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92_SJ0058enr 92SJ0058 Enrolled LRB9216224RHrh 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 2 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 3 SENATE 4 Senate Joint Resolution No. 58 5 Offered by Senators Rauschenberger, Syverson, 6 Trotter and Ronen 7 WHEREAS, Medical instruments are continuously being used 8 outside the medical or hospital setting by patients; and 9 WHEREAS, Many citizens have conditions, illnesses or 10 diseases that require the use of medical instruments such as 11 sterile hypodermic syringes or needles; and 12 WHEREAS, The Illinois laws concerning the availability 13 and use of medical instruments were enacted when most medical 14 procedures and treatments were done in an office or hospital 15 and do not address disease prevention; therefore, be it 16 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL 17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF 18 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the 19 Commission on Medical Instruments; this Commission shall 20 review scientific literature regarding availability of 21 sterile hypodermic syringes and needles and disease 22 prevention and other available information and make 23 recommendation to the Illinois General Assembly on 24 appropriate standards for the sale and possession of sterile 25 hypodermic syringes and needles; and be it further 26 RESOLVED, That the Commission shall include one 27 representative from the following organizations: Allied Waste 28 Industries, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, the Chicago 29 Department of Public Health, the Cook County Department of 30 Public Health, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, the 31 Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, Illinois Chapter, the 32 American Academy of Pediatricians, the Illinois Department of 33 Public Health, the Illinois Family Institute, the Illinois 92SJ0058 Enrolled -2- LRB9216224RHrh 1 Nurses Association, the Illinois Pharmacists Association, the 2 Illinois Public Health Association, the Illinois Retail 3 Merchants Association, the Illinois State Medical Society, 4 the Illinois Department of State Police, and the Illinois 5 State's Attorneys Association; and be it further 6 RESOLVED, That the Commission shall conduct at least 2 7 public hearings, one in Chicago and one in Springfield; and 8 be it further 9 RESOLVED, That the members of the Commission shall adopt 10 bylaws and elect a chairperson; members of the Commission 11 shall serve without compensation; the Illinois Department of 12 Public Health shall provide administrative support for the 13 Commission; and be it further 14 RESOLVED, That the Commission shall report its 15 recommendations to the General Assembly and Governor on or 16 before December 1, 2002. 17 Adopted by the Senate, May 9, 2002. 18 _______________________ _______________________ 19 Secretary of the Senate President of the Senate 20 Concurred in by the House of Representatives, May 9, 21 2002. 22 _______________________ _______________________ 23 Clerk of House of Speaker of House of 24 Representatives Representatives