Bill Text: IL SB3068 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Immunization Data Registry Act. Provides that health care providers, physician's designees, or pharmacist's designees shall (rather than may) provide immunization data to be entered into the immunization data registry. Provides that the written information and the immunization data exemption forms must include information that the health care provider shall (rather than may) report immunization data to the Department of Public Health to be entered into the immunization data registry. Effective January 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-12-31 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon [SB3068 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3068-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3068 Introduced 1/11/2022, by Sen. Melinda Bush SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 527/15
Amends the Immunization Data Registry Act. Provides that health care providers, physician's designees, or pharmacist's designees shall (rather than may) provide immunization data to be entered into the immunization data registry. Provides that the written information and the immunization data exemption forms must include information that the health care provider shall (rather than may) report immunization data to the Department of Public Health to be entered into the immunization data registry. Effective January 1, 2023.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Immunization Data Registry Act is amended
by changing Section 15 as follows:
(410 ILCS 527/15)
Sec. 15. Provision of immunization data to registry;
exemption forms; written information on immunization registry.
(a) A health care provider, physician's designee, or
pharmacist's designee shall may provide immunization data to
be entered into the immunization data registry in a manner
prescribed by the Department and for the purposes allowed
under this Act unless the patient or the patient's parent or
guardian, if the patient is less than 18 years of age, has
completed and filed with the provider, physician's designee,
or pharmacist's designee a written immunization data exemption
form.
(b) The Department shall create and provide copies of
immunization data exemption forms to health care providers who
are authorized to administer immunizations and individuals who
request the form. The forms shall also be accessible from the
immunization data registry system itself.
(c) The Department shall distribute to health care

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providers, upon request, written information to be
disseminated to patients that describes the immunization data
registry. The written information and the immunization data
exemption forms must include all of the following information:
(1) A description of the immunization data registry
and its purpose.
(2) That the health care provider shall may report
immunization data to the Department to be entered into the
immunization data registry.
(3) That the patient or the patient's parent or
guardian, if the patient is less than 18 years of age, has
a right to exempt disclosure of immunization data to the
registry and may prevent disclosure by signing an
immunization data exemption form.
(4) That the patient or the patient's parent or
guardian, if the patient is less than 18 years of age, may
have the individual's information removed from the
immunization data registry.
(5) Instructions on how to have the information
removed.
(Source: P.A. 97-117, eff. 7-14-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2023.