410 ILCS 265/ Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee Act. - Illinois Statutes

    (410 ILCS 265/1)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee Act.
(Source: P.A. 95‑695, eff. 11‑5‑07.)

    (410 ILCS 265/5)
    Sec. 5. Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee.
    (a) The Director of Public Health shall create the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee to advise the Department of Public Health regarding issues relevant to newborn screenings of metabolic diseases.
    (b) The purposes of Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee are all of the following:
        (1) Advise the Department regarding issues relevant

to its Genetics Program.

(2) Advise the Department regarding optimal

laboratory methodologies for screening of the targeted conditions.

(3) Recommend to the Department consultants who are

qualified to diagnose a condition detected by screening, provide management of care, and genetic counseling for the family.

(4) Monitor the incidence of each condition for which

newborn screening is done, evaluate the effects of treatment and genetic counseling, and provide advice on disorders to be included in newborn screening panel.

(5) Advise the Department on educational programs for

professionals and the general public.

(6) Advise the Department on new developments and

areas of interest in relation to the Genetics Program.

(7) Any other matter deemed appropriate by the

Committee and the Director.

(c) The Committee shall consist of 20 members appointed by the Director of Public Health. Membership shall include physicians, geneticists, nurses, nutritionists, and other allied health professionals, as well as patients and parents. Ex‑officio members may be appointed, but shall not have voting privileges. (Source: P.A. 95‑695, eff. 11‑5‑07.)

    (410 ILCS 265/10)
    Sec. 10. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 95‑695, eff. 11‑5‑07; text omitted.)

    (410 ILCS 265/15)
    Sec. 15. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 95‑695, eff. 11‑5‑07; text omitted.)

    (410 ILCS 265/99)
    Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 95‑695, eff. 11‑5‑07.)