Bill Text: IL HB3726 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Creates the Expanded Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall require information and counseling concerning lung cancer screening to be made available to individuals accessing the tobacco quitline. Provides that the Department may enter into contracts and agreements and award grants to persons operating the tobacco quitline. Provides that the Department shall develop signage that discloses referral information for lung cancer screening. Provides that the Department shall develop an educational insert to accompany the sale of tobacco products and nicotine replacement therapies by retailers. Provides that a retailer of tobacco products or nicotine replacement therapies who intentionally violates these provisions is guilty of a petty offense. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules implementing this Act. Defines terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3726 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3726-Introduced.html

---

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3726 Introduced , by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Expanded Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall require information and counseling concerning lung cancer screening to be made available to individuals accessing the tobacco quitline. Provides that the Department may enter into contracts and agreements and award grants to persons operating the tobacco quitline. Provides that the Department shall develop signage that discloses referral information for lung cancer screening. Provides that the Department shall develop an educational insert to accompany the sale of tobacco products and nicotine replacement therapies by retailers. Provides that a retailer of tobacco products or nicotine replacement therapies who intentionally violates these provisions is guilty of a petty offense. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules implementing this Act. Defines terms.
LRB104 07441 BDA 17482 b
A BILL FOR
HB3726 LRB104 07441 BDA 17482 b
AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Expanded Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act.
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
"Nicotine replacement therapy" means a treatment that
helps people quit smoking by providing a lower dose of
nicotine without the harmful chemicals in cigarettes.
"Nicotine replacement therapy" includes a patch, gum, lozenge,
spray, or inhaler that releases nicotine into the body.
"Retailer of tobacco products" has the meaning given to
the term "retailer" in Section 10-5 of the Tobacco Products
Tax Act of 1995.
"Retailer of nicotine replacement therapies" means a
person engaged in the business of selling nicotine replacement
therapies to consumers.
"Tobacco quitline" means a resource that is free to
tobacco users in Illinois who want to quit using tobacco, that
is accessible by a toll-free telephone number, and that is
established, operated, and funded with the assistance of the
Department. "Tobacco quitline" includes an evidence-based

HB3726 - 2 - LRB104 07441 BDA 17482 b
program, certified counselors, and staff to provide the
support needed for tobacco users in Illinois to break the
habit of using tobacco.
Section 10. Lung cancer screening counseling. The
Department shall require information and counseling concerning
lung cancer screening to be made available to individuals
through the tobacco quitline. The Department may enter into
contracts and agreements with persons operating the tobacco
quitline on behalf of the Department and may award grants for
the purposes of this Act. In the course of providing
information and counseling concerning lung cancer screening,
the Department and the operators of the tobacco quitline
shall:
(1) rely upon the criteria and guidelines developed by
the United States Preventive Service Task Force for lung
cancer screening;
(2) provide information about, and direct eligible
individuals to, lung cancer screening services; and
(3) participate in quality improvement activities,
including reporting data to the Department on the number
of callers referred to lung cancer screening.
Section 15. Education about lung cancer screening.
(a) The Department shall develop signage that discloses
referral information for lung cancer screening. The signage

HB3726 - 3 - LRB104 07441 BDA 17482 b
shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) information about who is eligible for lung cancer
screening; and
(2) contact information for the tobacco quitline,
including the toll-free telephone number.
The Department shall make available this signage to
retailers of tobacco products and retailers of nicotine
replacement therapies. Retailers of tobacco products and
retailers of nicotine replacement therapies shall
conspicuously post this signage in their retail
establishments.
(b) The Department shall develop an educational insert to
accompany the sale of tobacco products and nicotine
replacement therapies. This educational insert shall include,
but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) information on the effectiveness of lung cancer
screening;
(2) information on the eligibility criteria for lung
cancer screening under the United States Preventive
Service Task Force guidelines; and
(3) contact information for the tobacco quitline,
including the toll-free telephone number.
The Department shall make available this educational
insert to retailers of tobacco products and retailers of
nicotine replacement therapies. Retailers of tobacco products
and retailers of nicotine replacement therapies shall provide

HB3726 - 4 - LRB104 07441 BDA 17482 b
a copy of the educational insert provided by the Department to
every person purchasing a tobacco product or nicotine
replacement therapy at the point of sale.
(c) A retailer of tobacco products or a retailer of
nicotine replacement therapies who intentionally violates any
provision of this Section is guilty of a petty offense.
Section 20. Rulemaking. The Department shall adopt rules
implementing this Act.