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HB3564 Enrolled |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
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| Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by changing Section 2310-350 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-350) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.70)
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| Sec. 2310-350. Penny Severns Breast,
and Cervical, and |
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| Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. From funds appropriated from the |
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| Penny Severns Breast,
and Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer
Research |
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| Fund, the Department shall award grants to eligible physicians,
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| hospitals, laboratories, education institutions, and other |
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| organizations and
persons to enable organizations and persons |
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| to conduct research. Disbursements from the Penny Severns |
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| Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for the |
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| purpose of ovarian cancer research shall be subject to |
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| appropriations. For the
purposes of this Section, "research" |
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| includes, but is not limited to,
expenditures to develop and |
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| advance the understanding, techniques, and
modalities |
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| effective in early detection, prevention, cure, screening, and
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| treatment of breast,
and cervical, and ovarian cancer and may |
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| include clinical trials.
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| Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, including |
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| but not
limited to income tax checkoff receipts and gifts, |
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| grants, and awards from
private foundations, nonprofit |
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| organizations, other governmental entities,
and persons shall |
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| be deposited into the Penny Severns Breast,
and Cervical, and |
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| Ovarian
Cancer Research Fund, which is hereby created as a |
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| special fund in the State
treasury.
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| The Department shall create an advisory committee with |
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| members from, but not
limited to, the Illinois Chapter of the |
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| American Cancer Society, Y-Me, the
Susan G. Komen Foundation, |