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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1019
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. Carol Ronen - Emil Jones, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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410 ILCS 520/2 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5602 |
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Amends the Illinois Health Statistics Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning definitions.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1019 |
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LRB094 04676 RXD 34705 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Health Statistics Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5602)
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| Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the
the context |
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| otherwise requires,
the terms specified in this Section have |
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| the meanings ascribed to them herein. |
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| (a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public |
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| Health.
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| (b) "Disclosure" means the communication of health data to |
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| any individual
or organization outside the Department.
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| (c) "Health data" means any information, except vital |
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| records as defined
in the Vital Records Act, relating to the
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| health status of people, the availability of health resources |
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| and services,
and the use and cost of such resources and |
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| services.
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| (d) "Identifiable health data" means any item, collection, |
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| or grouping
of health data which makes the individual supplying |
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| it or described in it
identifiable.
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| (e) "Individual" means a natural person.
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| (f) "Organization" means any corporation, association, |
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| partnership,
agency, department, unit or other legally |
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| constituted institution or entity
or part thereof.
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| (g) "Research and statistical purposes" means the |
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| performance of certain
activities relating to health data |
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| including but not limited to: (1) describing
the group |
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| characteristics of individuals or organizations; (2) analyzing
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| the interrelationships among the various characteristics of |
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| individuals
or organizations; (3) the conduct of statistical |
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| procedures or studies to
improve the quality of health data; |