Congratulates the Vernon Park Church of God on the occasion of its 50th anniversary and commends the founding pastors, Reverends Claude and Addie Wyatt.
Creates the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Department of Corrections Offenders, Significant Others, and Family Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Health shall jointly develop and implement an HIV/AIDS prevention education program targeted to offenders incarcerated in Department of Corrections facilities, significant others, and family of adult and juvenile prison inmates. Provides that the Illinois Department of Corrections shall: (1) provide, in all public waiting rooms of detention facilities and prisons, printed information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases and referral information to community-based-providers of HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services throughout Illinois; (2) display in all public waiting rooms of detention facilities and prisons an HIV/AIDS informational video, produced by a national organization with expertise in HIV/AIDS prevention; (3) provide written information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases to all inmates upon entrance to a detention center or prison and offer voluntary HIV/AIDS testing to all inmates; and (4) provide written information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases to all inmates just prior to their release from custody and referral to appropriate community based organizations that provide HIV/AIDS services and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing. Provides that one year after implementation of this Act, the Illinois Department of Corrections shall report to the Illinois General Assembly on the effectiveness of this program in increasing voluntary HIV/AIDS testing. Effective immediately.
Creates the Medical Error Reporting Law. Requires a health care facility to develop and implement a patient safety plan for the purpose of improving the health and safety of patients at the facility. Requires a health care facility to report to the Department of Public Health every serious preventable adverse incident that occurs in that facility. Provides that a health care facility shall ensure that the patient affected by a serious preventable adverse incident is informed of the serious preventable adverse incident. Creates the Health Care Practitioner Reporting Law. Requires certain persons and entities to promptly report incidents when a health care practitioner has caused injury or death to a patient while practicing within the scope of that practitioner's profession or for violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code to the appropriate licensing board having jurisdiction over the health care practitioner. Imposes criminal penalties for false reports. Creates the Health Care Consumer Information Law. Requires the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Medical Licensing Board and the Podiatric Medical Licensing Board, to collect and maintain information concerning all physicians and podiatrists licensed in this State for the purpose of creating a profile of each physician and podiatrist. Provides that the profiles shall be made available to the public. Provides what information must be included in the profiles and what physicians may include. Provides that the Department shall contract with a public or private entity for the purpose of developing, administering, and maintaining the physician and podiatrist profiles required pursuant to the Law. Requires the Director of Public Health to report on the status of the physician and podiatrist profiles to the General Assembly. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Allows for the collection of information needed to complete the physician profiles. Changes the period of time within which certain disciplinary action proceedings concerning licensure under the Act must be commenced from 3 years to 5 years and provides that, except for actions based on grounds concerning cheating on or attempting to subvert licensing examinations, practicing under a false or an assumed name, and fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, procuring, or renewing a license, actions must be commenced within 8 years (rather than 5 years). Effective immediately.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any person who receives a telephone call from, or places a telephone call to, a customer sales call center or a customer service call center, upon request, has the right to: (1) know the identification of the city, state, and country where the customer service employee is located; (2) know the name or registered alias of the customer services employee; (3) know the name of the employer of the person with whom the person is speaking; and (4) speak to a qualified employee of the company or government agency the person is doing business with. Provides that a person who receives a telephone call from, or places a telephone call to, a customer sales call center or a customer service call center shall not have his or her financial, credit, or identifying information sent to any foreign country without express written permission.
Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Establishes protections for patient records and procedures that must be followed before those records may be transmitted to a site outside the United States.
Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a person may not sell, redistribute, or otherwise dispense any prescription drug that has previously been sold, distributed, or otherwise dispensed and has been returned to a pharmacy. Provides that a person who violates this provision is subject to an injunction and criminal penalties as provided in the Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish and administer a program under which a local law enforcement authority or local public health office shall (i) take possession of prescription drugs that have been returned to a pharmacy and (ii) properly dispose of those drugs according to standards adopted by the Department.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Changes the penalty for possession and consumption of alcohol by a person under the age of 21 years to probation, under which the person shall undergo assessment and treatment for alcoholism and perform some reasonable public or community service. Changes the penalty for providing alcohol to a person under the age of 21 years to probation, under which the person shall perform some reasonable public or community service. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Changes the penalty for a first offense of illegal transportation of alcohol by a driver under the age of 21 years to probation, under which the person shall perform some reasonable public or community service.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Prohibits an insurer issuing policies of automobile insurance from increasing the premium rate of an insured based solely on the driving record of a spouse or other family member when that family member is not authorized to drive the insured vehicle.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require coverage for non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection within 72 hours after exposure from sexual intercourse, sexual assault, injection drug use, or accidents. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.
Amends the School Code. Provides that a student may not be expelled, except (i) for any criminal offense for which a sentence to the Department of Corrections may be imposed or (ii) when the student is determined to have brought a weapon to school, any school-sponsored activity, or an activity or event that bears a reasonable relationship to school.
