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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.