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 1                   SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 58
 2               (As amended by Senate Amendment No. 1)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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