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1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 58
2 (As amended by Senate Amendment No. 1)
3 WHEREAS, Medical instruments are continuously being used
4 outside the medical or hospital setting by patients; and
5 WHEREAS, Many citizens have conditions, illnesses or
6 diseases that require the use of medical instruments such as
7 sterile hypodermic syringes or needles; and
8 WHEREAS, The Illinois laws concerning the availability
9 and use of medical instruments were enacted when most medical
10 procedures and treatments were done in an office or hospital
11 and do not address disease prevention; therefore, be it
12 RESOLVED, BY SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
13 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
14 CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Commission on
15 Medical Instruments; this Commission shall review scientific
16 literature regarding availability of sterile hypodermic
17 syringes and needles and disease prevention and other
18 available information and make recommendation to the Illinois
19 General Assembly on appropriate standards for the sale and
20 possession of sterile hypodermic syringes and needles; and be
21 it further
22 RESOLVED, That the Commission shall include one
23 representative from the following organizations: Allied Waste
24 Industries, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, the Chicago
25 Department of Public Health, the Cook County Department of
26 Public Health, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, the
27 Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, Illinois Chapter, the
28 American Academy of Pediatricians, the Illinois Department of
29 Public Health, the Illinois Family Institute, the Illinois
30 Nurses Association, the Illinois Pharmacists Association, the
31 Illinois Public Health Association, the Illinois Retail
32 Merchants Association, the Illinois State Medical Society,
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1 the Illinois Department of State Police, and the Illinois
2 State's Attorneys Association; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That the Commission shall conduct at least 2
4 public hearings, one in Chicago and one in Springfield; and
5 be it further
6 RESOLVED, That the members of the Commission shall adopt
7 bylaws and elect a chairperson; members of the Commission
8 shall serve without compensation; the Illinois Department of
9 Public Health shall provide administrative support for the
10 Commission; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That the Commission shall report its
12 recommendations to the General Assembly and Governor on or
13 before December 1, 2002.
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