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Rep. Anna Moeller
Filed: 3/13/2018
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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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