Bill Text: IL SB1711 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Creates the Cancer Clinical Trial Participation Program Act. Presents the findings of the General Assembly. Provides that an independent third-party organization may develop and implement a cancer clinical trial participation program to provide reimbursement to subjects for ancillary costs associated with participation in a cancer clinical trial. Requires the program to collaborate with physicians, health care providers, and cancer clinical trial sponsors to notify a prospective subject about the program, reimburse subjects based on financial need, and provide reimbursement for ancillary costs. Provides that an organization administering the program shall provide written notice to prospective subjects of the requirements. Provides that reimbursement under the program at a trial site that conducts cancer clinical trials must be reviewed and approved by the institutional review board associated with the cancer clinical trial for which the reimbursement is provided and that an organization operating the program is not required to obtain approval from an institutional review board on the financial eligibility of a subject who is medically eligible for the program. Requires an organization operating the program to provide subjects with specified written notice. Provides that reimbursement to a subject of ancillary costs under the program does not constitute an undue inducement to participate in a cancer clinical trial and is not considered coercion or the exertion of undue influence to participate in a cancer clinical trial. Allows an organization that administers the program to accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source to implement the Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0619 [SB1711 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1711-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Cancer
Clinical Trial Participation Program Act.
Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) The ability to translate medical findings from
research to practice relies largely on robust subject
participation and a diverse subject participation pool in
clinical trials.
(2) Diverse subject participation in cancer clinical
trials depends significantly on whether an individual is
able to afford ancillary costs, including transportation
and lodging, during the course of participation in a cancer
clinical trial.
(3) A national study conducted in 2015 found that
individuals from households with an annual income of less
than $50,000 were 30% less likely to participate in cancer
clinical trials.
(4) Direct and indirect costs, including
transportation, lodging, and child-care expenses, prevent
eligible individuals from participating in cancer clinical
trials according to the National Cancer Institute.

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(5) The disparities in subject participation in cancer
clinical trials threaten the basic ethical underpinning of
clinical research, which requires the benefits of the
research to be made available equitably among all eligible
individuals.
(6) While the United States Food and Drug
Administration recently confirmed to Congress and provided
guidance on its website that reimbursement of direct
subject-incurred expenses is not an undue inducement, many
organizations, research sponsors, philanthropic
individuals, charitable organizations, governmental
entities, and other persons still operate under the
misconception that such reimbursement is an undue
inducement.
(7) It is the intent of the General Assembly to enact
legislation to further define and establish a clear
difference between items considered to be an undue
inducement for a subject to participate in a cancer
clinical trial and the reimbursement of expenses for
participating in a cancer clinical trial.
(8) Further clarification of the United States Food and
Drug Administration's confirmation and guidance is
appropriate and important to improve subject participation
in cancer clinical trials, which is the primary intent of
this legislation.

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Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
"Cancer clinical trial" means a research study that
subjects an individual to a new cancer treatment, including a
medication, chemotherapy, adult stem cell therapy, or other
treatment.
"Cancer clinical trial sponsor" means a person, physician,
professor, or researcher who initiates a cancer clinical trial;
a government entity or agency that initiates a cancer clinical
trial; or an industry, including, but not limited to, a
pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical device company, that
initiates a cancer clinical trial.
"Independent third-party organization" means an entity or
organization, whether public or private, that is not a sponsor
or host of a cancer clinical trial, or in any way directly
affiliated with a sponsor or host of a cancer clinical trial,
and has experience in patient advocacy and direct patient
reimbursement of cancer clinical trial participation costs.
"Inducement" means providing a person something of value,
including money, as part of participation in a clinical trial.
"Program" means the cancer clinical trial participation
program established under this Act.
"Subject" means an individual who participates in the
program.
"Undue inducement" means the value of something received by
a potential clinical trial research subject, which value is so
large that it causes the research subject to take risks that

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are not in his or her best interests.
Section 15. Establishment. An independent third-party
organization may develop and implement the cancer clinical
trial participation program to provide reimbursement to
subjects for ancillary costs associated with participation in a
cancer clinical trial, including costs for:
(1) travel;
(2) lodging;
(3) parking and tolls; and
(4) other costs considered appropriate by the
organization.
Section 20. Requirements; notice.
(a) The program:
(1) must collaborate with physicians, health care
providers, and cancer clinical trial sponsors to notify a
prospective subject about the program when:
(A) the prospective subject consents to a cancer
clinical trial; or
(B) funding is available to provide the program for
the cancer clinical trial in which the prospective
subject participates;
(2) must reimburse subjects based on financial need,
which may include reimbursement to subjects whose income is
at or below 700% of the federal poverty level;

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(3) must provide reimbursement for ancillary costs,
including costs described under Section 15, to eliminate
the financial barriers to enrollment in a cancer clinical
trial;
(4) may provide reimbursement for reasonable ancillary
costs, including costs described under Section 15, to one
family member, friend, or other person who attends a cancer
clinical trial to support a subject; and
(5) must comply with applicable federal and State laws.
(b) The independent third-party organization administering
the program shall provide written notice to prospective
subjects of the requirements described under subsection (a).
Section 25. Reimbursement requirements; notice.
(a) A reimbursement under the program at a trial site that
conducts cancer clinical trials must:
(1) be reviewed and approved by the institutional
review board associated with the cancer clinical trial for
which the reimbursement is provided; and
(2) comply with applicable federal and State laws.
(b) The independent third-party organization operating the
program is not required to obtain approval from an
institutional review board on the financial eligibility of a
subject who is medically eligible for a cancer clinical trial.
(c) The independent third-party organization operating the
program shall provide written notice to a subject on:

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(1) the nature and availability of the ancillary
financial support under the program; and
(2) the program's general guidelines on financial
eligibility.
Section 30. Reimbursement status as undue inducement.
Reimbursement to a subject of ancillary costs under the
program:
(1) does not constitute an undue inducement to
participate in a cancer clinical trial;
(2) is not considered coercion or the exertion of undue
influence to participate in a cancer clinical trial; and
(3) is meant to accomplish parity in access to cancer
clinical trials and remove barriers to participation in
cancer clinical trials for financially burdened subjects.
Section 35. Funding. The independent third-party
organization that administers the program may accept gifts,
grants, and donations from any public or private source to
implement this Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.