(20 ILCS 2310/2310-395) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.72)
    Sec. 2310-395. Task Force on Organ Transplantation.
    (a) There is established within the Department a Task Force on Organ Transplantation ("the Task Force"). The Task Force shall have the following 21 members:
        (1) The Director, ex officio, or his or her designee.
        (2) The Secretary of State, ex officio, or his or her
    
designee.
        (3) Four members, appointed one each by the President
    
of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
        (4) Fifteen members appointed by the Director as
    
follows: 2 physicians (at least one of whom shall have experience in organ transplantation); one representative of medical schools; one representative of hospitals; one representative of insurers or self-insurers; one representative of an organization devoted to organ donation or the coordination of organ donations; one representative of an organization that deals with tissue donation or the coordination of tissue donations; one representative from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services; one representative from the Illinois Eye Bank Community; one representative from the Illinois Hospital and Health Systems Association; one representative from the Illinois State Coroners Association; one representative from the Illinois State Medical Society; one representative from Mid-America Transplantation Services; and 2 members of the general public who are knowledgeable in areas of the Task Force's work.
    (b) The Task Force shall conduct a comprehensive examination of the medical, legal, ethical, economic, and social issues presented by human organ procurement and transplantation.
    (c) The Task Force shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, of each year, and the Task Force's final report shall be filed on or before January 1, 1999. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
        (1) An assessment of public and private efforts to
    
procure human organs for transplantation and an identification of factors that diminish the number of organs available for transplantation.
        (2) An assessment of problems in coordinating the
    
procurement of viable human organs and tissue including skin and bones.
        (3) Recommendations for the education and training of
    
health professionals, including physicians, nurses, and hospital and emergency care personnel, with respect to organ procurement.
        (4) Recommendations for the education of the general
    
public, the clergy, law enforcement officers, members of local fire departments, and other agencies and individuals that may be instrumental in affecting organ procurement.
        (5) Recommendations for ensuring equitable access by
    
patients to organ transplantation and for ensuring the equitable allocation of donated organs among transplant centers and among patients medically qualified for an organ transplant.
        (6) An identification of barriers to the donation of
    
organs to patients (with special emphasis on pediatric patients), including an assessment of each of the following:
            (A) Barriers to the improved identification of
        
organ donors and their families and organ recipients.
            (B) The number of potential organ donors and
        
their geographical distribution.
            (C) Current health care services provided for
        
patients who need organ transplantation and organ procurement procedures, systems, and programs that affect those patients.
            (D) Cultural factors affecting the facility with
        
respect to the donation of the organs.
            (E) Ethical and economic issues relating to organ
        
transplantation needed by chronically ill patients.
        (7) An analysis of the factors involved in insurance
    
reimbursement for transplant procedures by private insurers and the public sector.
        (8) An analysis of the manner in which organ
    
transplantation technology is diffused among and adopted by qualified medical centers, including a specification of the number and geographical distribution of qualified medical centers using that technology and an assessment of whether the number of centers using that technology is sufficient or excessive and whether the public has sufficient access to medical procedures using that technology.
        (9) Recommendations for legislative changes necessary
    
to make organ transplants more readily available to Illinois citizens.
    (d) The Director of Public Health shall review the progress of the Task Force to determine the need for its continuance, and the Director shall report this determination to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 1999.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)