Full Text of HB2665 101st General Assembly
HB2665 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB2665 Introduced , by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 410 ILCS 210/4 | from Ch. 111, par. 4504 |
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Amends the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act. Provides that a minor of 12 years or older who may have come into contact with any sexually transmitted disease or may be determined to be an intoxicated person or a person with a substance use disorder, or who may have a family member who abuses drugs or alcohol, may give consent to the furnishing of health care services or counseling related to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment, rather than just the diagnosis or treatment, of the disease.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Consent by Minors to Health Care Services | 5 | | Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
| 6 | | (410 ILCS 210/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 4504)
| 7 | | Sec. 4. Sexually transmitted disease; drug or alcohol | 8 | | abuse.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a minor 12 | 9 | | years of
age or older who may have come into contact with any | 10 | | sexually transmitted disease, or
may be determined to be an | 11 | | intoxicated person or a person with a substance use disorder, | 12 | | as defined in the Substance Use Disorder Act, or who
may have a | 13 | | family member who abuses drugs or alcohol, may give consent to
| 14 | | the furnishing of health care services or counseling related to | 15 | | the prevention, diagnosis , or
treatment of the disease. Each | 16 | | incident of sexually transmitted disease shall be
reported to | 17 | | the State Department of Public Health or the local board of
| 18 | | health in accordance with regulations adopted under statute or | 19 | | ordinance.
The consent of the parent, parents, or legal | 20 | | guardian of a minor shall not
be necessary to authorize health | 21 | | care services or counseling related to the
prevention, | 22 | | diagnosis , or treatment of sexually transmitted disease or drug
| 23 | | use or alcohol
consumption by the minor or the effects on the |
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| 1 | | minor of drug or alcohol
abuse by a member of the minor's | 2 | | family. The consent of the minor shall be
valid and binding as | 3 | | if the minor had achieved his or her majority. The
consent | 4 | | shall not be voidable nor subject to later disaffirmance | 5 | | because
of minority.
| 6 | | Anyone involved in the furnishing of health services care | 7 | | to the minor or
counseling related to the prevention, | 8 | | diagnosis , or treatment of the minor's disease or
drug or | 9 | | alcohol use by the minor or a member of the minor's family | 10 | | shall,
upon the minor's consent, make reasonable efforts, to | 11 | | involve the family of
the minor in his or her treatment, if the | 12 | | person furnishing treatment
believes that the involvement of | 13 | | the family will not be detrimental to the
progress and care of | 14 | | the minor. Reasonable effort shall be extended to
assist the | 15 | | minor in accepting the involvement of his or her family in the
| 16 | | care and treatment being given.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 100-378, eff. 1-1-18; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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