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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4825 Introduced , by Rep. Dagmara Avelar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 325 ILCS 10/1 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4651 |
| Amends the Birth Control Services to Minors Act. Provides that any minor may give effective consent for contraceptive services or supplies and the consent of no other person is required. Provides that for such purposes, a minor is deemed to have the same legal capacity to act and has the same powers and obligations as a person of legal age. |
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| | HB4825 | | LRB104 17782 KTG 31214 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning children.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Birth Control Services to Minors Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (325 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4651) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: |
| 9 | | "Contraceptive services" has the same meaning ascribed to |
| 10 | | that term in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) Section 356z.4 of |
| 11 | | the Illinois Insurance Code, but does not include |
| 12 | | sterilization. |
| 13 | | "Contraceptive supplies" means all contraceptive drugs, |
| 14 | | devices, and products approved by the federal Food and Drug |
| 15 | | Administration to prevent pregnancy, including long-acting |
| 16 | | reversible contraceptives, nonprescription oral hormonal |
| 17 | | contraceptives, and nonprescription emergency contraceptives. |
| 18 | | (b) Any minor may give effective consent for contraceptive |
| 19 | | services or supplies and the consent of no other person is |
| 20 | | required. For such purposes, a minor is deemed to have the same |
| 21 | | legal capacity to act and has the same powers and obligations |
| 22 | | as a person of legal age. |
| 23 | | Birth control services and information may be rendered by |