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 Bill Status of HB3071  101st General Assembly


Short Description:  MHDD CD-DEVELOP DIS-SEX ED

House Sponsors
Rep. Charles Meier

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
405 ILCS 5/4-211 new


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a person admitted to a developmental disability facility shall have access to sex education, related resources, and treatment planning that supports his or her right to be safe from sexual exploitation and abuse, including access reviews of whether the admitted person is capable of giving consent to sexual activity. Provides that Development of Individual Service Plans for clients receiving residential developmental disability and intellectual disability (DD/ID) services shall include an assessment of each client's need for sex education training on a case by case basis. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall approve course material in sex education. Provides that materials used in the State's public school special education programs shall be a primary source of appropriate teaching materials. Provides the criteria that must be included in the course materials and instruction in sex education. Provides that unless inconsistent with federal or State law or with court documentation that conferred guardianship, the guardian or guardians have final authority to approve or disapprove any proposed sex education plan. Provides that if the rest of the Development of Individual Service Plan planning team or the provider believe that the guardian's decision is not in the affected individual's best interests or is in any other way inappropriate, detrimental, or unfair to the affected individual, the provider has the prerogative to further pursue any point of contention, whether issues of fact or of law, through administrative or legal action.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/15/2019HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier
  2/15/2019HouseFirst Reading
  2/15/2019HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/5/2019HouseAssigned to Human Services Committee
  3/21/2019HouseTo Informed Consent Subcommittee
  3/29/2019HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

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