Illinois Statutes Chapter 410. Public Health § 201/20. Reports; contents, filing, availability for research and public inspection

(a) The reports prescribed in Section 15 of this Act shall be designated an autism spectrum disorder report and shall contain information that the Director considers necessary to identify, locate, and investigate the occurrence, frequency, incidence, cause, effect, and prognosis of autism spectrum disorder and other relevant data and findings.

(b) The Director shall promulgate rules regarding the form, content, and manner of filing the report prescribed in Section 15 of this Act, which shall be submitted to the Department unless otherwise prescribed by the Director. Any rules promulgated by the Director shall contain a specific provision guaranteeing the maintenance of the physician-patient privilege and compliance with all provisions of the Genetic Information Privacy Act.

(c) Autism spectrum disorder reports and data shall be maintained by the Department in a manner suitable for use for research purposes and shall be made available to persons as prescribed in Section 25 of this Act.

(d) A report or other data relating to autism spectrum disorder that discloses the identity of an individual that was reported as having autism spectrum disorder shall be made available only to persons that demonstrate a need for the report or other data that is essential to health related research and complies with the Illinois Health Statistics Act. No report or data or portion of the data that discloses the identity of the individual or health care professional shall be made available to the public. This data shall be subject to the provisions of the Communicable Disease Report Act.

(e) Nothing in this Section shall mandate the Department to investigate or otherwise follow-up any reported incidence of autism spectrum disorder.

(f) Any person making a report under this Act shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that may result by reason of making the report, except for willful or wanton misconduct.