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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4876 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 325 ILCS 5/3 from Ch. 23, par. 2053410 ILCS 210/1.5 Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that "abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate family member, or any person responsible for the child's welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent denies the child access to necessary medical care, including, but not limited to, primary care services, abortion services, or gender-affirming services. Amends the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act. Specifies that consent to the performance of abortion services and gender-affirming services executed by a minor is not voidable because of such minority. Provides that a health care professional rendering abortion services and gender-affirming services shall not incur civil or criminal liability for failure to obtain valid consent or professional discipline for failure to obtain valid consent if the health care professional relied in good faith on representations made by the minor. LRB103 37486 CES 67609 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4876 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 325 ILCS 5/3 from Ch. 23, par. 2053410 ILCS 210/1.5 325 ILCS 5/3 from Ch. 23, par. 2053 410 ILCS 210/1.5 Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that "abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate family member, or any person responsible for the child's welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent denies the child access to necessary medical care, including, but not limited to, primary care services, abortion services, or gender-affirming services. Amends the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act. Specifies that consent to the performance of abortion services and gender-affirming services executed by a minor is not voidable because of such minority. Provides that a health care professional rendering abortion services and gender-affirming services shall not incur civil or criminal liability for failure to obtain valid consent or professional discipline for failure to obtain valid consent if the health care professional relied in good faith on representations made by the minor. LRB103 37486 CES 67609 b LRB103 37486 CES 67609 b A BILL FOR
22 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4876 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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66 Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that "abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate family member, or any person responsible for the child's welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent denies the child access to necessary medical care, including, but not limited to, primary care services, abortion services, or gender-affirming services. Amends the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act. Specifies that consent to the performance of abortion services and gender-affirming services executed by a minor is not voidable because of such minority. Provides that a health care professional rendering abortion services and gender-affirming services shall not incur civil or criminal liability for failure to obtain valid consent or professional discipline for failure to obtain valid consent if the health care professional relied in good faith on representations made by the minor.
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1212 1 AN ACT concerning health.
1313 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1414 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1515 4 Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
1616 5 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
1717 6 (325 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2053)
1818 7 Sec. 3. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise
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2020 9 "Adult resident" means any person between 18 and 22 years
2121 10 of age who resides in any facility licensed by the Department
2222 11 under the Child Care Act of 1969. For purposes of this Act, the
2323 12 criteria set forth in the definitions of "abused child" and
2424 13 "neglected child" shall be used in determining whether an
2525 14 adult resident is abused or neglected.
2626 15 "Agency" means a child care facility licensed under
2727 16 Section 2.05 or Section 2.06 of the Child Care Act of 1969 and
2828 17 includes a transitional living program that accepts children
2929 18 and adult residents for placement who are in the guardianship
3030 19 of the Department.
3131 20 "Blatant disregard" means an incident where the real,
3232 21 significant, and imminent risk of harm would be so obvious to a
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4242 Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that "abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate family member, or any person responsible for the child's welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent denies the child access to necessary medical care, including, but not limited to, primary care services, abortion services, or gender-affirming services. Amends the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act. Specifies that consent to the performance of abortion services and gender-affirming services executed by a minor is not voidable because of such minority. Provides that a health care professional rendering abortion services and gender-affirming services shall not incur civil or criminal liability for failure to obtain valid consent or professional discipline for failure to obtain valid consent if the health care professional relied in good faith on representations made by the minor.
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7171 1 the danger without exercising precautionary measures to
7272 2 protect the child from harm. With respect to a person working
7373 3 at an agency in the person's professional capacity with a
7474 4 child or adult resident, "blatant disregard" includes a
7575 5 failure by the person to perform job responsibilities intended
7676 6 to protect the child's or adult resident's health, physical
7777 7 well-being, or welfare, and, when viewed in light of the
7878 8 surrounding circumstances, evidence exists that would cause a
7979 9 reasonable person to believe that the child was neglected.
8080 10 With respect to an agency, "blatant disregard" includes a
8181 11 failure to implement practices that ensure the health,
8282 12 physical well-being, or welfare of the children and adult
8383 13 residents residing in the facility.
8484 14 "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years, unless
8585 15 legally emancipated by reason of marriage or entry into a
8686 16 branch of the United States armed services.
8787 17 "Department" means Department of Children and Family
8888 18 Services.
8989 19 "Local law enforcement agency" means the police of a city,
9090 20 town, village or other incorporated area or the sheriff of an
9191 21 unincorporated area or any sworn officer of the Illinois State
9292 22 Police.
