Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Filed: 5/11/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 686
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 686 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Inclusion of Women and Minorities in | ||||||
5 | Clinical Research Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 | ||||||
6 | as follows:
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7 | (30 ILCS 785/5)
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8 | Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
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9 | "Grantee" means any qualified public, private, or | ||||||
10 | not-for-profit agency or
individual, including, but not | ||||||
11 | limited to, a college, university, hospital,
laboratory,
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12 | research institution, local health department, voluntary | ||||||
13 | health agency, health
maintenance
organization, corporation, | ||||||
14 | student, fellow, or entrepreneur, conducting
clinical research
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15 | using State funds. A grantee may also be a corporation that is | ||||||
16 | headquartered in
Illinois
and that conducts research using | ||||||
17 | State funds.
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18 | "Minority group" means a group that is a readily | ||||||
19 | identifiable subset of the U.S. population that is | ||||||
20 | distinguished by racial, ethnic, or cultural heritage. The | ||||||
21 | following racial and ethnic categories shall be used as | ||||||
22 | guidelines: | ||||||
23 | (1) "American Indian or Alaskan Native" means a person | ||||||
24 | having origins in any of the original native peoples of |
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1 | North America and who maintains a cultural identification | ||||||
2 | through tribal affiliation or community recognition. | ||||||
3 | (2) "Asian or Pacific Islander" means a person having | ||||||
4 | origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, | ||||||
5 | Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific | ||||||
6 | Islands, including, but not limited to, China, India, | ||||||
7 | Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa. | ||||||
8 | (3) "Black" means someone not of Hispanic origin having | ||||||
9 | origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. | ||||||
10 | (4) "Hispanic" means a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, | ||||||
11 | Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture | ||||||
12 | or origin, regardless of race
is defined as in the 2000 | ||||||
13 | National Institutes of Health
guidelines .
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14 | "Project of clinical research" includes a clinical trial.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 93-514, eff. 1-1-04.)
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16 | (30 ILCS 785/10)
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17 | Sec. 10. Inclusion of women and minorities. Except as | ||||||
18 | provided in Section
15
or 30, in conducting or supporting a | ||||||
19 | project of clinical research, a grantee
must do all of
the | ||||||
20 | following:
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21 | (1) Ensure that women, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
22 | women over the age
of 40 years, are included as subjects in | ||||||
23 | each research project.
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24 | (2) Ensure that members of minority groups are included | ||||||
25 | as subjects in
each research project.
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26 | (3) Conduct or support outreach programs for the | ||||||
27 | recruitment of women
and members of minority groups as | ||||||
28 | subjects in projects of clinical research. | ||||||
29 | (4) Comply with the National Institutes of Health | ||||||
30 | Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in | ||||||
31 | Clinical Research.
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32 | (Source: P.A. 93-514, eff. 1-1-04.)".
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