Bill Text: IL HB4353 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
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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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 2705-583 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-583 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 2705-583. Department physicians; sleep apnea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | screening. In the event a physician of the Department uses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | guidance standards that are in violation of Public Law 113-45, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | approved October 15, 2013, with regards to sleep apnea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | screening and testing of a potential employee of the Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | when the employee may be operating a commercial motor vehicle, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the physician shall be subject to a civil penalty of no more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | than $5,000 and the Department shall revoke his or her | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | physician certificate.
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | becoming law.
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