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    AN ACT concerning health.

 
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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 
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Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by adding Section 2310-342 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-342  new)
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    Sec. 2310-342. Umbilical cord blood donations.

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    (a) Subject to appropriations for that purpose, the 
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Department of Public Health shall, by January 1, 2007, prepare 
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and distribute to health and maternal care providers written 
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publications that include the following information:
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        (1) The medical processes involved in the collection of 
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    umbilical cord blood.
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        (2) The medical risks to a mother and her newborn child 
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    of umbilical cord blood collection.
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        (3) The current and potential future medical uses and 
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    benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to a mother, 
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    her newborn child, and her biological family.
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        (4) The current and potential future medical uses and 
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    benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to persons who 
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    are not biologically related to a mother or her newborn 
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    child.
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        (5) Any costs that may be incurred by a pregnant woman 
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    who chooses to make an umbilical cord blood donation.
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        (6) Options for ownership and future use of the donated 
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    material.
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        (7) The availability in Illinois of umbilical cord 
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    blood donations.
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    (b) In developing the publications required under 
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subsection (a), the Department of Public Health shall consult 
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with an organization of physicians licensed to practice 
 


 






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medicine in all its branches  and consumer groups. The 
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Department shall update the publications every 2 years.

 
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    Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 6.21 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 85/6.21)



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    Sec. 6.21. Umbilical cord blood donation. 

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    (a) All licensed hospitals shall offer a pregnant patient 
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the option to
donate, to a publicly accessible certified cord 
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blood bank, blood extracted
from the umbilical cord following 
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the delivery of a newborn child if the
donation can be made at 
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no expense to the patient or
hospital for collection or 
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storage.

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    (b) Nothing in this Section obligates a hospital to collect 
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umbilical cord
blood if, in the professional judgment of a 
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physician licensed to practice
medicine in all its branches or 
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a nurse, the collection would threaten the
health of the mother 
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or child.

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    (c) Nothing in this Section imposes a requirement upon any 
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hospital
employee, physician, nurse, or hospital that is 
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directly affiliated with a bona
fide religious denomination 
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that includes as an integral part of its beliefs
and practices 
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the tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the moral

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principles
the
denomination considers to be an essential part 
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of its beliefs.

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    (d) Subject to appropriations for that purpose, the 
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Department of Public Health shall make the maximization of 
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umbilical cord blood donations a public health goal. All 
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licensed hospitals and birthing centers shall cooperate with 
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the Department of Public Health in implementing this goal of 
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increasing donations of umbilical cord blood.

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(Source: P.A. 93-143, eff. 1-1-04.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.