Public Act 093-0787
 		





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    AN ACT in relation to health. 

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


 
    Section 5. The Inclusion of Women and Minorities in 
Clinical Research Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 
as follows: 
 



    (30 ILCS 785/5)



    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:

    "Grantee" means any qualified public, private, or 
not-for-profit agency or
individual, including, but not 
limited to, a college, university, hospital,
laboratory,

research institution, local health department, voluntary 
health agency, health
maintenance
organization, corporation, 
student, fellow, or entrepreneur, conducting
clinical research

using State funds. A grantee may also be a corporation that is 
headquartered in
Illinois
and that conducts research using 
State funds.

    "Minority group" means a group that is a readily 
identifiable subset of the U.S. population that is 
distinguished by racial, ethnic, or cultural heritage. The 
following racial and ethnic categories shall be used as 
guidelines:
        (1) "American Indian or Alaskan Native" means a person 
    having origins in any of the original native peoples of 
    North America and who maintains a cultural identification 
    through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
        (2) "Asian or Pacific Islander" means a person having 
    origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, 
    Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific 
    Islands, including, but not limited to, China, India, 
    Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
        (3) "Black" means someone not of Hispanic origin having 
    origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
        (4) "Hispanic" means a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, 
    Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture 
    or origin, regardless of race
is defined as in the 2000 
    National Institutes of Health
guidelines.

    "Project of clinical research" includes a clinical trial.

(Source: P.A. 93-514, eff. 1-1-04.)

 



    (30 ILCS 785/10)


    Sec. 10. Inclusion of women and minorities. Except as 
provided in Section
15
or 30, in conducting or supporting a 
project of clinical research, a grantee
must do all of
the 
following:


        (1) Ensure that women, including, but not limited to, 
    women over the age
of 40 years, are included as subjects in 
    each research project.


        (2) Ensure that members of minority groups are included 
    as subjects in
each research project.


        (3) Conduct or support outreach programs for the 
    recruitment of women
and members of minority groups as 
    subjects in projects of clinical research.
        (4) Comply with the National Institutes of Health 
    Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in 
    Clinical Research.


(Source: P.A. 93-514, eff. 1-1-04.)