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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1843

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1843  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  Hospital  Licensing  Act is amended by
 5    adding Section 6.21 as follows:

 6        (210 ILCS 85/6.21 new)
 7        Sec. 6.21. Umbilical cord blood donation.
 8        (a)  All  licensed  hospitals  shall  offer  a   pregnant
 9    patient  the  option  to  donate,  to  a  publicly accessible
10    certified cord blood bank, blood extracted from the umbilical
11    cord following  the  delivery  of  a  newborn  child  if  the
12    donation can be made at no expense to the patient or hospital
13    for collection or storage.
14        (b)  Nothing  in  this  Section  obligates  a hospital to
15    collect umbilical cord blood if, in the professional judgment
16    of a physician licensed  to  practice  medicine  in  all  its
17    branches or a nurse, the collection would threaten the health
18    of the mother or child.
19        (c)  Nothing  in  this Section imposes a requirement upon
20    any hospital employee, physician, nurse, or hospital that  is
21    directly  affiliated  with a bona fide religious denomination
22    that  includes  as  an  integral  part  of  its  beliefs  and
 
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 1    practices the tenet that blood transfer is  contrary  to  the
 2    moral   principles   the  denomination  considers  to  be  an
 3    essential part of its beliefs.".