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92_SJ0058 LRB9216224RHrh 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 -2- LRB9216224RHrh 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