Bill Text: IL HB3607 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Consent by Illinois Minors to Health Care Services Act. Provides that minors 12 years or older who may (rather than may have) come into contact with any sexually transmitted disease may give consent to the furnishing of health care services or counseling related to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment (rather than only the diagnosis or treatment) of the disease. Provides that anyone involved in the furnishing of health care services or counseling (rather than only health care services) to the minor shall, upon the minor's consent, make reasonable efforts to involve the family of the minor in his or her treatment if the person furnishing treatment believes that the involvement of the family will not be detrimental to the progress and care of the minor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3607 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3607-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3607 Introduced , by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 210/4 from Ch. 111, par. 4504
Amends the Consent by Illinois Minors to Health Care Services Act. Provides that minors 12 years or older who may (rather than may have) come into contact with any sexually transmitted disease may give consent to the furnishing of health care services or counseling related to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment (rather than only the diagnosis or treatment) of the disease. Provides that anyone involved in the furnishing of health care services or counseling (rather than only health care services) to the minor shall, upon the minor's consent, make reasonable efforts to involve the family of the minor in his or her treatment if the person furnishing treatment believes that the involvement of the family will not be detrimental to the progress and care of the minor.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Consent by Minors to Health Care Services
Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
(410 ILCS 210/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 4504)
Sec. 4. Sexually transmitted disease; drug or alcohol
abuse. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a minor 12
years of age or older who may have come into contact with any
sexually transmitted disease, or may be determined to be an
intoxicated person or a person with a substance use disorder,
as defined in the Substance Use Disorder Act, or who may have a
family member who abuses drugs or alcohol, may give consent to
the furnishing of health care services or counseling related to
the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of the disease. Each
incident of sexually transmitted disease shall be reported to
the State Department of Public Health or the local board of
health in accordance with regulations adopted under statute or
ordinance. The consent of the parent, parents, or legal
guardian of a minor shall not be necessary to authorize health
care services or counseling related to the prevention,
diagnosis, or treatment of sexually transmitted disease or drug
use or alcohol consumption by the minor or the effects on the

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minor of drug or alcohol abuse by a member of the minor's
family. The consent of the minor shall be valid and binding as
if the minor had achieved his or her majority. The consent
shall not be voidable nor subject to later disaffirmance
because of minority.
Anyone involved in the furnishing of health care services
or counseling care to the minor or counseling related to the
prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of the minor's disease or
drug or alcohol use by the minor or a member of the minor's
family shall, upon the minor's consent, make reasonable
efforts, to involve the family of the minor in his or her
treatment, if the person furnishing treatment believes that the
involvement of the family will not be detrimental to the
progress and care of the minor. Reasonable effort shall be
extended to assist the minor in accepting the involvement of
his or her family in the care and treatment being given.
(Source: P.A. 100-378, eff. 1-1-18; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)