Bill Amendment: IL HB5544 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: IL COUNCIL ON WOMEN & GIRLS
Status: 2018-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0913 [HB5544 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5544-House_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: IL COUNCIL ON WOMEN & GIRLS
Status: 2018-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0913 [HB5544 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5544-House_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5544
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5544 as follows:
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3 | on page 2, by replacing lines 19 and 20 with the following:
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4 | "(11) wide racial and ethnic disparities exist in | ||||||
5 | Illinois pregnancy-related mortality rates, which in 2013, | ||||||
6 | in deaths per 100,000 births, were 8.1 for Caucasian women | ||||||
7 | and 28.9 for African American women, and the severe | ||||||
8 | maternal morbidity rate for Illinois between 2011-2013 was | ||||||
9 | higher than the national rate; | ||||||
10 | (12) teen pregnancy is often unintended and can have | ||||||
11 | long-term negative health effects on future physical, | ||||||
12 | behavioral, educational, and economic development of | ||||||
13 | mothers and children, and teen birth rates in Illinois are | ||||||
14 | significantly higher for African American and Hispanic | ||||||
15 | teens than for Caucasian teens; | ||||||
16 | (13) women who are transgender experience high rates of |
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1 | discrimination, harassment, and violence in every aspect | ||||||
2 | of their lives, including health care settings, other | ||||||
3 | public accommodations, housing, and employment; and | ||||||
4 | (14) approximately 65.9% of women in Illinois are | ||||||
5 | registered to vote."; and
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6 | on page 3, by replacing lines 6 and 7 with the following:
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7 | ""Woman" or "women" means all persons of the female gender, | ||||||
8 | including both cisgender and transgender persons. | ||||||
9 | "Transgender" describes persons whose gender identity is | ||||||
10 | different from the gender they were assigned at birth. | ||||||
11 | "Cisgender" describes persons whose gender identity is the | ||||||
12 | same as the gender they were assigned at birth. | ||||||
13 | "Gender identity" means a person's deeply felt, inherent | ||||||
14 | sense of who they are as a particular gender, such as female."; | ||||||
15 | and
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16 | on page 4, by replacing lines 5 through 10 with the following:
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17 | "(7) to promote increased access to reproductive | ||||||
18 | health care; | ||||||
19 | (8) to protect women who are transgender from violence | ||||||
20 | and harassment, and increase their fair and equal access to | ||||||
21 | culturally competent health care, housing, employment, and | ||||||
22 | other opportunities; |
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1 | (9) to disseminate information and build relationships | ||||||
2 | between State agencies and commissions in furtherance of | ||||||
3 | the Council's goals under this Act; and | ||||||
4 | (10) to give significant attention to the inclusion of | ||||||
5 | women of color in decision-making capacities and | ||||||
6 | identifying barriers toward parity, and for leadership | ||||||
7 | inclusion that works to realize America's founding | ||||||
8 | principles of equity and opportunity for all."; and
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9 | on page 4, line 22, after "orientation," by inserting "gender | ||||||
10 | identity,"; and
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11 | on page 5, line 14, after "Aging," by inserting "the Department | ||||||
12 | of Human Rights,".
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