Full Text of HB3842 101st General Assembly
HB3842 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB3842 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 720 ILCS 5/12-20 | from Ch. 38, par. 12-20 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the penalty for knowingly buying or selling, or offering to buy or sell, a
human body or any part of a human body is a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor) for the first conviction and a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony) for subsequent convictions.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 12-20 as follows: | 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/12-20) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-20)
| 7 | | Sec. 12-20. Sale of body parts.
| 8 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), any person who | 9 | | knowingly buys or sells, or offers to buy or sell, a
human body | 10 | | or any part of a human body, is guilty of a Class 4 felony A | 11 | | misdemeanor
for the first conviction and a Class 3 4 felony for | 12 | | subsequent convictions.
| 13 | | (b) This Section does not prohibit:
| 14 | | (1) An anatomical gift made in accordance with the | 15 | | Illinois
Anatomical Gift
Act.
| 16 | | (2) (Blank).
| 17 | | (3) Reimbursement of actual expenses incurred by a | 18 | | living person in
donating an organ, tissue or other body | 19 | | part or fluid for transplantation,
implantation, infusion, | 20 | | injection, or other medical or scientific purpose,
| 21 | | including medical costs, loss of income, and travel | 22 | | expenses.
| 23 | | (4) Payments provided under a plan of insurance or
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| 1 | | other health care coverage.
| 2 | | (5) Reimbursement of reasonable costs associated with | 3 | | the removal,
storage or transportation of a human body or | 4 | | part thereof donated for
medical or scientific purposes.
| 5 | | (6) Purchase or sale of blood, plasma, blood products | 6 | | or derivatives,
other body fluids, or human hair.
| 7 | | (7) Purchase or sale of drugs, reagents or other | 8 | | substances made from
human bodies or body parts, for use in | 9 | | medical or scientific research,
treatment or diagnosis.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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