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 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status