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Public Act 0832 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 094-0832

HB5245 Enrolled LRB094 18311 DRJ 53622 b

    AN ACT concerning health.

    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by adding Section 2310-342 as follows:

    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-342 new)
    Sec. 2310-342. Umbilical cord blood donations.
    (a) Subject to appropriations for that purpose, the
Department of Public Health shall, by January 1, 2007, prepare
and distribute to health and maternal care providers written
publications that include the following information:
        (1) The medical processes involved in the collection of
    umbilical cord blood.
        (2) The medical risks to a mother and her newborn child
    of umbilical cord blood collection.
        (3) The current and potential future medical uses and
    benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to a mother,
    her newborn child, and her biological family.
        (4) The current and potential future medical uses and
    benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to persons who
    are not biologically related to a mother or her newborn
    child.
        (5) Any costs that may be incurred by a pregnant woman
    who chooses to make an umbilical cord blood donation.
        (6) Options for ownership and future use of the donated
    material.
        (7) The availability in Illinois of umbilical cord
    blood donations.
    (b) In developing the publications required under
subsection (a), the Department of Public Health shall consult
with an organization of physicians licensed to practice
medicine in all its branches and consumer groups. The
Department shall update the publications every 2 years.

    Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
changing Section 6.21 as follows:

    (210 ILCS 85/6.21)
    Sec. 6.21. Umbilical cord blood donation.
    (a) All licensed hospitals shall offer a pregnant patient
the option to donate, to a publicly accessible certified cord
blood bank, blood extracted from the umbilical cord following
the delivery of a newborn child if the donation can be made at
no expense to the patient or hospital for collection or
storage.
    (b) Nothing in this Section obligates a hospital to collect
umbilical cord blood if, in the professional judgment of a
physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches or
a nurse, the collection would threaten the health of the mother
or child.
    (c) Nothing in this Section imposes a requirement upon any
hospital employee, physician, nurse, or hospital that is
directly affiliated with a bona fide religious denomination
that includes as an integral part of its beliefs and practices
the tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the moral
principles the denomination considers to be an essential part
of its beliefs.
    (d) Subject to appropriations for that purpose, the
Department of Public Health shall make the maximization of
umbilical cord blood donations a public health goal. All
licensed hospitals and birthing centers shall cooperate with
the Department of Public Health in implementing this goal of
increasing donations of umbilical cord blood.
(Source: P.A. 93-143, eff. 1-1-04.)

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 6/5/2006

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