Bill Title: Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Patient and Provider Protection Act. Creates the Public Higher Education Emergency Health Act. Requires each public institution of higher education to make emergency contraception available for purchase through at least one vending machine located on each campus. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires abortion care coverage to include medications prescribed for the purpose of producing an abortion. Requires health insurance to provide coverage for all abortifacients, gender-affirming health care medication, human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis drugs. Amends the Birth Center Licensing Act. Changes the definition of "birth center". Defines "reproductive health care services". Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Allows a pharmacist to dispense hormonal contraceptives. Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that nothing shall be construed to permit or require the reporting of lawful health care activity. Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Prohibits a cause of action against any person (rather than only a physician or a medical institution) for the wrongful death of a fetus caused by an abortion where the abortion was permitted by law and the requisite consent was lawfully given. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the terms of the most recent informed consent govern if the intended parent or parents no longer wish to use any remaining cryopreserved fertilized ovum. Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Includes assisted reproduction in the definition of "reproductive health care". Requires a lawsuit brought under the Act to be commenced within 2 years after the cause of action was discovered. Allows an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant to perform aspiration abortion procedures. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act, the Genetic Counselor Licensing Act, the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act, the Licensed Certified Professional Midwife Practice Act, the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act, and the Registered Surgical Assistant and Registered Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall not take action against a license or permit issued under those Acts based solely upon the license of the person being revoked or the person otherwise being disciplined by any other state or territory for actions related to any health care, medical service, or procedure if the revocation or disciplinary action was based solely on a violation of the other state's law prohibiting such action performed in any state for any person and such conduct is permissible under State law. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, and the Physician Assistant Practice Act. Allows the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue temporary permits for reproductive health care to a person who is licensed to practice under Acts equivalent to those in another state. Creates the Lawful Health Care Activity Act. Provides that the laws of the State govern in any case or controversy heard in the State related to lawful health care activity. Amends the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. Contains provisions regarding unenforceable foreign subpoenas. Amends the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Within or Without a State in Criminal Proceedings. Restricts a subpoena, summons, or order from being issued for a witness to provide information or testimony in relation to any proceeding if the charge is based on conduct that involves lawful health care activity that is not unlawful in the State. Amends the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. Provides that the Governor shall not surrender a person if the charge is based on conduct that involves seeking, providing, receiving, assisting in seeking, providing, or receiving, providing material support for, or traveling to obtain lawful health care that is not unlawful under the laws of the State. Amends the Counties Code, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, and the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act to remove references to the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1983 and the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995. Makes other and conforming changes to various Acts. Effective immediately, except that Article 2 is effective on January 1, 2024.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-01-06 - Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 3, 4, 1 - January 8, 2023
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| Engrossed | 2021-04-23 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Introduced | 2021-02-26 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
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