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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4862
Introduced 02/04/04, by Michael P. McAuliffe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that as a condition of licensure, a hospital must develop a written pamphlet that highlights the hospital's organ donation policy and procedures and must provide the pamphlet to potential organ donors or their families. Requires the Department of Public Health to conduct a study of hospitals in Illinois to determine which hospitals provide for organ donations from asystolic donors. Effective immediately.
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LRB093 18625 DRJ 44350 b |
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| AN ACT concerning hospitals.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 6.16a as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 85/6.16a new) |
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| Sec. 6.16a. Organ donation policy and procedures; study. |
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| (a) As a condition of licensure under this Act, each |
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| hospital in Illinois must develop a written pamphlet or |
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| brochure that highlights the hospital's organ donation policy |
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| and procedures. In addition to other relevant information, the |
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| pamphlet or brochure must include information specifying how an |
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| individual, or an individual's family in the case of |
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| incapacitation, may donate organs. The pamphlet or brochure |
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| must also include a description of the hospital's policy in |
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| relation to asystolic donors, or those that have not been |
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| declared brain dead prior to the point that the donor's heart |
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| stops beating. The hospital must provide the pamphlet or |
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| brochure to a potential donor or the donor's family upon the |
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| first statement by the potential donor or family that they are |
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| interested in donating organs. |
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| (b) Based on information contained in the pamphlets or |
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| brochures prepared by hospitals under subsection (a), or by any |
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| other appropriate means available, the Department of Public |
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| Health shall conduct a study of hospitals in Illinois to |
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| determine which hospitals provide for organ donations from |
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| asystolic donors. The Department shall report its findings to |
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| the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2005.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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