9393 23 "Abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate
9494 24 family member, or any person responsible for the child's
9595 25 welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the
9696 26 child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
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107107 1 (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be
108108 2 inflicted upon such child physical injury, by other than
109109 3 accidental means, which causes death, disfigurement,
110110 4 impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
111111 5 impairment of any bodily function;
112112 6 (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to
113113 7 such child by other than accidental means which would be
114114 8 likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
115115 9 physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of any
116116 10 bodily function;
117117 11 (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense
118118 12 against such child, as such sex offenses are defined in
119119 13 the Criminal Code of 2012 or in the Wrongs to Children Act,
120120 14 and extending those definitions of sex offenses to include
121121 15 children under 18 years of age;
122122 16 (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of
123123 17 torture upon such child;
124124 18 (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment or, in the
125125 19 case of a person working for an agency who is prohibited
126126 20 from using corporal punishment, inflicts corporal
127127 21 punishment upon a child or adult resident with whom the
128128 22 person is working in the person's professional capacity;
129129 23 (f) commits or allows to be committed the offense of
130130 24 female genital mutilation, as defined in Section 12-34 of
131131 25 the Criminal Code of 2012, against the child;
132132 26 (g) causes to be sold, transferred, distributed, or
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143143 1 given to such child under 18 years of age, a controlled
144144 2 substance as defined in Section 102 of the Illinois
145145 3 Controlled Substances Act in violation of Article IV of
146146 4 the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or in violation of
147147 5 the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
148148 6 except for controlled substances that are prescribed in
149149 7 accordance with Article III of the Illinois Controlled
150150 8 Substances Act and are dispensed to such child in a manner
151151 9 that substantially complies with the prescription;
152152 10 (h) commits or allows to be committed the offense of
153153 11 involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
154154 12 minor, or trafficking in persons as defined in Section
155155 13 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012 against the child; or
156156 14 (i) commits the offense of grooming, as defined in
157157 15 Section 11-25 of the Criminal Code of 2012, against the
158158 16 child; or .
159159 17 (j) denies the child access to necessary medical care,
160160 18 including, but not limited to:
161161 19 (1) primary care services, as defined in Section
162162 20 1.5 of the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services
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164164 22 (2) abortion services, as defined in Section 1-10
165165 23 of the Reproductive Health Act; or
166166 24 (3) gender-affirming services, as defined in
167167 25 Section 1-10 of the Reproductive Health Act.
168168 26 A child shall not be considered abused for the sole reason
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179179 1 that the child has been relinquished in accordance with the
180180 2 Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
181181 3 "Neglected child" means any child who is not receiving the
182182 4 proper or necessary nourishment or medically indicated
183183 5 treatment including food or care not provided solely on the
184184 6 basis of the present or anticipated mental or physical
185185 7 impairment as determined by a physician acting alone or in
186186 8 consultation with other physicians or otherwise is not
187187 9 receiving the proper or necessary support or medical or other
188188 10 remedial care recognized under State law as necessary for a
189189 11 child's well-being, or other care necessary for the child's
190190 12 well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or
191191 13 who is subjected to an environment which is injurious insofar
192192 14 as (i) the child's environment creates a likelihood of harm to
193193 15 the child's health, physical well-being, or welfare and (ii)
194194 16 the likely harm to the child is the result of a blatant
195195 17 disregard of parent, caretaker, person responsible for the
196196 18 child's welfare, or agency responsibilities; or who is
197197 19 abandoned by the child's parents or other person responsible
198198 20 for the child's welfare without a proper plan of care; or who
199199 21 has been provided with interim crisis intervention services
200200 22 under Section 3-5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and whose
201201 23 parent, guardian, or custodian refuses to permit the child to
202202 24 return home and no other living arrangement agreeable to the
203203 25 parent, guardian, or custodian can be made, and the parent,
204204 26 guardian, or custodian has not made any other appropriate
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215215 1 living arrangement for the child; or who is a newborn infant
216216 2 whose blood, urine, or meconium contains any amount of a
217217 3 controlled substance as defined in subsection (f) of Section
218218 4 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or a metabolite
219219 5 thereof, with the exception of a controlled substance or
220220 6 metabolite thereof whose presence in the newborn infant is the
221221 7 result of medical treatment administered to the person who
222222 8 gave birth or the newborn infant. A child shall not be
223223 9 considered neglected for the sole reason that the child's
224224 10 parent or other person responsible for the child's welfare has
225225 11 left the child in the care of an adult relative for any period
226226 12 of time. A child shall not be considered neglected for the sole
227227 13 reason that the child has been relinquished in accordance with
228228 14 the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. A child shall not
229229 15 be considered neglected or abused for the sole reason that
230230 16 such child's parent or other person responsible for the
231231 17 child's welfare depends upon spiritual means through prayer
232232 18 alone for the treatment or cure of disease or remedial care as
233233 19 provided under Section 4 of this Act. A child shall not be
234234 20 considered neglected or abused solely because the child is not
235235 21 attending school in accordance with the requirements of
236236 22 Article 26 of The School Code, as amended.
