HB5551 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act to add trichomoniasis to the list of diseases for which health care professionals may provide expedited partner therapy.

• Allows health care professionals to prescribe antibiotic drugs to sexual partners of infected persons without physical examination if the partner is unlikely or unable to seek comprehensive healthcare.

• Limits expedited partner therapy to partners exposed within the previous 60 days, provided the patient can contact them.

• Requires health care professionals to provide counseling and written materials to patients for distribution to partners, including warnings about pregnancy, allergies, treatment information, and prevention education.

• Provides liability protections for health care professionals and pharmacists acting in good faith under these provisions, except for willful and wanton misconduct.