93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB3963


 
Introduced 12/17/2003, by Monique D. Davis
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














30 ILCS 785/10









    Amends the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research Act. Requires that 20% of the participants in projects of clinical research conducted by certain qualified public, private, or not-for-profit agencies or individuals that receive State funding must be African-Americans.



















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HB3963

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



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    (30 ILCS 785/10)


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


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


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


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        (3) Conduct or support outreach programs for the 
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    recruitment of women
and members of minority groups as 
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    subjects in projects of clinical research.
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        (4) Ensure that 20% of the subjects in each research 
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    project are African-Americans.


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