94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5245

 

Introduced 1/24/2006, by Rep. Rich Brauer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 85/6.21
410 ILCS 212/17 new

    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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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
5 changing Section 6.21 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 85/6.21)
7     Sec. 6.21. Umbilical cord blood donation.
8     (a) All licensed hospitals shall offer a pregnant patient
9 the option to donate, to a publicly accessible certified cord
10 blood bank, blood extracted from the umbilical cord following
11 the delivery of a newborn child if the donation can be made at
12 no expense to the patient or hospital for collection or
13 storage.
14     (b) Nothing in this Section obligates a hospital to collect
15 umbilical cord blood if, in the professional judgment of a
16 physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches or
17 a nurse, the collection would threaten the health of the mother
18 or child.
19     (c) Nothing in this Section imposes a requirement upon any
20 hospital employee, physician, nurse, or hospital that is
21 directly affiliated with a bona fide religious denomination
22 that includes as an integral part of its beliefs and practices
23 the tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the moral
24 principles the denomination considers to be an essential part
25 of its beliefs.
26     (d) The Department of Human Services shall make the
27 maximization of umbilical cord blood donations a public health
28 goal equivalent to the other goals listed in Section 15 of the
29 Illinois Family Case Management Act. All licensed hospitals and
30 birthing centers shall cooperate with the Department of Human
31 Services and the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board in
32 implementing recommendations to increase donations of

 

 

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1 umbilical cord blood.
2 (Source: P.A. 93-143, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
3     Section 10. The Illinois Family Case Management Act is
4 amended by adding Section 17 as follows:
 
5     (410 ILCS 212/17 new)
6     Sec. 17. Umbilical cord blood donation.
7     (a) The Department shall make the maximization of umbilical
8 cord blood donations a public health goal equivalent to the
9 other goals listed in Section 15 of this Act.
10     (b) The Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board shall
11 discuss and make recommendations for expanding the number of
12 prenatal mothers who agree to donate umbilical cord blood.
 
13     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.