Illinois Statutes Chapter 20. Executive Branch § 2310/2310-350. Penny Severns Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund

§ 2310-350. Penny Severns Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. From funds appropriated from the Penny Severns Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, the Department shall award grants to eligible physicians, hospitals, laboratories, education institutions, and other organizations and persons to enable organizations and persons to conduct research. Disbursements from the Penny Severns Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for the purpose of ovarian cancer research shall be subject to appropriations. For the purposes of this Section, “research” includes, but is not limited to, expenditures to develop and advance the understanding, techniques, and modalities effective in early detection, prevention, cure, screening, and treatment of breast, cervical, and ovarian cancer and may include clinical trials.

Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, including but not limited to income tax checkoff receipts and gifts, grants, and awards from private foundations, nonprofit organizations, other governmental entities, and persons shall be deposited into the Penny Severns Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the State treasury.

The Department shall create an advisory committee with members from, but not limited to, the Illinois Chapter of the American Cancer Society, Y-Me, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and the State Board of Health for the purpose of awarding research grants under this Section. Members of the advisory committee shall not be eligible for any financial compensation or reimbursement.