Full Text of HB5544 100th General Assembly
HB5544ham002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Anna Moeller Filed: 3/13/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5544
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5544 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 2, by replacing lines 19 and 20 with the following: | 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 | 6 | | on page 3, by replacing lines 6 and 7 with the following: | 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 | 16 | | on page 4, by replacing lines 5 through 10 with the following: | 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 | 9 | | on page 4, line 22, after "orientation," by inserting "gender | 10 | | identity,"; and | 11 | | on page 5, line 14, after "Aging," by inserting "the Department | 12 | | of Human Rights,".
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