Human Services Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 04, 2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3963 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3963 on page 1, by 
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replacing lines 5 and 6 with the following:
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"Clinical Research Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 
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as follows:

 



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    (30 ILCS 785/5)



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    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:

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

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

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

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    "Minority group" means a group that is a readily 
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identifiable subset of the U.S. population that is 
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distinguished by racial, ethnic, or cultural heritage. The 
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following racial and ethnic categories shall be used as 
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guidelines:
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        (1) "American Indian or Alaskan Native" means a person 
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having origins in any of the original native peoples of 
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North America and who maintains a cultural identification 
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through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
 


 






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        (2) "Asian or Pacific Islander" means a person having 
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origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, 
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Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific 
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Islands, including, but not limited to, China, India, 
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Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
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        (3) "Black" means someone not of Hispanic origin having 
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origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
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        (4) "Hispanic" means a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, 
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Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture 
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or origin, regardless of race.
is defined as in the 2000 
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National Institutes of Health
guidelines.

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    "Project of clinical research" includes a clinical trial.

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



 
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on page 1, by replacing lines 20 and 21 with the following:
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        "(4) Comply with the National Institutes of Health 
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Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in 
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Clinical Research.".