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Public Act 91-0345
HB2783 Enrolled LRB9100322SMdv
AN ACT to amend the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act by adding
Section 4.5.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act is amended by
adding Section 4.5 as follows:
(755 ILCS 50/4.5 new)
Sec. 4.5. Disability of recipient.
(a) No hospital, physician and surgeon, bank or storage
facility, or other person shall determine the ultimate
recipient of an anatomical gift based upon a potential
recipient's physical or mental disability, except to the
extent that the physical or mental disability has been found
by a physician and surgeon, following a case-by-case
evaluation of the potential recipient, to be medically
significant to the provision of the anatomical gift.
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply to each part of the organ
transplant process.
(c) The court shall accord priority on its calendar and
handle expeditiously any action brought to seek any remedy
authorized by law for purposes of enforcing compliance with
this Section.
(d) This Section shall not be deemed to require
referrals or recommendations for or the performance of
medically inappropriate organ transplants.
(e) As used in this Section "disability" has the same
meaning as in the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq., Public Law 101-336).
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