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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5245
Introduced 1/24/2006, by Rep. Rich Brauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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210 ILCS 85/6.21 |
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410 ILCS 212/17 new |
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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the Illinois Family Case Management Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to make the maximization of umbilical cord blood donations a public health goal equivalent to the other goals listed in the Illinois Family Case Management Act. Requires the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board to discuss and make recommendations for expanding the number of prenatal mothers who agree to donate umbilical cord blood. Requires hospitals and birthing centers to cooperate with the Department and the Advisory Board in implementing recommendations to increase donations of umbilical cord blood. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5245 |
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LRB094 18311 DRJ 53622 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 6.21 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 85/6.21)
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| Sec. 6.21. Umbilical cord blood donation.
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| (a) All licensed hospitals shall offer a pregnant patient |
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| the option to
donate, to a publicly accessible certified cord |
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| blood bank, blood extracted
from the umbilical cord following |
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| the delivery of a newborn child if the
donation can be made at |
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| no expense to the patient or
hospital for collection or |
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| storage.
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| (b) Nothing in this Section obligates a hospital to collect |
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| umbilical cord
blood if, in the professional judgment of a |
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| physician licensed to practice
medicine in all its branches or |
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| a nurse, the collection would threaten the
health of the mother |
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| or child.
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| (c) Nothing in this Section imposes a requirement upon any |
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| hospital
employee, physician, nurse, or hospital that is |
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| directly affiliated with a bona
fide religious denomination |
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| that includes as an integral part of its beliefs
and practices |
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| the tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the moral
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| principles
the
denomination considers to be an essential part |
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| of its beliefs.
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| (d) The Department of Human Services shall make the |
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| maximization of umbilical cord blood donations a public health |
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| goal equivalent to the other goals listed in Section 15 of the |
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| Illinois Family Case Management Act. All licensed hospitals and |
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| birthing centers shall cooperate with the Department of Human |
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| Services and the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board in |
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| implementing recommendations to increase donations of |