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Sen. Kwame Raoul
Filed: 1/31/2006
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09400SB2510sam001 |
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LRB094 18649 DRJ 54875 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2510
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2510 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank |
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| Act is amended by adding Section 7-101.5 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 25/7-101.5 new) |
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| Sec. 7-101.5. Serum creatinine level; estimated glomerular |
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| filtration rate. The director of a clinical laboratory licensed |
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| in this State shall provide that when the laboratory tests a |
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| specimen to determine the serum creatinine level for a patient |
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| age 18 or older, as ordered or prescribed by a health care |
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| professional, the laboratory shall also calculate the |
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| patient's estimated glomerular filtration rate. When placing |
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| an order or prescribing a prescription, the health care |
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| professional shall provide the patient's age and gender. The |
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| laboratory shall include the patient's estimated glomerular |
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| filtration rate with its report to the health care |
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| professional. This Section shall not apply to clinical trials |
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| and research.".
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