237237 23 "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized
238238 24 State employees of the Department assigned by the Director to
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251251 1 "Near fatality" means an act that, as certified by a
252252 2 physician, places the child in serious or critical condition,
253253 3 including acts of great bodily harm inflicted upon children
254254 4 under 13 years of age, and as otherwise defined by Department
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256256 6 "Great bodily harm" includes bodily injury which creates a
257257 7 high probability of death, or which causes serious permanent
258258 8 disfigurement, or which causes a permanent or protracted loss
259259 9 or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or
260260 10 other serious bodily harm.
261261 11 "Person responsible for the child's welfare" means the
262262 12 child's parent; guardian; foster parent; relative caregiver;
263263 13 any person responsible for the child's welfare in a public or
264264 14 private residential agency or institution; any person
265265 15 responsible for the child's welfare within a public or private
266266 16 profit or not for profit child care facility; or any other
267267 17 person responsible for the child's welfare at the time of the
268268 18 alleged abuse or neglect, including any person who commits or
269269 19 allows to be committed, against the child, the offense of
270270 20 involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
271271 21 minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or services,
272272 22 as provided in Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012,
273273 23 including, but not limited to, the custodian of the minor, or
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287287 1 supervisors, members of the clergy, and volunteers or support
288288 2 personnel in any setting where children may be subject to
289289 3 abuse or neglect.
290290 4 "Temporary protective custody" means custody within a
291291 5 hospital or other medical facility or a place previously
292292 6 designated for such custody by the Department, subject to
293293 7 review by the Court, including a licensed foster home, group
294294 8 home, or other institution; but such place shall not be a jail
295295 9 or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile
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297297 11 "An unfounded report" means any report made under this Act
298298 12 for which it is determined after an investigation that no
299299 13 credible evidence of abuse or neglect exists.
300300 14 "An indicated report" means a report made under this Act
301301 15 if an investigation determines that credible evidence of the
302302 16 alleged abuse or neglect exists.
303303 17 "An undetermined report" means any report made under this
304304 18 Act in which it was not possible to initiate or complete an
305305 19 investigation on the basis of information provided to the
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307307 21 "Subject of report" means any child reported to the
308308 22 central register of child abuse and neglect established under
309309 23 Section 7.7 of this Act as an alleged victim of child abuse or
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323323 1 perpetrator of child abuse or neglect.
324324 2 "Perpetrator" means a person who, as a result of
325325 3 investigation, has been determined by the Department to have
326326 4 caused child abuse or neglect.
327327 5 "Member of the clergy" means a clergyperson or
328328 6 practitioner of any religious denomination accredited by the
329329 7 religious body to which the clergyperson or practitioner
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331331 9 (Source: P.A. 102-567, eff. 1-1-22; 102-676, eff. 12-3-21;
332332 10 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-22, eff. 8-8-23.)
333333 11 Section 10. The Consent by Minors to Health Care Services
334334 12 Act is amended by changing Section 1.5 as follows:
335335 13 (410 ILCS 210/1.5)
336336 14 Sec. 1.5. Consent by minor seeking care for limited
337337 15 primary care services.
338338 16 (a) The consent to the performance of primary care
339339 17 services, abortion services, and gender-affirming services by
340340 18 a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches,
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343343 21 optometrist executed by a minor seeking care is not voidable
344344 22 because of such minority, and for such purpose, a minor
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357357 1 legal age if under the following circumstances: (1) the health
358358 2 care professional reasonably believes that the minor seeking
359359 3 care understands the benefits and risks of any proposed
360360 4 primary care or services. ; and
361361 5 (2) the minor seeking care is identified in writing as
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363363 7 (A) an adult relative;
364364 8 (B) a representative of a homeless service agency
365365 9 that receives federal, State, county, or municipal
366366 10 funding to provide those services or that is otherwise
367367 11 sanctioned by a local continuum of care;
368368 12 (C) an attorney licensed to practice law in this
369369 13 State;
370370 14 (D) a public school homeless liaison or school
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372372 16 (E) a social service agency providing services to
373373 17 at risk, homeless, or runaway youth; or
374374 18 (F) a representative of a religious organization.
375375 19 (b) A health care professional rendering primary care
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379379 23 for failure to obtain valid consent if he or she relied in good
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394394 2 (c) The confidential nature of any communication between a
395395 3 health care professional described in Section 1 of this Act
396396 4 and a minor seeking care is not waived (1) by the presence, at
397397 5 the time of communication, of any additional persons present
398398 6 at the request of the minor seeking care, (2) by the health
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401401 9 care, when reasonably necessary to accomplish the purpose for
402402 10 which the additional person is consulted, or (3) by the health
403403 11 care professional billing a health benefit insurance or plan
404404 12 under which the minor seeking care is insured, is enrolled, or
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406406 14 (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit or
407407 15 expand a minor's existing powers and obligations under any
408408 16 federal, State, or local law. Nothing in this Section affects
409409 17 the right or authority of a parent or legal guardian to
410410 18 verbally, in writing, or otherwise authorize health care
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412412 20 (e) For the purposes of this Section:
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416416 24 Section 1-10 of the Reproductive Health Act.
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