||
7 | the patient's opt-out right under Section 9.6 of this Act. | ||||||
8 | A health care provider, health care professional, or health | ||||||
9 | facility undertaking an informed consent process for HIV | ||||||
10 | testing under this subsection may combine a form used to obtain | ||||||
11 | informed consent for HIV testing with forms used to obtain | ||||||
12 | written consent for general medical care or any other medical | ||||||
13 | test or procedure, provided that the forms make it clear that | ||||||
14 | the subject may consent to general medical care, tests, or | ||||||
15 | procedures without being required to consent to HIV testing, | ||||||
16 | and clearly explain how the subject may decline HIV testing. | ||||||
17 | Health facility clerical staff or other staff responsible for | ||||||
18 | the consent form for general medical care may obtain consent | ||||||
19 | for HIV testing through a general consent form. | ||||||
20 | Pre-test information may be provided in writing, verbally, | ||||||
21 | or by video, electronic, or other means. The subject must be | ||||||
22 | offered an opportunity to ask questions about the HIV test and | ||||||
23 | decline testing. Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a health | ||||||
24 | care provider or health care professional from combining a form | ||||||
25 | used to obtain informed consent for HIV testing with forms used | ||||||
26 | to obtain written consent for general medical care or any other |
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1 | medical test or procedure provided that the forms make it clear | ||||||
2 | that the subject may consent to general medical care, tests, or | ||||||
3 | medical procedures without being required to consent to HIV | ||||||
4 | testing and clearly explain how the subject may opt out of HIV | ||||||
5 | testing. | ||||||
6 | (r) "Limited data set" has the meaning ascribed to it under | ||||||
7 | HIPAA, as described in 45 CFR 164.514(e)(2). | ||||||
8 | (s) "Minimum necessary" means the HIPAA standard for using, | ||||||
9 | disclosing, and requesting protected health information found | ||||||
10 | in 45 CFR 164.502(b) and 164.514(d). | ||||||
11 | (s-1) "Opt-in testing" means an approach where an HIV test | ||||||
12 | is presented by offering the test and the patient accepts or | ||||||
13 | declines testing. | ||||||
14 | (s-3) "Opt-out testing" means an approach where an HIV test | ||||||
15 | is presented such that a patient is notified that HIV testing | ||||||
16 | may occur unless the patient declines. | ||||||
17 | (t) "Organized health care arrangement" has the meaning | ||||||
18 | ascribed to it under HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 160.103. | ||||||
19 | (u) "Patient safety activities" has the meaning ascribed to | ||||||
20 | it under 42 CFR 3.20. | ||||||
21 | (v) "Payment" has the meaning ascribed to it under HIPAA, | ||||||
22 | as specified in 45 CFR 164.501. | ||||||
23 | (w) "Person" includes any natural person, partnership, | ||||||
24 | association, joint venture, trust, governmental entity, public | ||||||
25 | or private corporation, health facility, or other legal entity. | ||||||
26 | (w-5) "Pre-test information" means: |
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1 | (1) a reasonable explanation of the test, including its | ||||||
2 | purpose, potential uses, limitations, and the meaning of | ||||||
3 | its results; and | ||||||
4 | (2) a reasonable explanation of the procedures to be | ||||||
5 | followed, including the voluntary nature of the test, the | ||||||
6 | availability of a qualified person to answer questions, the | ||||||
7 | right to withdraw consent to the testing process at any | ||||||
8 | time, the right to anonymity to the extent provided by law | ||||||
9 | with respect to participation in the test and disclosure of | ||||||
10 | test results, and the right to confidential treatment of | ||||||
11 | information identifying the subject of the test and the | ||||||
12 | results of the test, to the extent provided by law. | ||||||
13 | Pre-test information may be provided in writing, verbally, | ||||||
14 | or by video, electronic, or other means and may be provided as | ||||||
15 | designated by the supervising health care professional or the | ||||||
16 | health facility. | ||||||
17 | For the purposes of this definition, a qualified person to | ||||||
18 | answer questions is a health care professional or, when acting | ||||||
19 | under the supervision of a health care professional, a | ||||||
20 | registered nurse, medical assistant, or other person | ||||||
21 | determined to be sufficiently knowledgeable about HIV testing, | ||||||
22 | its purpose, potential uses, limitations, the meaning of the | ||||||
23 | test results, and the testing procedures in the professional | ||||||
24 | judgment of a supervising health care professional or as | ||||||
25 | designated by a health care facility. | ||||||
26 | (x) "Protected health information" has the meaning |
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1 | ascribed to it under HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 160.103. | ||||||
2 | (y) "Research" has the meaning ascribed to it under HIPAA, | ||||||
3 | as specified in 45 CFR 164.501. | ||||||
4 | (z) "State agency" means an instrumentality of the State of | ||||||
5 | Illinois and any instrumentality of another state that, | ||||||
6 | pursuant to applicable law or a written undertaking with an | ||||||
7 | instrumentality of the State of Illinois, is bound to protect | ||||||
8 | the privacy of HIV-related information of Illinois persons.
