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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2871
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Larry K. Bomke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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410 ILCS 210/4 |
from Ch. 111, par. 4504 |
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Amends the Consent by Minors to Medical Procedures Act. Provides that anyone involved in the furnishing of medical care to the minor or counseling related to the diagnosis or treatment of the minor's drug or alcohol use shall give the minor's parent or legal guardian notification of the minor's treatment and medical care.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2871 |
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LRB093 20958 RXD 46942 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Consent by Minors to Medical Procedures Act |
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| is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 210/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 4504)
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| Sec. 4. Sexually transmitted disease; drug or alcohol |
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| abuse.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a minor 12 |
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| years of
age or older who may have come into contact with any |
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| sexually transmitted disease, or
may be determined to be an |
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| addict, an alcoholic or an intoxicated person,
as defined in |
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| the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and
Dependency Act, or who
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| may have a family member who abuses drugs or alcohol,
may give |
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| consent to
the furnishing of medical care or counseling related |
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| to the diagnosis or
treatment of the disease. Each incident of |
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| sexually transmitted disease shall be
reported to the State |
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| Department of Public Health or the local board of
health in |
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| accordance with regulations adopted under statute or |
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| ordinance.
The consent of the parent, parents, or legal |
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| guardian of a minor shall not
be necessary to authorize medical |
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| care or counseling related to the
diagnosis or treatment of |
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| sexually transmitted disease or drug
use or alcohol
consumption |
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| by the minor or the effects on the minor of drug or alcohol
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| abuse by a member of the minor's family. The consent of the |
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| minor shall be
valid and binding as if the minor had achieved |
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| his or her majority. The
consent shall not be voidable nor |
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| subject to later disaffirmance because
of minority.
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| Anyone involved in the furnishing of medical care to the |
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| minor or counseling related to the diagnosis or treatment of |
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| the minor's drug or alcohol use shall give the minor's parent |
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| or legal guardian notification of the minor's treatment and |
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| medical care.
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