Full Text of SB0363 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 35 as follows: | 6 | | (15 ILCS 305/35 new) | 7 | | Sec. 35. Task Force on Best Practices and Licensing of | 8 | | Non-Transplant Organ Donation Organizations. | 9 | | (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: | 10 | | (1) Non-transplant organ donation organizations that | 11 | | accept or process whole body donations or body parts not | 12 | | for transplantation owe a duty of transparency and | 13 | | safekeeping to the donor and his or her next of kin. | 14 | | Medical and scientific research is critical to a continued | 15 | | understanding of the human body, disease, and training the | 16 | | next generation of medical professionals, funeral home | 17 | | directors, coroners, and mortuary students. Non-transplant | 18 | | organ donation organizations do not include organizations | 19 | | that receive body parts for the purposes of | 20 | | transplantation. | 21 | | (2) Recently, non-transplant organizations that | 22 | | receive or process whole body donation or body part | 23 | | donation not for transplantation purposes, have misused or |
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| 1 | | mishandled donor bodies and body parts. | 2 | | (3) Neither State nor federal law adequately regulates | 3 | | this industry. | 4 | | (b) As used in this Section, "Task Force" means the Task | 5 | | Force on Best Practices and Licensing of Non-Transplant Organ | 6 | | Donation Organizations. | 7 | | (c) There is created a Task Force on Best Practices and | 8 | | Licensing of Non-Transplant Organ Donation Organizations to | 9 | | review and report on national standards for best practices in | 10 | | relation to the licensing and regulation of organizations that | 11 | | solicit or accept non-transplantation whole bodies and body | 12 | | parts, including licensing standards, State regulation, | 13 | | identification of bodies and body parts, and sanctions. The | 14 | | goal of the Task Force is to research the industry, | 15 | | investigate State and local standards, and provide | 16 | | recommendations to the General Assembly and Office of the | 17 | | Governor. | 18 | | (d) The Task Force's report shall include, but not be | 19 | | limited to, standards for organizations that accept whole body | 20 | | and body part donation, the application process for licensure, | 21 | | best practices regarding consent, the identification, | 22 | | labeling, handling and return of bodies and body parts to | 23 | | ensure proper end-use and return to the next of kin, and best | 24 | | practices for ensuring donors and next of kin are treated with | 25 | | transparency and dignity. The report shall also evaluate and | 26 | | make a recommendation as to the area of State government most |
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| 1 | | appropriate for licensing organizations and regulation of the | 2 | | industry. The report shall also make a recommendation on | 3 | | legislation to enact the findings of the Task Force. | 4 | | (e) The Task Force shall meet no less than 5 times between | 5 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 6 | | Assembly and December 31, 2021. The Task Force shall prepare a | 7 | | report that summarizes its work and makes recommendations | 8 | | resulting from its review. The Task Force shall submit the | 9 | | report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and | 10 | | General Assembly no later than January 15, 2022. | 11 | | (f) The Task Force shall consist of the following 8 | 12 | | members: | 13 | | (1) the Secretary of State or his or her designee; | 14 | | (2) one member appointed by the Secretary of State | 15 | | from the Department of Organ Donor of the Office of the | 16 | | Secretary of State; | 17 | | (3) one member appointed by the President of the | 18 | | Senate; | 19 | | (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 20 | | Senate; | 21 | | (5) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House | 22 | | of Representatives; | 23 | | (6) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 24 | | House of Representatives; | 25 | | (7) one member appointed by the Director of Public | 26 | | Health; and |
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| 1 | | (8) one member from a University or Mortuary School | 2 | | that has experience in receiving whole body donations, | 3 | | appointed by the Governor. | 4 | | (g) The Secretary of State shall designate which member | 5 | | shall serve as chairperson and facilitate the Task Force. The | 6 | | members of the Task Force shall be appointed no later than 90 | 7 | | days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 8 | | 102nd General Assembly. Vacancies in the membership of the | 9 | | Task Force shall be filled in the same manner as the original | 10 | | appointment. The members of the Task Force shall not receive | 11 | | compensation for serving as members of the Task Force. | 12 | | (h) The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide the | 13 | | Task Force with administrative and other support. | 14 | | (i) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2022.
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law.
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