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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 34
2 WHEREAS, Organs and tissues from a single donor can help
3 more than 50 individuals; and
4 WHEREAS, Nationally, 17 people die every day waiting for
5 a lifesaving organ transplant, and every 13 minutes another
6 individual is added to the national transplant waiting list;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, More than 13,000 Illinois citizens have received
9 organ transplants since 1987; and
10 WHEREAS, In the year 2002, more than 900 organ
11 transplants were performed in Illinois and there were 4,584
12 men, women, and children on the waiting list at the end of
13 the year; and
14 WHEREAS, More than 300 people in the State died last year
15 while waiting for an organ transplant; and
16 WHEREAS, The Illinois Organ/Tissue Donor Registry,
17 operated by the Secretary of State, is one of the most
18 successful registries in the United States, and it makes use
19 of the Illinois driver's license and identification card
20 database to identify individuals who are willing to be an
21 organ or tissue donor; and
22 WHEREAS, First Person Consent provides an additional
23 method to document the wishes of individuals to donate organs
24 or tissues, or both; therefore, be it
25 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
26 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
27 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created an Illinois
28 First Person Consent Task Force for the purpose of examining
29 current Illinois statutes and programs regarding organ/tissue
30 donation and making recommendations to the General Assembly
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1 concerning First Person Consent; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That the Illinois First Person Consent Task
3 Force shall consist of the following members: 2 members of
4 the Illinois House of Representatives, one of whom is
5 appointed by the Speaker of the House and one of whom is
6 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House; 2 members of
7 the Illinois Senate, one of whom is appointed by the
8 President of the Senate and one of whom is appointed by the
9 Minority Leader of the Senate; and one representative from
10 each of the following agencies and organizations as
11 designated by their leadership:
12 (1) The Secretary of State or his designee,
13 (2) The Director of the Department of Public Health or
14 his designee,
15 (3) The Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network,
16 (4) The Mid-America Transplant Services,
17 (5) The Illinois Eye Bank,
18 (6) The Illinois State Medical Society,
19 (7) The American Red Cross,
20 (8) The Illinois Nurses Association,
21 (9) The Illinois Hospital Association, and
22 (10) A representative from each transplant center in
23 Illinois;
24 the Task Force shall also include other interested
25 representatives as designated by the Secretary of State,
26 including, but not limited to (i) a medical ethicist, (ii) a
27 member of a donor family, and (iii) a transplant recipient or
28 a member of a recipient's family; and be it further
29 RESOLVED, That the private sector members shall serve on
30 a voluntary basis and shall be responsible for any costs
31 associated with their participation in the Illinois First
32 Person Consent Task Force; and be it further
33 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State or his designee
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1 shall serve as the chairperson of the First Person Task
2 Force, that all members of the Illinois First Person Consent
3 Task Force shall be considered to be members with voting
4 rights, that a quorum of the Task Force shall consist of a
5 majority of the members of the Task Force, and that all
6 actions and recommendations of the Task Force be approved by
7 a simple majority of the members of the Task Force; and be it
8 further
9 RESOLVED, That the Illinois First Person Consent Task
10 Force shall meet at the call of the chairperson and shall
11 receive the assistance of legislative staff; and be it
12 further
13 RESOLVED, That the Illinois First Person Consent Task
14 Force shall summarize its findings and recommendations in a
15 report to the General Assembly no later than December 31,
16 2003.
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