Bill Text: IL SB3138 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning umbilical cord blood donation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3138 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB3138-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB3138 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Christine Radogno SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 85/6.21
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning umbilical cord blood donation.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. 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 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

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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; 94-832, eff. 6-5-06.)