92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB1900
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House Sponsors:
PARKE-REITZ-MITCHELL,BILL-CAPPARELLI-HOFFMAN, BELLOCK, 
   COWLISHAW, FOWLER, FRANKS, HANNIG, HARTKE, HULTGREN, 
   JONES,JOHN, LAWFER, LYONS,JOSEPH, MCCARTHY, MEYER, 
   PANKAU, POE, SCHMITZ, SOMMER, TURNER,JOHN, WINKEL, 
   WIRSING, ZICKUS, BRADY, FORBY AND LYONS,EILEEN.

Senate Sponsors:
DILLARD-WOOLARD-LAUZEN-CRONIN

Short description: 
PARENTL NOTICE OF ABORTN ACT                                               

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of  2001  and  amends      
   the  Medical  Practice  Act  of  1987.  Provides that a person may not      
   knowingly perform an abortion on a minor or on an  incompetent  person      
   unless 48 hours notice has been given to an adult family member of the      
   minor  or  incompetent  person.  Provides for exceptions to the notice      
   requirement, and provides a procedure for obtaining a judicial  waiver      
   of the notice requirement.  Requires a minor's consent to an abortion,      
   except in the case of a medical emergency.  Requires the Department of      
   Public  Health  to  make  certain  reports.  Provides for disciplinary      
   action against a physician who willfully fails to provide the required      
   notice before performing an abortion on a minor or on  an  incompetent      
   person.  Provides  that the unauthorized signing of a waiver of notice      
   or the unlawful disclosure of confidential information is  a  Class  C      
   misdemeanor.   Repeals the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 and      
   rerepeals the Illinois Abortion Parental Consent Act of 1977  and  the      
   Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1983.  Effective immediately.            
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections)                        
          There would be no fiscal or corrections population impact.           
          JUDICIAL NOTE (Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts)         
          The bill would neither increase nor decrease the number of           
          judges needed in the State.                                          
          STATE DEBT NOTE (Economic and Fiscal Commission)                     
          HB 1900 would not change the amount of authorization for any         
          type of State-issued or State-supported bond, and therefore,         
          would not affect the level of State indebtedness.                    
          STATE DEBT NOTE, H-AM 4 (Economic and Fiscal Commission)             
          Same as previous note.                                               
          FISCAL NOTE (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs)           
          HB 1900 will not incur a fiscal impact on DCCA. According to         
          information provided by Cook County Hospital, the legislation        
          would incur adminstrative costs to report data to the Depart-        
          ment of Public Health. Furthermore, additional costs would be        
          incurred in providing notice to a parent or guardian regarding       
          an abortion. The amount of the fiscal impact on Cook County          
          Hospital cannot be determined at this time. It should be noted       
          that other local government-administered hospitals could also        
          incur additional costs under HB 1900 if abortions are made           
          available at thier facilities.                                       
          STATE MANDATES NOTE (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs)        
          In the opinion of DCCA, HB 1900 creates a local government           
          organization and structure mandate for which reimbursement is        
          not required, and a service mandate for which 50% to 100% of         
          the increased costs to units of local government is required.        
          An estimate of the increased costs to local governments is not       
          available.                                                           
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 4.                                                 
        Deletes  all   references  to  incompetent   persons.    Adds   a      
   grandparent,  sibling,  step-sibling,  aunt,  or  uncle to the list of      
   persons who are "adult family members".  Provides for notice to clergy      
   as an alternative to an adult family member.                                
          BALANCED BUDGET NOTE (Bureau of Budget)                              
          Since HB 1900 is not a supplemental appropriation bill, the          
          Balanced Budget Note Act is inapplicable.                            
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Replaces everything with the provisions of HB1900 as  introduced.      
   Creates  the  Parental  Notice  of Abortion Act of 2001 and amends the      
   Medical Practice  Act  of  1987.   Provides  that  a  person  may  not      
   knowingly  perform  an abortion on a minor or on an incompetent person      
   unless 48 hours notice has been given to  a  parent,  step-parent,  or      
   legal  guardian  of  the  minor  or  incompetent person.  Provides for      
   exceptions to the notice requirement, and  provides  a  procedure  for      
   obtaining  a  judicial  waiver  of the notice requirement.  Requires a      
   minor's consent to an abortion,  except  in  the  case  of  a  medical      
   emergency.   Requires  the Department of Public Health to make certain      
   reports.  Provides for disciplinary action  against  a  physician  who      
   willfully  fails  to  provide the required notice before performing an      
   abortion on a minor or on an incompetent  person.  Provides  that  the      
   unauthorized  signing of a waiver of notice or the unlawful disclosure      
   of confidential information is a Class  C  misdemeanor.   Repeals  the      
   Parental  Notice  of  Abortion  Act of 1995 and rerepeals the Illinois      
   Abortion Parental Consent Act of  1977  and  the  Parental  Notice  of      
   Abortion Act of 1983.  Effective immediately.                               
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   1


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