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(128th General Assembly)
(Substitute House Bill Number 102)
AN ACT
To enact sections 2108.61 to 2108.63 of the Revised
Code regarding umbilical cord blood donations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 2108.61, 2108.62, and 2108.63 of the
Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 2108.61. (A) As used in this section and sections
2108.62 and 2108.63 of the Revised Code:
(1) "Health care institution" means a hospital registered as
such under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code or a freestanding
birthing center.
(2) "Health care professional" means a physician authorized
under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and
surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; a registered nurse,
including a certified nurse-midwife, authorized to practice under
Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; or a physician assistant
authorized to practice under Chapter 4130. of the Revised Code.
(3) "Umbilical cord blood" means the blood that remains in
the umbilical cord and placenta after the birth of a newborn
child.
(B) The department of health shall encourage health care
professionals who provide health
care services that
are directly
related to a woman's pregnancy to
provide a woman
before her
third trimester of pregnancy with the
publications
described in
section 2108.62 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2108.62. (A) The department of health, on its internet
web site, shall make available to health care professionals
printable publications that can be
downloaded
containing
standardized, objective information about
umbilical
cord blood
banking that is sufficient to allow a
pregnant woman
to make an
informed decision about whether to
participate in an
umbilical
cord blood banking program. The
publications shall
include all
of the following information:
(1) The medical processes involved in the collection of
umbilical cord blood;
(2) The medical risks of umbilical cord blood collection to
the mother and the newborn child;
(3) The options available to a mother regarding stem cells
contained in the umbilical cord blood after delivery of the
mother's newborn child, including:
(a) Having the stem cells discarded;
(b) Donating the stem cells to a public umbilical cord blood
bank;
(c) Having the stem cells stored in a private umbilical cord
blood bank for use by immediate and extended family members;
(d) Storing the stem cells for use by the family through a
family or sibling donor banking program that provides free
collection, processing, and storage of the stem cells where there
is a medical need.
(4) The current and potential future medical uses, risks, and
benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to the mother, newborn
child, and biological family;
(5) The current and potential future medical uses, risks, and
benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to individuals who are
not biologically related to the mother or newborn child;
(6) Any costs that may be incurred by a pregnant woman who
chooses to make an umbilical cord blood donation;
(7) The average cost of public and private umbilical cord
blood banking.
(B) The department may update the publications prepared
pursuant
to this section as it considers necessary.
Sec. 2108.63. A health care professional or
health care
institution is not liable for
damages in a civil
action, subject
to prosecution in a criminal
proceeding, or
subject to
disciplinary action by the state
medical board or board
of
nursing for acting in good faith
pursuant to section 2108.61 of
the Revised Code.
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