Full Text of HB3963 93rd General Assembly
HB3963eng 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Inclusion of Women and Minorities in | 5 |
| Clinical Research Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 | 6 |
| as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 785/5)
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| Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
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| "Grantee" means any qualified public, private, or | 10 |
| not-for-profit agency or
individual, including, but not | 11 |
| limited to, a college, university, hospital,
laboratory,
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| research institution, local health department, voluntary | 13 |
| health agency, health
maintenance
organization, corporation, | 14 |
| student, fellow, or entrepreneur, conducting
clinical research
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| using State funds. A grantee may also be a corporation that is | 16 |
| headquartered in
Illinois
and that conducts research using | 17 |
| State funds.
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| "Minority group" means a group that is a readily | 19 |
| identifiable subset of the U.S. population that is | 20 |
| distinguished by racial, ethnic, or cultural heritage. The | 21 |
| following racial and ethnic categories shall be used as | 22 |
| guidelines: | 23 |
| (1) "American Indian or Alaskan Native" means a person | 24 |
| having origins in any of the original native peoples of | 25 |
| North America and who maintains a cultural identification | 26 |
| through tribal affiliation or community recognition. | 27 |
| (2) "Asian or Pacific Islander" means a person having | 28 |
| origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, | 29 |
| Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific | 30 |
| Islands, including, but not limited to, China, India, | 31 |
| Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa. | 32 |
| (3) "Black" means someone not of Hispanic origin having |
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| origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. | 2 |
| (4) "Hispanic" means a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, | 3 |
| Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture | 4 |
| or origin, regardless of race.
is defined as in the 2000 | 5 |
| National Institutes of Health
guidelines .
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| "Project of clinical research" includes a clinical trial.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-514, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (30 ILCS 785/10)
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| Sec. 10. Inclusion of women and minorities. Except as | 10 |
| provided in Section
15
or 30, in conducting or supporting a | 11 |
| project of clinical research, a grantee
must do all of
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| following:
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| (1) Ensure that women, including, but not limited to, | 14 |
| women over the age
of 40 years, are included as subjects in | 15 |
| each research project.
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| (2) Ensure that members of minority groups are included | 17 |
| as subjects in
each research project.
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| (3) Conduct or support outreach programs for the | 19 |
| recruitment of women
and members of minority groups as | 20 |
| subjects in projects of clinical research. | 21 |
| (4) Comply with the National Institutes of Health | 22 |
| Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in | 23 |
| Clinical Research.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-514, eff. 1-1-04.)
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