(20 ILCS 4111/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024) Sec. 10. The Youth Health and Safety Advisory Working Group; duties and responsibilities.
(a) The Youth Health and Safety Advisory Working Group is created for the purpose of identifying and reviewing laws and regulations that impact pregnant and parenting youth and youth that may become pregnant or a parent. The working group shall identify existing and needed resources for pregnant and parenting youth, and youth seeking reproductive healthcare. In this Act, "youth" means an individual under 18 years of age.
The working group shall prepare and make public a report that details available information and makes recommendations as necessary.
(b) The working group shall identify laws and regulations that impact pregnant and parenting youth, or that may impact a pregnant or parenting youth, and provide information and resources on topics related to healthcare, including, but not limited to the following:
(1) consent to medical care, including what healthcare and treatments are available, |
(2) pregnancy, abortion, adoption, and parenting;
(3) counseling services, including, but not limited to, reproduction and sexual
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(4) emancipation; and
(5) insurance coverage.
(c) The working group shall identify and provide information and resources that encourage and support open communication and conversation between youth and their families and other trusted people in their lives, including, but not limited to, counseling services, classes and workshops, talk and text-lines, online and social media options, tools targeted to parents and adults, and tools targeted to youth.
(d) The working group shall identify and provide information and resources for pregnant and parenting youth related to education, employment, housing, food access, child care, and human trafficking, including the prevention of trafficking.
(Source: P.A. 102-685, eff. 6-1-22.)
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