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90_HB1559
410 ILCS 210/6 new
Amends the Consent by Minors to Medical Procedures Act.
Provides that whenever a physician determines that a minor is
pregnant, the physician shall notify the minor's parent,
guardian, or other legal custodian of the fact of the minor's
pregnancy.
LRB9004571DJcd
LRB9004571DJcd
1 AN ACT to amend the Consent by Minors to Medical
2 Procedures Act by adding Section 6.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Consent by Minors to Medical Procedures
6 Act is amended by adding Section 6 as follows:
7 (410 ILCS 210/6 new)
8 Sec. 6. Parental notification of pregnancy.
9 (a) In this Section, "minor" means a person under 18
10 years of age who is not or has not been married or who has
11 not been emancipated under the Emancipation of Mature Minors
12 Act.
13 (b) Whenever a physician licensed to practice medicine
14 in all of its branches determines that a minor is pregnant,
15 the physician shall notify the minor's parent, guardian, or
16 other legal custodian of the fact of the minor's pregnancy.
17 (c) A physician's duty to give notification under this
18 Section does not affect the minor's ability to consent to
19 medical procedures under this Act or to receive medical
20 treatment.