Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 410 - PUBLIC HEALTH
410 ILCS 450/ - Lyme Disease Prevention and Protection Act.

(410 ILCS 450/1)
Sec. 1. Short title; references to Act.
(a) Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lyme Disease Prevention and Protection Act.
(b) References to Act. This Act may be referred to as the Lauryn Russell Lyme Disease Prevention and Protection Law.

(Source: P.A. 100-1137, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
(410 ILCS 450/5)
Sec. 5. Findings.

The General Assembly finds and declares the following:
(Source: P.A. 100-1137, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
(410 ILCS 450/10)
Sec. 10. Lyme Disease Prevention, Detection, and Outreach Program.
(a) The Department of Public Health shall establish a Lyme Disease Prevention, Detection, and Outreach Program. The Department shall continue to study the population of ticks carrying Lyme disease and the number of people infected in Illinois to provide data to the public on the incidence of acute Lyme disease and locations of exposure in Illinois by county. The Department shall partner with the University of Illinois to publish tick identification and testing data on the Department's website and work to expand testing to areas where new human cases are identified. The Department shall require health care professionals and laboratories to report acute Lyme disease cases within the time frame required under the Control of Communicable Diseases Code to the local health department. To coordinate this program, the Department shall continue to support a vector-borne disease epidemiologist coordinator who is responsible for overseeing the program. The Department shall train local health departments to respond to inquiries from the public.
(b) In addition to its overall effort to prevent acute disease in Illinois, in order to raise awareness about and promote prevention of Lyme disease, the program shall include:
(c) The Department shall prepare a report of all efforts under this Act, and the report shall be posted on the Department's website and distributed to the Lyme Disease Task Force and the General Assembly annually. The report to the General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall direct.


(Source: P.A. 100-1137, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
(410 ILCS 450/15)
Sec. 15. Lyme Disease Task Force; duties; members.
(a) The Department shall establish the Lyme Disease Task Force to advise the Department on disease prevention and surveillance and provider and public education relating to the disease.
(b) The Task Force shall consist of the Director of Public Health or a designee, who shall serve as chairman, and the following members:
(c) The terms of the members of the Task Force shall be 3 years. Members may continue to serve after the expiration of a term until a new member is appointed. Each member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. The council shall meet as frequently as the chairman deems necessary, but not less than 2 times each year. Members shall receive no compensation for their services.
(d) The Lyme Disease Task Force has the following duties and responsibilities:
(Source: P.A. 100-1137, eff. 1-1-19; 101-606, eff. 12-13-19.)
 
(410 ILCS 450/70)
Sec. 70. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by repealing Section 2310-390.

(Source: P.A. 100-1137, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
(410 ILCS 450/75)
Sec. 75. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 100-1137, eff. 1-1-19; text omitted.)

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