Full Text of SB0363 102nd General Assembly
SB0363sam001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Patricia Van Pelt Filed: 4/7/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 363
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 363 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 35 as follows: | 6 | | (15 ILCS 305/35 new) | 7 | | Sec. 35. Task Force on Best Practices and Licensing of | 8 | | Non-Transplant Organ Donation Organizations. | 9 | | (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: | 10 | | (1) Non-transplant organ donation organizations that | 11 | | accept or process whole body donations or body parts not | 12 | | for transplantation owe a duty of transparency and | 13 | | safekeeping to the donor and his or her next of kin. | 14 | | Medical and scientific research is critical to a continued | 15 | | understanding of the human body, disease, and training the | 16 | | next generation of medical professionals, funeral home |
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| 1 | | directors, coroners, and mortuary students. Non-transplant | 2 | | organ donation organizations do not include organizations | 3 | | that receive body parts for the purposes of | 4 | | transplantation. | 5 | | (2) Recently, non-transplant organizations that | 6 | | receive or process whole body donation or body part | 7 | | donation not for transplantation purposes, have misused or | 8 | | mishandled donor bodies and body parts. | 9 | | (3) Neither State nor federal law adequately regulates | 10 | | this industry. | 11 | | (b) As used in this Section, "Task Force" means the Task | 12 | | Force on Best Practices and Licensing of Non-Transplant Organ | 13 | | Donation Organizations. | 14 | | (c) There is created a Task Force on Best Practices and | 15 | | Licensing of Non-Transplant Organ Donation Organizations to | 16 | | review and report on national standards for best practices in | 17 | | relation to the licensing and regulation of organizations that | 18 | | solicit or accept non-transplantation whole bodies and body | 19 | | parts, including licensing standards, State regulation, | 20 | | identification of bodies and body parts, and sanctions. The | 21 | | goal of the Task Force is to research the industry, | 22 | | investigate State and local standards, and provide | 23 | | recommendations to the General Assembly and Office of the | 24 | | Governor. | 25 | | (d) The Task Force's report shall include, but not be | 26 | | limited to, standards for organizations that accept whole body |
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| 1 | | and body part donation, the application process for licensure, | 2 | | best practices regarding consent, the identification, | 3 | | labeling, handling and return of bodies and body parts to | 4 | | ensure proper end-use and return to the next of kin, and best | 5 | | practices for ensuring donors and next of kin are treated with | 6 | | transparency and dignity. The report shall also evaluate and | 7 | | make a recommendation as to the area of State government most | 8 | | appropriate for licensing organizations and regulation of the | 9 | | industry. The report shall also make a recommendation on | 10 | | legislation to enact the findings of the Task Force. | 11 | | (e) The Task Force shall meet no less than 5 times between | 12 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 13 | | Assembly and December 31, 2021. The Task Force shall prepare a | 14 | | report that summarizes its work and makes recommendations | 15 | | resulting from its review. The Task Force shall submit the | 16 | | report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and | 17 | | General Assembly no later than January 15, 2022. | 18 | | (f) The Task Force shall consist of the following 8 | 19 | | members: | 20 | | (1) the Secretary of State or his or her designee; | 21 | | (2) one member appointed by the Secretary of State | 22 | | from the Department of Organ Donor of the Office of the | 23 | | Secretary of State; | 24 | | (3) one member appointed by the President of the | 25 | | Senate; | 26 | | (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
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| 1 | | Senate; | 2 | | (5) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House | 3 | | of Representatives; | 4 | | (6) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 5 | | House of Representatives; | 6 | | (7) one member appointed by the Director of Public | 7 | | Health; and | 8 | | (8) one member from a University or Mortuary School | 9 | | that has experience in receiving whole body donations, | 10 | | appointed by the Governor. | 11 | | (g) The Secretary of State shall designate which member | 12 | | shall serve as chairperson and facilitate the Task Force. The | 13 | | members of the Task Force shall be appointed no later than 90 | 14 | | days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 15 | | 102nd General Assembly. Vacancies in the membership of the | 16 | | Task Force shall be filled in the same manner as the original | 17 | | appointment. The members of the Task Force shall not receive | 18 | | compensation for serving as members of the Task Force. | 19 | | (h) The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide the | 20 | | Task Force with administrative and other support. | 21 | | (i) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2022.
| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 | | becoming law.".
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