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9 | (aa) "Test" or "HIV test" means a test to determine the | ||||||
10 | presence of the
antibody or antigen to HIV, or of HIV | ||||||
11 | infection.
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12 | (bb) "Treatment" has the meaning ascribed to it under | ||||||
13 | HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 164.501. | ||||||
14 | (cc) "Use" has the meaning ascribed to it under HIPAA, as | ||||||
15 | specified in 45 CFR 160.103, where context dictates.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 98-214, eff. 8-9-13; 98-1046, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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17 | (410 ILCS 305/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7304)
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18 | Sec. 4. Informed consent. No person may order an HIV test | ||||||
19 | without first providing pre-test information, as defined under | ||||||
20 | subsection (w-5) of Section 3 of this Act, and receiving
the | ||||||
21 | documented informed consent
of the subject of the test or the | ||||||
22 | subject's legally authorized
representative in accordance with | ||||||
23 | paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (q) of Section 3 of this | ||||||
24 | Act. | ||||||
25 | A health care provider, health care professional, or health |
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1 | care facility conducting opt-in testing and obtaining informed | ||||||
2 | consent pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (q) of Section | ||||||
3 | 3 shall document verbal or written consent in the general | ||||||
4 | consent for medical care, a separate consent form, or elsewhere | ||||||
5 | in the medical record. | ||||||
6 | A health care provider, health care professional, or health | ||||||
7 | care facility conducting opt-out testing pursuant to paragraph | ||||||
8 | (2) of subsection (q) of Section 3 shall document the subject's | ||||||
9 | or the subject's legally authorized representative's | ||||||
10 | declination of the test in the medical record. Individual | ||||||
11 | documentation of the provision of pre-test information to each | ||||||
12 | test subject is not required. A health care provider, health | ||||||
13 | care professional, or health facility conducting opt-out | ||||||
14 | testing and shall establish and implement a written procedure | ||||||
15 | for conducting opt-out testing pursuant to paragraph (2) of | ||||||
16 | subsection (q) of Section 3 and for providing pre-test | ||||||
17 | information, as that term is defined under subsection (w-5) of | ||||||
18 | Section 3 of this Act . A health care facility or provider may | ||||||
19 | offer opt-out HIV testing where the subject or the subject's | ||||||
20 | legally authorized representative is informed that the subject | ||||||
21 | will be tested for HIV unless he or she refuses. The health | ||||||
22 | care facility or provider must document the provision of | ||||||
23 | informed consent, including pre-test information, and whether | ||||||
24 | the subject or the subject's legally authorized representative | ||||||
25 | declined the offer of HIV testing.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 95-7, eff. 6-1-08 .)
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1 | (410 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7309)
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2 | Sec. 9. (1) No person may disclose or be compelled to | ||||||
3 | disclose HIV-related information, except to the following | ||||||
4 | persons:
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5 | (a) The subject of an HIV test or the subject's legally
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6 | authorized representative. A physician may notify the | ||||||
7 | spouse or civil union partner of the
test subject, if the | ||||||
8 | test result is positive and has been confirmed
pursuant to | ||||||
9 | rules adopted by the Department, provided that the | ||||||
10 | physician has
first sought unsuccessfully to persuade the | ||||||
11 | patient to notify the spouse or civil union partner or
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12 | that, a reasonable time after the patient has agreed to | ||||||
13 | make the
notification, the physician has reason to believe | ||||||
14 | that the patient has not
provided the notification. This | ||||||
15 | paragraph shall not create a duty or
obligation under which | ||||||
16 | a physician must notify the spouse or civil union partner | ||||||
17 | of the test
results, nor shall such duty or obligation be | ||||||
18 | implied. No civil liability
or criminal sanction under this | ||||||
19 | Act shall be imposed for any disclosure or
non-disclosure | ||||||
20 | of a test result to a spouse or civil union partner by a | ||||||
21 | physician acting in good
faith under this paragraph. For | ||||||
22 | the purpose of any proceedings, civil or
criminal, the good | ||||||
23 | faith of any physician acting under this paragraph shall
be | ||||||
24 | presumed.
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25 | (b) Any person designated in a legally effective |
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1 | authorization for release of the HIV-related information | ||||||
2 | executed by the subject of the HIV-related information or | ||||||
3 | the subject's legally
authorized representative.
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4 | (c) An authorized agent or employee of a health | ||||||
5 | facility or health care
provider if the health facility or | ||||||
6 | health care provider itself is
authorized to obtain the | ||||||
7 | test results, the agent or employee provides
patient care | ||||||
8 | or handles or processes specimens of body fluids or | ||||||
9 | tissues,
and the agent or employee has a need to know such | ||||||
10 | information.
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11 | (d) The Department and local health authorities | ||||||
12 | serving a population of over 1,000,000 residents or other | ||||||
13 | local health authorities as designated by the Department, | ||||||
14 | in accordance with rules for reporting, preventing, and
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15 | controlling the spread of disease and the conduct of public | ||||||
16 | health surveillance, public health investigations, and | ||||||
17 | public health interventions, as otherwise provided by | ||||||
18 | State law.
