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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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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 
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Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by changing Section 2310-342 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-342)
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    Sec. 2310-342. Umbilical cord blood donations.

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    (a) Subject to appropriations for that purpose, the 
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Department of Public Health shall, by January 1, 2008
2007, 
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prepare and distribute to health and maternal care providers 
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written publications containing standardized, objective 
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information about umbilical cord blood banking that is 
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sufficient to allow a pregnant woman to make an informed 
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decision about whether to participate in a public or private 
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umbilical cord blood banking program, including
that include 
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the following information:
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        (1) An explanation of the difference between public and 
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    private umbilical cord blood banking.

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        (2) The options available to a mother, after the 
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    delivery of her newborn, relating to stem cells contained 
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    in the umbilical cord blood, including:

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            (A) donating to a public bank;

 


 






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            (B) storing in a family umbilical cord blood bank 
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        for use by immediate and extended family members;

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            (C) storing, for family use, through a family or 
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        sibling donor banking program that provides free 
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        collection, processing, and storage when there is a 
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        medical need; and

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            (D) discarding the umbilical cord blood.

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        (3)
(1) The medical processes involved in the 
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    collection of umbilical cord blood.
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(2) The medical risks to a mother and her newborn 
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    child of umbilical cord blood collection.
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        (5)
(3) The current and potential future medical uses 
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    and benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to a 
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    mother, her newborn child, and her biological family.
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        (6)
(4) The current and potential future medical uses 
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    and benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to persons 
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    who are not biologically related to a mother or her newborn 
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    child.
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        (7) Medical or family history criteria that can impact 
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    a family's consideration of umbilical cord blood banking.

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        (8) Costs associated with public and private umbilical 
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    cord blood banking, including the family banking and 
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    sibling donor programs when there is a medical need.

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        (5) Any costs that may be incurred by a pregnant woman 
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    who chooses to make an umbilical cord blood donation.
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        (9)
(6) Options for ownership and future use of the 
 


 






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    donated material.
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        (10)
(7) The availability in Illinois of umbilical cord 
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    blood donations.
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    (b) The Department shall encourage health and maternal care 
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providers providing healthcare services to a pregnant woman, 
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when those healthcare services are directly related to her 
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pregnancy, to provide the pregnant woman with the publication 
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described under subsection (a) of this Section before her third 
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trimester.

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    (c)
(b) In developing the publications required under 
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subsection (a), the Department of Public Health shall consult 
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with an organization of physicians licensed to practice 
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medicine in all its branches  and consumer groups. The 
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Department shall update the publications every 2 years.


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(Source: P.A. 94-832, eff. 6-5-06.)
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.