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91_SB1329

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning higher education.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The University of Illinois Act is amended by
 5    adding Section 20 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 305/20 new)
 7        Sec. 330.  Medical school research experiments;  informed
 8    consent.   If  a  person  is to participate as a subject in a
 9    research experiment conducted at the College of Medicine  but
10    does  not  understand the English language, then the informed
11    consent document for the research experiment must be  written
12    in  a language that the person does understand. If the person
13    cannot read or has difficulty reading, the document  must  be
14    read to the person in that same language.

15        Section  10.  The Southern Illinois University Management
16    Act is amended by adding Section 10 as follows:

17        (110 ILCS 520/10 new)
18        Sec. 10.  Medical school research  experiments;  informed
19    consent.   If  a  person  is to participate as a subject in a
20    research experiment conducted at the School of  Medicine  but
21    does  not  understand the English language, then the informed
22    consent document for the research experiment must be  written
23    in a language that the person does understand.  If the person
24    cannot  read  or has difficulty reading, the document must be
25    read to the person in that same language.

26        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
27    becoming law.

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