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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1843
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1843 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
5 adding Section 6.21 as follows:
6 (210 ILCS 85/6.21 new)
7 Sec. 6.21. Umbilical cord blood donation.
8 (a) All licensed hospitals shall offer a pregnant
9 patient the option to donate, to a publicly accessible
10 certified cord blood bank, blood extracted from the umbilical
11 cord following the delivery of a newborn child if the
12 donation can be made at no expense to the patient or hospital
13 for collection or storage.
14 (b) Nothing in this Section obligates a hospital to
15 collect umbilical cord blood if, in the professional judgment
16 of a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its
17 branches or a nurse, the collection would threaten the health
18 of the mother or child.
19 (c) Nothing in this Section imposes a requirement upon
20 any hospital employee, physician, nurse, or hospital that is
21 directly affiliated with a bona fide religious denomination
22 that includes as an integral part of its beliefs and
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1 practices the tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the
2 moral principles the denomination considers to be an
3 essential part of its beliefs.".