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| Public Act 094-0832 |
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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 | ||||
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by adding Section 2310-342 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-342 new) | ||||
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, 2007, prepare | ||||
and distribute to health and maternal care providers written | ||||
publications that include the following information: | ||||
(1) The medical processes involved in the collection of | ||||
umbilical cord blood. | ||||
(2) The medical risks to a mother and her newborn child | ||||
of umbilical cord blood collection. | ||||
(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. | ||||
(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. | ||||
(5) Any costs that may be incurred by a pregnant woman | ||||
who chooses to make an umbilical cord blood donation. | ||||
(6) Options for ownership and future use of the donated | ||||
material. | ||||
(7) The availability in Illinois of umbilical cord | ||||
blood donations. | ||||
(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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Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | ||
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 | ||
the option to
donate, to a publicly accessible certified cord | ||
blood bank, blood extracted
from the umbilical cord following | ||
the delivery of a newborn child if the
donation can be made at | ||
no expense to the patient or
hospital for collection or | ||
storage.
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(b) Nothing in this Section obligates a hospital to collect | ||
umbilical cord
blood if, in the professional judgment of a | ||
physician licensed to practice
medicine in all its branches or | ||
a nurse, the collection would threaten the
health of the mother | ||
or child.
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(c) Nothing in this Section imposes a requirement upon any | ||
hospital
employee, physician, nurse, or hospital that is | ||
directly affiliated with a bona
fide religious denomination | ||
that includes as an integral part of its beliefs
and practices | ||
the tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the moral
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principles
the
denomination considers to be an essential part | ||
of its beliefs.
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(d) Subject to appropriations for that purpose, the | ||
Department of Public Health shall make the maximization of | ||
umbilical cord blood donations a public health goal. All | ||
licensed hospitals and birthing centers shall cooperate with | ||
the Department of Public Health in implementing this goal of | ||
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 | ||
becoming law.
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