HB3564eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 


 
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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 2310-350 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 2310/2310-350)  (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.70)
8     Sec. 2310-350. Penny Severns Breast, and Cervical, and
9 Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. From funds appropriated from the
10 Penny Severns Breast, and Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research
11 Fund, the Department shall award grants to eligible physicians,
12 hospitals, laboratories, education institutions, and other
13 organizations and persons to enable organizations and persons
14 to conduct research. Disbursements from the Penny Severns
15 Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for the
16 purpose of ovarian cancer research shall be subject to
17 appropriations. For the purposes of this Section, "research"
18 includes, but is not limited to, expenditures to develop and
19 advance the understanding, techniques, and modalities
20 effective in early detection, prevention, cure, screening, and
21 treatment of breast, and cervical, and ovarian cancer and may
22 include clinical trials.
23     Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, including
24 but not limited to income tax checkoff receipts and gifts,
25 grants, and awards from private foundations, nonprofit
26 organizations, other governmental entities, and persons shall
27 be deposited into the Penny Severns Breast, and Cervical, and
28 Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, which is hereby created as a
29 special fund in the State treasury.
30     The Department shall create an advisory committee with
31 members from, but not limited to, the Illinois Chapter of the
32 American Cancer Society, Y-Me, the Susan G. Komen Foundation,

 

 

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1 and the State Board of Health for the purpose of awarding
2 research grants under this Section. Members of the advisory
3 committee shall not be eligible for any financial compensation
4 or reimbursement.
5 (Source: P.A. 91-107, eff. 7-13-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
6 eff. 6-28-01.)
 
7     Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
8 Section 5.362 as follows:
 
9     (30 ILCS 105/5.362)
10     Sec. 5.362. The Penny Severns Breast, and Cervical, and
11 Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
12 (Source: P.A. 91-107, eff. 7-13-99.)