Illinois · statute · 410 ILCS 450 · 5 active provisions
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.)
Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares the following: (1) Lyme disease, a bacterial disease transmitted by infected ticks, was first recognized in the United States in 1975 after a mysterious outbreak of arthritis near Old Lyme, Connecticut. Since then, reports of Lyme disease have increased dramatically, an…
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…
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 s…
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 100-1137, eff. 1-1-19; text omitted.)