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| Public Act 095-0073 |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by changing Section 2310-342 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-342) | ||||
Sec. 2310-342. Umbilical cord blood donations.
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(a) Subject to appropriations for that purpose, the | ||||
Department of Public Health shall, by January 1, 2008
2007, | ||||
prepare and distribute to health and maternal care providers | ||||
written publications containing standardized, objective | ||||
information about umbilical cord blood banking that is | ||||
sufficient to allow a pregnant woman to make an informed | ||||
decision about whether to participate in a public or private | ||||
umbilical cord blood banking program, including
that include | ||||
the following information: | ||||
(1) An explanation of the difference between public and | ||||
private umbilical cord blood banking.
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(2) The options available to a mother, after the | ||||
delivery of her newborn, relating to stem cells contained | ||||
in the umbilical cord blood, including:
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(A) donating to a public bank;
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(B) storing in a family umbilical cord blood bank | ||
for use by immediate and extended family members;
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(C) storing, for family use, through a family or | ||
sibling donor banking program that provides free | ||
collection, processing, and storage when there is a | ||
medical need; and
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(D) discarding the umbilical cord blood.
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(1) The medical processes involved in the | ||
collection of umbilical cord blood. | ||
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(2) The medical risks to a mother and her newborn | ||
child of umbilical cord blood collection. | ||
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(3) The current and potential future medical uses | ||
and benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to a | ||
mother, her newborn child, and her biological family. | ||
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(4) The current and potential future medical uses | ||
and benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to persons | ||
who are not biologically related to a mother or her newborn | ||
child. | ||
(7) Medical or family history criteria that can impact | ||
a family's consideration of umbilical cord blood banking.
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(8) Costs associated with public and private umbilical | ||
cord blood banking, including the family banking and | ||
sibling donor programs when there is a medical need.
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(5) Any costs that may be incurred by a pregnant woman | ||
who chooses to make an umbilical cord blood donation. | ||
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(6) Options for ownership and future use of the | ||
donated material. | ||
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(7) The availability in Illinois of umbilical cord | ||
blood donations. | ||
(b) The Department shall encourage health and maternal care | ||
providers providing healthcare services to a pregnant woman, | ||
when those healthcare services are directly related to her | ||
pregnancy, to provide the pregnant woman with the publication | ||
described under subsection (a) of this Section before her third | ||
trimester.
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(b) In developing the publications required under | ||
subsection (a), the Department of Public Health shall consult | ||
with an organization of physicians licensed to practice | ||
medicine in all its branches and consumer groups. The | ||
Department shall update the publications every 2 years.
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(Source: P.A. 94-832, eff. 6-5-06.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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