97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1417

 

Introduced , by Rep. Luis Arroyo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 85/6.21

    Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning umbilical cord blood donation.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
5changing 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
9the the option to donate, to a publicly accessible certified
10cord blood bank, blood extracted from the umbilical cord
11following the delivery of a newborn child if the donation can
12be made at no expense to the patient or hospital for collection
13or storage.
14    (b) Nothing in this Section obligates a hospital to collect
15umbilical cord blood if, in the professional judgment of a
16physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches or
17a nurse, the collection would threaten the health of the mother
18or child.
19    (c) Nothing in this Section imposes a requirement upon any
20hospital employee, physician, nurse, or hospital that is
21directly affiliated with a bona fide religious denomination
22that includes as an integral part of its beliefs and practices
23the tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the moral

 

 

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1principles the denomination considers to be an essential part
2of its beliefs.
3    (d) Subject to appropriations for that purpose, the
4Department of Public Health shall make the maximization of
5umbilical cord blood donations a public health goal. All
6licensed hospitals and birthing centers shall cooperate with
7the Department of Public Health in implementing this goal of
8increasing donations of umbilical cord blood.
9(Source: P.A. 93-143, eff. 1-1-04; 94-832, eff. 6-5-06.)