Senate Sponsors: RADOGNO-SHAW-RONEN-MADIGAN,L-OBAMA AND LINK. House Sponsors: MULLIGAN-LYONS,EILEEN-HAMOS-COULSON-MENDOZA Short description: SEXUAL ASSAULT-CONTRACEPTION Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 410 ILCS 70/1 Adds reference to: 410 ILCS 70/2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 87-2 410 ILCS 70/2.2 new Deletes everything. Amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. Adds, as an additional criterion for Department of Public Health approval of a hospital's plan for emergency services for sexual assault survivors, that the plan must provide sufficient protections from the risk of pregnancy by the sexual assault survivor. Requires that hospitals providing such services develop and implement a protocol that ensures that each sexual assault survivor receives medically and factually accurate information about emergency contraception. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. In provisions concerning a written order for emergency contraception, changes a reference to "emergency room physician" to "physician". Requires a hospital to implement the sexual assault survivors protocol upon approval by the Department of Public Health, and requires the Department to set minimum acceptable protocol standards. Makes other changes. Adds a January 1, 2002 effective date. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0156 Last action date: JUL-25-2001 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status