Sec. 20. Informational booklet.

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(a)The Department, in consultation with the Midwest Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association, any public or private university medical school that the Director deems useful, including, but not limited to, Loyola Medical School, and the Department on Aging, shall prepare an informational booklet in English, Spanish, and Mandarin that provides, in a manner easily understandable by a patient or other non-health care professional, information about the symptoms and treatment of Parkinson's disease. The booklet may contain any other information that the Department deems necessary and may be revised by the Department whenever new information about Parkinson's disease becomes available.

(b)The Department shall make a supply of the booklets available to all licensed health care facilities engaged in the diagnosis or treatment of Parkinson's disease and to those personnel described in paragraph

(4)of subsection

(c)of Section 15 of this Act, as well as to health care professionals, community health centers, and members of the public upon their request. The Department shall publicize and make available the booklet to the maximum extent possible, and shall make available electronically on its website in English and Spanish the information contained in the booklet.