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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease 
5Control Act is amended  by changing Section 9 as follows:
 



6    (410 ILCS 325/9)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7409)



7    Sec. 9. Prisoners. 
8    (a) The Department and its authorized
representatives may, 
9at its discretion, enter any State, county or
municipal 
10detention facility to interview, examine and treat any prisoner

11for a sexually transmissible disease.  Any such State, county or 
12municipal
detention facility shall cooperate with
the 
13Department and its authorized representative to provide such 
14space as
is necessary for the examination and treatment of all 
15prisoners suffering
from or suspected of having a sexually 
16transmissible disease.

17    (b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as relieving 
18the
Department of Corrections or any county or municipality of 
19their primary
responsibility for providing medical treatment 
20for prisoners under their
jurisdiction, including treatment 
21for sexually transmissible diseases.

22    (c) Any person who knowingly or maliciously disseminates 
23any false
information or report concerning the existence of any 
 
 
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1sexually
transmissible disease under this Section is guilty of 
2a Class A misdemeanor.

3    (d) The Department, in consultation with the Department of 
4Corrections, shall develop and implement written procedures 
5that establish a process for confidentially notifying and 
6recommending sexually transmissible disease testing of the 
7contacts of a committed person who has been diagnosed with a 
8sexually transmissible disease and for notifying and 
9recommending sexually transmissible disease testing of a 
10committed person who has had contact with one diagnosed with a 
11sexually transmissible disease.  The process shall be in 
12accordance with Sections 3, 5, and 8 of this Act. 
13(Source: P.A. 85-681.)

 
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
15becoming law.