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SECTION 2 - PAGE 1 - PLAIN DEALER - FRIDAY,,MAY 1ft. 1984 State closer to organ transplant program Pops concert set for Sunday (PUindealer photo by Donna Bertulit) The McHenry West Campus High School will be hosting its annual "Pops" concert at 4 p.m., Sunday May 20, in the West Campus auditorium. Pictured are members of the Jazz Band and Swing Choir who will be featured in the concert. Selec­ tions to be performed will range from gospel, jazz, pop, folk, and rock music. The concert will be free and open to the public. Birthright aids recycling drive In cooperation with the 'McHenry County Defenders, Birthright of McHenry County <*»U1 take part in the Saturday, •May 19 recycling drive in McHenry. the drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of McHenry High School West Campus, 4724 W. Cystal Lake Road. Proceeds from the drive will help McHenry Birthright, a local chapter of an international organization, which provides alternatives to abortion and free, confidential emergency services and referrals to women and girls facing problem pregnancies. Birthright has been in service in McHenry County for six years and has an office at Whispering Point Center. They can be reached by phone on a 24-hour basis, either by calling the office or through service. their answering Readers can help both the Defenders and Birthright by bringing any of the following items to the drive: newspapers with magazines and junk mail removed, since neither of the two items can be recycled; "tin" cans, which are cleaned and flattened; glass containers with all metal and plastic removed; or used motor oil, in tightly-stoppered metal or plastic containers. Aluminum scrap of all kinds will be accepted. In addition, participants will receive 33 cents per pound for 100 percent aluminum cans that are crushed. Uncrushed cans bring 31 cents per pound. Lots of more than 100 pounds bring an ad­ ditional penny per pound. For further information about recycling or how your organization can participate in a future drive, contact a Defender representative at 385-8512. Gov. James R. Thompson said recently that "The Ex­ perimental Organ Tran­ splantation Procedures Act" came a step closer to reality as House Bill 2321, sponsored by Rep. Judy Baar Topinka,(R.- Berwyn), advanced from the House Insurance Committee to the floor. "We have overcome the first legislative hurdle in relieving the financial burden from those Illinois residents who need organ transplants," the Governor said. "Medical science has brought hope to our doorsteps with life-saving transplants. But that hope is nothing more than a distant, unreachable dream to the families who cannot meet the enormous financial costs in­ volved. When the state can mean the difference between life and death, we must find the resources to choose life." Thompson said that the Ad­ ministration's proposal will remove from the insurance industry all discretion as to reimbursement for transplant surgery and place it with a qualified commission. The program will cover only those people who are without in­ surance or any other financial means to pay for organ tran­ splants. The bill stipulates that a cap of $200,000 per patient be placed on payment and that all state-financed transplants must be conducted in teaching hospitals. Expenses authorized by the commission will be paid from a special state fund established for this purpose. The proposed legislation also prohibits insurance companies from denying payment of medical expenses solely on the basis of considering organ transplants to be experimental or investigatory, unless the Commission rules otherwise. "I am delighted to be working with the Governor on this legislation," TopirJca said. "All the hard work by the Illinois Insurance Laws Study Com­ mission, the Department of Insurance, and the medical and insurance industries will pay off for the citizens of Illinois. This legislation will make Illinois the model for the rest of the nation in transplant policy." Other provisions of the legislation include making appropriate revisions to Illinois statutes affecting accident and health insurers and the establishment of the Illinois Experimental Organ Tran­ splantation Procedures Com­ mission. Qualifications for commission membership and appointment are defined in HB 2321. The commission will be responsible for: Assessing emerging medical technologies to determine their therapeutic efficacy. Assessing an individual ap­ plicant's eligibility for payment for experimental procedures from a special state fund. Setting rules and regulations to carry out the Act. The Governor recognized the Department of Insurance for its efforts on behalf of organ transplant patients. The Department's recent study on the insurance industries policies regarding payment for tran­ splant costs prompted the Ad- min is t ra t ion ' s p roposed legislation. The Governor said that within the next few weeks the Department will release a comprehensive report on "Organ Transplantation: The Issues Before Us." Soil conservation encouraged "Conservation: A Common Commitment," is the theme of the 1984 Soil Stewardship Week to be observed May 27-June 3. The theme emphasizes that the conservation of resources must be a common commitment of urban as well as rural people. This commitment may be among the most important traditions anyone can leave to future generations, "since it involves the sustenance of all living things." For information on available material for Soil Stewardship Week contact the McHenry Soil and Water Conservation District, 1143 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, (815)338-0099. TANNERY H ROWE 5101 W. 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