PB HLTH-CANCER REGISTRY PRIVA

Amends the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that certain data elements from the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry, alone or in combination, are confidential, shall not be open to public inspection or dissemination, and are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a corresponding change in the Freedom of Information Act. Adds definitions of "news medium" and "researcher". Provides that upon review and approval of an appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) or its equivalent on the protection of human subjects in research, the Department of Public Health shall release data to researchers for purposes of medical and scientific research consistent with the fundamental purposes of the Registry. Provides that upon review and approval of an appropriate IRB or its equivalent on the protection of human subjects in research, the Department shall release data not otherwise available for release under the Freedom of Information Act to news media for purposes of public interest research consistent with the fundamental purpose of the Registry. In a Section concerning the annual report to be published by the Department, provides that identification or contact of individuals from public reports or data released under the Freedom of Information Act is prohibited. Provides that the Department shall make available on its web site non-confidential public use databases for easy and direct access and download by the public. Effective July 1, 2007.