SB2510sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Kwame Raoul

Filed: 1/31/2006

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2510

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2510 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act is amended by adding Section 7-101.5 as follows:

(210 ILCS 25/7-101.5 new)

Sec. 7-101.5. Serum creatinine level; estimated glomerular filtration rate. The director of a clinical laboratory licensed in this State shall provide that when the laboratory tests a specimen to determine the serum creatinine level for a patient age 18 or older, as ordered or prescribed by a health care professional, the laboratory shall also calculate the patient's estimated glomerular filtration rate. When placing an order or prescribing a prescription, the health care professional shall provide the patient's age and gender. The laboratory shall include the patient's estimated glomerular filtration rate with its report to the health care professional. This Section shall not apply to clinical trials and research.".