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92_SJ0058

 
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 1                       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, Medical instruments are continuously being  used
 3    outside the medical or hospital setting by patients; and

 4        WHEREAS,  Many  citizens  have  conditions,  illnesses or
 5    diseases that require the use of medical instruments such  as
 6    sterile hypodermic syringes or needles; and

 7        WHEREAS,  The  Illinois  laws concerning the availability
 8    and use of medical instruments were enacted when most medical
 9    procedures and treatments were done in an office or  hospital
10    and do not address disease prevention; therefore, be it

11        RESOLVED, BY SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
12    OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  THE  HOUSE  OF REPRESENTATIVES
13    CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created  the  Commission  on
14    Medical  Instruments; this Commission shall review scientific
15    literature  regarding  availability  of  sterile   hypodermic
16    syringes   and  needles  and  disease  prevention  and  other
17    available information and make recommendation to the Illinois
18    General Assembly on appropriate standards for  the  sale  and
19    possession of sterile hypodermic syringes and needles; and be
20    it further

21        RESOLVED,   That   the   Commission   shall  include  one
22    representative from the  following  organizations:  the  AIDS
23    Foundation  of  Chicago,  the  Chicago  Department  of Public
24    Health, the Cook County Department of Public Health, the Cook
25    County States Attorney's  Office,  the  Illinois  Academy  of
26    Family  Physicians, Illinois Chapter, the American Academy of
27    Pediatricians, the Illinois Department of Public Health,  the
28    Illinois  Family  Institute, the Illinois Nurses Association,
29    the Illinois Pharmacists  Association,  the  Illinois  Public
30    Health    Association,    the   Illinois   Retail   Merchants
31    Association, the Illinois State Medical Society, the Illinois
32    Department  of  State  Police,  and   the   Illinois   States
 
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 1    Attorney's Association; and be it further

 2        RESOLVED,  That  the  Commission shall conduct at least 2
 3    public hearings, one in Chicago and one in  Springfield;  and
 4    be it further

 5        RESOLVED,  That the members of the Commission shall adopt
 6    bylaws and elect a chairperson;  members  of  the  Commission
 7    shall  serve without compensation; the Illinois Department of
 8    Public Health shall provide administrative  support  for  the
 9    Commission; and be it further

10        RESOLVED,   That   the   Commission   shall   report  its
11    recommendations to the General Assembly and  Governor  on  or
12    before December 1, 2002

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