(410 ILCS 235/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7501)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Pertussis Vaccine Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-898.)
(410 ILCS 235/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7502)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a) "Director" means the Director of Public Health.
(b) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
(c) "Health care provider" means any licensed health care professional or public or private health care facility in this State that administers pertussis vaccine.
(d) "Major adverse reaction" means collapse or shock, high pitched screaming, persistent crying for three or more hours, excessive somnolence (sleepiness), temperature of 103 degrees, convulsions with or without accompanying fever or severe alterations of consciousness or any serious illness, disability or impairment of mental, emotional, behavioral or physical functioning or development, the first manifestation of which appears within 30 days of the date of administration of pertussis vaccine, and for which there is reasonable scientific or medical evidence that pertussis vaccine causes or significantly contributes to the illness, disability or impairment.
(e) "Pertussis vaccine" means any vaccine containing a substance intended to prevent the occurrence of pertussis, which is administered separately or in conjunction with other substances intended to prevent the occurrence of other diseases.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
(410 ILCS 235/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7503)
Sec. 3. Public pamphlet. The Director shall prepare and make available upon request to all health care providers, parents and guardians in the State, a pamphlet which explains the benefits and possible adverse reactions to immunizations for pertussis. This pamphlet may contain any information which the Director deems necessary and may be revised by the Department whenever new information concerning these immunizations becomes available. The pamphlet shall include the following information:
The Director shall prepare the pamphlet in consultation with the Illinois State Medical Society, the Illinois Hospital Association, and interested consumer groups and shall adopt by regulation the information contained in the pamphlet, pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
(410 ILCS 235/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7504)
Sec. 4. Every hospital in this State licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or an Act in relation to the founding and operation of the University of Illinois Hospital, shall provide the parents or guardians of each newborn child the pamphlet pursuant to Section 3 of this Act. Parents or guardians of a newborn child in a neonatal intensive care unit shall be informed about the importance of parents, guardians, and immediate family members being immunized against pertussis to minimize the chances that the disease will be communicated to the newborn child and shall also be informed about where they may obtain the appropriate vaccine.
(Source: P.A. 98-184, eff. 8-5-13.)
(410 ILCS 235/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7505)
Sec. 5. No physician, hospital, nurse or other health care provider shall be liable, no cause of action shall be filed, and no new cause of action shall be created, for any action or failure to act required by or in connection with Section 4 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-898.)
(410 ILCS 235/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7506)
Sec. 6. A child shall not be required to receive a pertussis vaccine as a condition for admission to a public or private school if the child's health care provider states in writing that the vaccine is medically contraindicated pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of Section 3 of this Act and the reasons for the medical contradictions, or if his parent or guardian has submitted a signed statement to school officials stating an objection to the vaccination on religious grounds.
(Source: P.A. 85-898.)
(410 ILCS 235/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7507)
Sec. 7. Upon administering a pertussis vaccine to a child in this State, a health care provider shall record and retain as a part of the child's permanent health record the date the vaccine was administered, the manufacturer, a lot number and any other available identifying information of the vaccine that was administered, and the name and title of the health care provider who administered the vaccine.
(Source: P.A. 85-898.)
(410 ILCS 235/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7508)
Sec. 8. (a) If, within 30 days of administering a pertussis vaccine, the health care provider has reason to believe that the recipient of the vaccine has had a major adverse reaction, the health care provider shall record all relevant information in the child's permanent medical record and report the information, including the manufacturer and the lot number, to the Department.
(b) Upon receipt of the information, the Department shall immediately notify the manufacturer of the vaccine and the Center for Disease Control of the adverse reaction.
(Source: P.A. 85-898.)
(410 ILCS 235/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7509)
Sec. 9. The Director shall periodically report to the United States Centers for Disease Control information received regarding major adverse reactions to the administration of pertussis vaccine.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)