IL HB4582

Expands the list of emergency responders who must receive notification of reportable infectious diseases to include paramedics, emergency medical responders, emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, pre-hospital registered nurses, medical reserve corps members, and volunteers (previously limited to police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and ambulance personnel).

Reduces the notification deadline from 72 hours to 48 hours after a confirmed diagnosis of a reportable infectious disease and requires hospitals to verbally notify the emergency responder agency's Designated Officer that a notification letter has been sent.

Changes disease classification from "dangerous communicable or infectious disease" to "reportable infectious disease" as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and removes the special exemption that previously applied only to AIDS diagnoses.

Eliminates provisions that varied notification requirements based on municipality population size and removes language allowing hospitals discretionary additional notification measures.

Incorporates requirements from Part G of the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 and exempts the mandate from State reimbursement requirements under the State Mandates Act.