101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5295

 

Introduced , by Rep. Patrick Windhorst

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
775 ILCS 55/1-10
775 ILCS 55/1-25

    Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Provides that except in the case of a medical emergency, a health care professional shall not knowingly perform, induce, or attempt to perform an abortion upon a pregnant woman when the probable gestational age of her unborn child has been determined to be at least 20 weeks. Makes conforming changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning human rights.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Reproductive Health Act is amended by
5changing Sections 1-10 and 1-25 and by adding Section 1-24 as
6follows:
 
7    (775 ILCS 55/1-10)
8    Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9    "Abortion" means the use of any instrument, medicine, drug,
10or any other substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of
11an individual known to be pregnant with an intention other than
12to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the
13life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a
14dead fetus.
15    "Advanced practice registered nurse" has the same meaning
16as it does in Section 50-10 of the Nurse Practice Act.
17    "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
18Health.
19    "Fetal viability" means that, in the professional judgment
20of the attending health care professional, based on the
21particular facts of the case, there is a significant likelihood
22of a fetus' sustained survival outside the uterus without the
23application of extraordinary medical measures.

 

 

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1    "Health care professional" means a person who is licensed
2as a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or
3physician assistant.
4    "Health of the patient" means all factors that are relevant
5to the patient's health and well-being, including, but not
6limited to, physical, emotional, psychological, and familial
7health and age.
8    "Major bodily function" includes, but is not limited to,
9functions of the immune system, normal cell growth, and
10digestive bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory,
11circulatory, endocrine, and reproductive functions.
12    "Maternity care" means the health care provided in relation
13to pregnancy, labor and childbirth, and the postpartum period,
14and includes prenatal care, care during labor and birthing, and
15postpartum care extending through one-year postpartum.
16Maternity care shall, seek to optimize positive outcomes for
17the patient, and be provided on the basis of the physical and
18psychosocial needs of the patient. Notwithstanding any of the
19above, all care shall be subject to the informed and voluntary
20consent of the patient, or the patient's legal proxy, when the
21patient is unable to give consent.
22    "Medical emergency" means a condition in which an abortion
23is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman whose
24life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or
25physical injury, including a life-endangering physical
26condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or

 

 

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1when continuation of the pregnancy will create a serious risk
2of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily
3function of the pregnant woman.
4    "Physician" means any person licensed to practice medicine
5in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
6    "Physician assistant" has the same meaning as it does in
7Section 4 of the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
8    "Pregnancy" means the human reproductive process,
9beginning with the implantation of an embryo.
10    "Prevailing party" has the same meaning as in the Illinois
11Civil Rights Act of 2003.
12    "Reproductive health care" means health care offered,
13arranged, or furnished for the purpose of preventing pregnancy,
14terminating a pregnancy, managing pregnancy loss, or improving
15maternal health and birth outcomes. Reproductive health care
16includes, but is not limited to: contraception; sterilization;
17preconception care; maternity care; abortion care; and
18counseling regarding reproductive health care.
19    "State" includes any branch, department, agency,
20instrumentality, and official or other person acting under
21color of law of this State or a political subdivision of the
22State, including any unit of local government (including a home
23rule unit), school district, instrumentality, or public
24subdivision.
25(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19.)
 

 

 

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1    (775 ILCS 55/1-25)
2    Sec. 1-25. Reporting of abortions performed by health care
3professionals.
4    (a) Except in the case of a medical emergency, a health
5care professional shall not knowingly perform, induce, or
6attempt to perform an abortion upon a pregnant woman when the
7probable gestational age of her unborn child has been
8determined to be at least 20 weeks. Otherwise, a A health care
9professional may provide abortion care in accordance with the
10health care professional's professional judgment and training
11and based on accepted standards of clinical practice consistent
12with the scope of his or her practice under the Medical
13Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, or the Physician
14Assistant Practice Act of 1987. If the health care professional
15determines that there is fetal viability, the health care
16professional may provide abortion care only if, in the
17professional judgment of the health care professional, the
18abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the
19patient.
20    (b) A report of each abortion performed by a health care
21professional shall be made to the Department on forms
22prescribed by it. Such reports shall be transmitted to the
23Department not later than 10 days following the end of the
24month in which the abortion is performed.
25    (c) The abortion reporting forms prescribed by the
26Department shall not request or require information that

 

 

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1identifies a patient by name or any other identifying
2information, and the Department shall secure anonymity of all
3patients and health care professionals.
4    (d) All reports received by the Department pursuant to this
5Section shall be treated as confidential and exempt from the
6Freedom of Information Act. Access to such reports shall be
7limited to authorized Department staff who shall use the
8reports for statistical purposes only. Such reports must be
9destroyed within 2 years after date of receipt.
10(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19.)