Full Text of HJR0034 93rd General Assembly
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 34
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| WHEREAS, Organs and tissues from a single donor can help | 3 |
| more than 50
individuals; and
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| WHEREAS, Nationally, 17 people die every day waiting for a | 5 |
| lifesaving organ
transplant, and every 13 minutes another | 6 |
| individual is added to the national
transplant
waiting list; | 7 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, More than 13,000 Illinois citizens have received | 9 |
| organ transplants
since 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, In the year 2002, more than 900 organ transplants | 11 |
| were performed
in
Illinois and there were 4,584 men, women, and | 12 |
| children on the waiting
list at
the end of the year; and
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| WHEREAS, More than 300 people in the State died last year | 14 |
| while waiting for
an
organ transplant; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Organ/Tissue Donor Registry, | 16 |
| operated by the Secretary
of State, is one of the most | 17 |
| successful registries in the United States, and it
makes use of
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| the Illinois driver's license and identification card database | 19 |
| to identify
individuals who
are willing to be an organ or | 20 |
| tissue donor; and
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| WHEREAS, Donor Authorization provides an additional method | 22 |
| to document the
wishes of individuals to donate organs or | 23 |
| tissues, or both; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created an Illinois | 27 |
| Donor Authorization
Task Force for the purpose of examining | 28 |
| current Illinois statutes and programs
regarding
organ/tissue |
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| donation and making recommendations to the General Assembly
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| concerning
Donor Authorization; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Donor Authorization Task Force | 4 |
| shall consist of
the following members: 2 members of the | 5 |
| Illinois House of Representatives, one
of
whom is appointed by | 6 |
| the Speaker of the House and one of whom is appointed by
the
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| Minority Leader of the House; 2 members of the Illinois Senate, | 8 |
| one of whom is
appointed by the President of the Senate and one | 9 |
| of whom is appointed by the
Minority
Leader of the Senate; and | 10 |
| one representative from each of the following
agencies and
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| organizations as designated by their leadership:
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| (1) The Secretary of State or his designee,
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| (2) The Director of the Department of Public Health or his | 14 |
| designee,
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| (3) The Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network,
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| (4) The Mid-America Transplant Services,
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| (5) The Illinois Eye Bank,
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| (6) The Illinois State Medical Society,
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| (7) The American Red Cross,
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| (8) The Illinois Nurses Association,
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| (9) The Illinois Hospital Association, and
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| (10) A representative from each transplant center in | 23 |
| Illinois;
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| the Task Force shall also include other interested | 25 |
| representatives as
designated by
the Secretary of State, | 26 |
| including, but not limited to (i) a medical ethicist,
(ii) a | 27 |
| member of
a donor family, and (iii) a transplant recipient or a | 28 |
| member of a recipient's
family; and be
it further
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| RESOLVED, That the private sector members shall serve on a | 30 |
| voluntary basis
and shall be responsible for any costs | 31 |
| associated with their participation in
the Illinois
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| Authorization Task Force; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State or his designee shall |
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| serve as the
chairperson of the Illinois Donor Authorization | 2 |
| Task Force, that all members of the Illinois
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| Authorization Task Force shall be considered to be members with | 4 |
| voting rights, that a
quorum
of the Task Force shall consist of | 5 |
| a majority of the members of the Task Force,
and
that all
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| actions and recommendations of the Task Force be approved by a | 7 |
| simple majority
of the
members of the Task Force; and be it | 8 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Donor Authorization Task Force | 10 |
| shall meet at the
call of the chairperson and shall receive the | 11 |
| assistance of legislative staff;
and be it
further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Donor Authorization Task Force | 13 |
| shall summarize
its findings and recommendations in a report to | 14 |
| the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2004.
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