Public Act 093-0787
 
HB0686 Enrolled LRB093 05505 MKM 05596 b

    AN ACT in relation to health.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Inclusion of Women and Minorities in
Clinical Research Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10
as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 785/5)
    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
    "Grantee" means any qualified public, private, or
not-for-profit agency or individual, including, but not
limited to, a college, university, hospital, laboratory,
research institution, local health department, voluntary
health agency, health maintenance organization, corporation,
student, fellow, or entrepreneur, conducting clinical research
using State funds. A grantee may also be a corporation that is
headquartered in Illinois and that conducts research using
State funds.
    "Minority group" means a group that is a readily
identifiable subset of the U.S. population that is
distinguished by racial, ethnic, or cultural heritage. The
following racial and ethnic categories shall be used as
guidelines:
        (1) "American Indian or Alaskan Native" means a person
    having origins in any of the original native peoples of
    North America and who maintains a cultural identification
    through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
        (2) "Asian or Pacific Islander" means a person having
    origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East,
    Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific
    Islands, including, but not limited to, China, India,
    Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
        (3) "Black" means someone not of Hispanic origin having
    origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
        (4) "Hispanic" means a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican,
    Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture
    or origin, regardless of race is defined as in the 2000
    National Institutes of Health guidelines.
    "Project of clinical research" includes a clinical trial.
(Source: P.A. 93-514, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
    (30 ILCS 785/10)
    Sec. 10. Inclusion of women and minorities. Except as
provided in Section 15 or 30, in conducting or supporting a
project of clinical research, a grantee must do all of the
following:
        (1) Ensure that women, including, but not limited to,
    women over the age of 40 years, are included as subjects in
    each research project.
        (2) Ensure that members of minority groups are included
    as subjects in each research project.
        (3) Conduct or support outreach programs for the
    recruitment of women and members of minority groups as
    subjects in projects of clinical research.
        (4) Comply with the National Institutes of Health
    Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in
    Clinical Research.
(Source: P.A. 93-514, eff. 1-1-04.)