SB2244 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB104 09416 AAS 19475 b

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2244

Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Lakesia Collins

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 41/15-33 new

Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Adds exceptions to unlicensed practice. Provides that a license is not required under the Code for an organ procurement organization or its authorized representative to transport a deceased human body if the organ procurement organization meets certain requirements. Provides that any organ procurement organization or its authorized representative that transports a deceased human body under the provisions concerning exceptions to unlicensed practice shall employ or contract with a funeral director licensed in this State to supervise and train its authorized representative prior to transporting the deceased human body and must comply with all other applicable rules, regulations, and laws. Provides that the provisions concerning exceptions to unlicensed practice shall not apply to a non-transplant anatomical donation organization.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code is amended by adding Section 15-33 as follows:

(225 ILCS 41/15-33 new)

Sec. 15-33. Exceptions to unlicensed practice.

(a) A license is not required under this Code for an organ procurement organization or its authorized representative to transport a deceased human body if the organ procurement organization is:

(1) certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;

(2) transporting the deceased human body for the purposes of organ or tissue donation;

(3) transporting the deceased human body within the viable time frame for organ or tissue donation; and

(4) under the supervision of a licensed funeral director.

(b) Any organ procurement organization or its authorized representative that transports a deceased human body under this Section shall employ or contract with a funeral director licensed in this State to supervise and train its authorized representative prior to transporting the deceased human body. The organ procurement organization or its authorized representative shall comply with all other applicable rules, regulations, and laws.

(c) This Section shall not apply to a non-transplant anatomical donation organization. As used in this subsection (c), "non-transplant anatomical donation organization" means an entity who engages in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, distribution, or storage of human bodies, body parts, or tissues for purposes of education, research, or the advancement of medical, dental, or mortuary science.