103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5073
 
Introduced 2/8/2024, by Rep. Nabeela Syed
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 41/15-33 new
    Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides that no license is required for an organ procurement organization or its authorized representative to transport a deceased human body from its place of death, institution, or other location if the organ procurement organization satisfies specified requirements.


LRB103 37817 RTM 67947 b

 
 
A BILL FOR
 
HB5073LRB103 37817 RTM 67947 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing 
5Code is amended by adding Section 15-33 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 41/15-33 new)
7    Sec. 15-33. Exceptions to unlicensed practice. No license 
8is required under this Code for an organ procurement 
9organization or its authorized representative to transport a 
10deceased human body from its place of death, institution, or 
11other location if the organ procurement organization is: 
12        (1) certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
13    Services; 
14        (2) transporting the deceased human body for the 
15    purposes of organ or tissue donation; and 
16        (3) transporting the deceased human body within the 
17    viable timeframe for organ or tissue donation.