Illinois House Bill 3071 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a person admitted to a developmental disability facility shall have access to sex education, related resources, and treatment planning that supports his or her right to be safe from sexual exploitation and abuse, including access reviews of whether the admitted person is capable of giving consent to sexual activity. Provides that Development of Individual Service Plans for clients receiving residential developmental disability and intellectual disability (DD/ID) services shall include an assessment of each client's need for sex education training on a case by case basis. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall approve course material in sex education. Provides that materials used in the State's public school special education programs shall be a primary source of appropriate teaching materials. Provides the criteria that must be included in the course materials and instruction in sex education. Provides that unless inconsistent with federal or State law or with court documentation that conferred guardianship, the guardian or guardians have final authority to approve or disapprove any proposed sex education plan. Provides that if the rest of the Development of Individual Service Plan planning team or the provider believe that the guardian's decision is not in the affected individual's best interests or is in any other way inappropriate, detrimental, or unfair to the affected individual, the provider has the prerogative to further pursue any point of contention, whether issues of fact or of law, through administrative or legal action.

MHDD CD-DEVELOP DIS-SEX ED

Rep. Charles Meier [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-21	House	To Informed Consent Subcommittee
2019-03-05	House	Assigned to Human Services Committee
2019-02-15	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-15	House	First Reading
2019-02-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
405	5	4-211	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3071&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB3071.htm