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HB1843 Enrolled LRB093 04947 MBS 05006 b
1 AN ACT in relation to health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
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
23 practices the tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the
24 moral principles the denomination considers to be an
25 essential part of its beliefs.