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.