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| To enact sections 2108.61 to 2108.63 of the Revised | 1 |
| Code regarding umbilical cord blood donations. | 2 |
| Section 1. That sections 2108.61, 2108.62, and 2108.63 of the | 3 |
| Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 4 |
| Sec. 2108.61. (A) As used in this section and sections | 5 |
| 2108.62 and 2108.63 of the Revised Code: | 6 |
| (1) "Health care institution" means a hospital registered as | 7 |
| such under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code or a freestanding | 8 |
| birthing center. | 9 |
| (2) "Health care professional" means a physician authorized | 10 |
| under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and | 11 |
| surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; a registered nurse, | 12 |
| including a certified nurse-midwife, authorized to practice under | 13 |
| Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; or a physician assistant | 14 |
| authorized to practice under Chapter 4130. of the Revised Code. | 15 |
| (3) "Umbilical cord blood" means the blood that remains in | 16 |
| the umbilical cord and placenta after the birth of a newborn | 17 |
| child. | 18 |
| (B) The department of health shall encourage health care | 19 |
| professionals who provide health care services that are directly | 20 |
| related to a woman's pregnancy to provide a woman before her | 21 |
| third trimester of pregnancy with the publications described in | 22 |
| section 2108.62 of the Revised Code. | 23 |
| Sec. 2108.62. (A) The department of health, on its internet | 24 |
| web site, shall make available to health care professionals | 25 |
| printable publications that can be downloaded containing | 26 |
| standardized, objective information about umbilical cord blood | 27 |
| banking that is sufficient to allow a pregnant woman to make an | 28 |
| informed decision about whether to participate in an umbilical | 29 |
| cord blood banking program. The publications shall include all | 30 |
| of the following information: | 31 |
| (1) The medical processes involved in the collection of | 32 |
| umbilical cord blood; | 33 |
| (2) The medical risks of umbilical cord blood collection to | 34 |
| the mother and the newborn child; | 35 |
| (3) The options available to a mother regarding stem cells | 36 |
| contained in the umbilical cord blood after delivery of the | 37 |
| mother's newborn child, including: | 38 |
| (a) Having the stem cells discarded; | 39 |
| (b) Donating the stem cells to a public umbilical cord blood | 40 |
| bank; | 41 |
| (c) Having the stem cells stored in a private umbilical cord | 42 |
| blood bank for use by immediate and extended family members; | 43 |
| (d) Storing the stem cells for use by the family through a | 44 |
| family or sibling donor banking program that provides free | 45 |
| collection, processing, and storage of the stem cells where there | 46 |
| is a medical need. | 47 |
| (4) The current and potential future medical uses, risks, and | 48 |
| benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to the mother, newborn | 49 |
| child, and biological family; | 50 |
| (5) The current and potential future medical uses, risks, and | 51 |
| benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to individuals who are | 52 |
| not biologically related to the mother or newborn child; | 53 |
| (6) Any costs that may be incurred by a pregnant woman who | 54 |
| chooses to make an umbilical cord blood donation; | 55 |
| (7) The average cost of public and private umbilical cord | 56 |
| blood banking. | 57 |
| (B) The department may update the publications prepared | 58 |
| pursuant to this section as it considers necessary. | 59 |
| Sec. 2108.63. A health care professional or health care | 60 |
| institution is not liable for damages in a civil action, subject | 61 |
| to prosecution in a criminal proceeding, or subject to | 62 |
| disciplinary action by the state medical board or board of | 63 |
| nursing for acting in good faith pursuant to section 2108.61 of | 64 |
| the Revised Code. | 65 |