The Department,
local health authorities, and | ||||||
19 | authorized representatives shall not disclose HIV test | ||||||
20 | results and HIV-related
information, publicly or in any | ||||||
21 | action of any kind in any court or
before any tribunal, | ||||||
22 | board, or agency. HIV test results and HIV-related | ||||||
23 | information shall be
protected from disclosure in | ||||||
24 | accordance with the provisions of Sections 8-2101
through | ||||||
25 | 8-2105 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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26 | (e) A health facility, health care provider, or health |
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1 | care professional which procures, processes,
distributes | ||||||
2 | or uses: (i) a human body part from a deceased person
with | ||||||
3 | respect to medical information regarding that person; or | ||||||
4 | (ii) semen
provided prior to the effective date of this Act | ||||||
5 | for the purpose of
artificial insemination.
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6 | (f) Health facility staff committees for the purposes | ||||||
7 | of conducting
program monitoring, program evaluation or | ||||||
8 | service reviews.
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9 | (f-5) A court in accordance with the provisions of | ||||||
10 | Section 12-5.01 of the Criminal Code of 2012. | ||||||
11 | (g) (Blank).
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12 | (h) Any health care provider, health care | ||||||
13 | professional, or employee of a health facility, and any
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14 | firefighter or EMR, EMT, A-EMT, paramedic, PHRN, or EMT-I, | ||||||
15 | involved in an accidental direct
skin or mucous membrane | ||||||
16 | contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an
individual | ||||||
17 | which is of a nature that may transmit HIV, as determined | ||||||
18 | by a
physician in his medical judgment.
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19 | (i) Any law enforcement officer, as defined in | ||||||
20 | subsection (c) of
Section 7, involved in the line of duty | ||||||
21 | in a direct skin or mucous membrane
contact with the blood | ||||||
22 | or bodily fluids of an individual which is of a
nature that | ||||||
23 | may transmit HIV, as determined by a physician in his | ||||||
24 | medical
judgment.
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25 | (j) A temporary caretaker of a child taken into | ||||||
26 | temporary protective
custody by the Department of Children |
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1 | and Family Services pursuant to Section 5
of the Abused and | ||||||
2 | Neglected Child Reporting Act, as now or hereafter amended.
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3 | (k) In the case of a minor under 18 years of age whose | ||||||
4 | test result is
positive and has been confirmed
pursuant to | ||||||
5 | rules adopted by the Department, the health care | ||||||
6 | professional who ordered the test shall make a reasonable
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7 | effort to notify the minor's parent or legal guardian if, | ||||||
8 | in the
professional judgment
of the health care | ||||||
9 | professional, notification would be
in the best interest of | ||||||
10 | the child and the health care professional has first
sought | ||||||
11 | unsuccessfully to persuade the minor to notify the parent | ||||||
12 | or legal
guardian or a reasonable time after the minor has | ||||||
13 | agreed to notify
the parent or legal guardian, the health | ||||||
14 | care professional has reason to
believe that the minor has | ||||||
15 | not made the notification. This subsection
shall not create | ||||||
16 | a duty or obligation under which a health care professional
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17 | must notify the minor's parent or legal guardian of the | ||||||
18 | test results, nor
shall a duty or obligation be implied. No | ||||||
19 | civil liability or criminal sanction
under this Act shall | ||||||
20 | be imposed for any notification or non-notification of a
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21 | minor's test result by a health care professional acting in | ||||||
22 | good faith under this
subsection. For the purpose of any | ||||||
23 | proceeding, civil or criminal, the good
faith of any health | ||||||
24 | care professional acting under this subsection shall be
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25 | presumed.
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26 | (2) All information and records held by a State agency, |
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1 | local health authority, or health oversight agency pertaining | ||||||
2 | to HIV-related information shall be strictly confidential and | ||||||
3 | exempt from copying and inspection under the Freedom of | ||||||
4 | Information Act. The information and records shall not be | ||||||
5 | released or made public by the State agency, local health | ||||||
6 | authority, or health oversight agency, shall not be admissible | ||||||
7 | as evidence nor discoverable in any action of any kind in any | ||||||
8 | court or before any tribunal, board, agency, or person, and | ||||||
9 | shall be treated in the same manner as the information and | ||||||
10 | those records subject to the provisions of Part 21 of Article | ||||||
11 | VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure, except under the following | ||||||
12 | circumstances: | ||||||
13 | (A) when made with the written consent of all persons | ||||||
14 | to whom the information pertains; or | ||||||
15 | (B) when authorized by Section 5-4-3 of the Unified | ||||||
16 | Code of Corrections. | ||||||
17 | Disclosure shall be limited to those who have a need to | ||||||
18 | know the information, and no additional disclosures may be | ||||||
19 | made. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 97-1046, eff. 8-21-12; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; | ||||||
21 | 98-973, eff. 8-15-14; 98-1046, eff. 1-1-15; revised 10-1-14.)
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22 | (410 ILCS 305/5 rep.) | ||||||
23 | Section 20. The AIDS Confidentiality Act is amended by | ||||||
24 | repealing Section 5.".
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