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Introduced Session

Creates the Reproductive Health Act. Provides that every individual has a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about one's own reproductive health. Provides that every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion, and to make autonomous decisions about how to exercise that right. Provides that a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights under the law, of this State. Provides prohibited State actions. Provides that a party aggrieved by a violation of the Act may bring a civil lawsuit. Provides that a health care professional shall report each abortion performed to the Department of Public Health. Limits home rule powers. Repeals provisions regarding abortion in the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act, and the Injunction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Repeals the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975, the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act, and the Abortion Performance Refusal Act. Makes corresponding changes in the Children and Family Services Act, the Counties Code, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Vital Records Act, the Criminal Code of 2012, the Health Care Right of Conscience Act, and the Rights of Married Persons Act. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that information and records held by the Department collected under the Reproductive Health Act is exempt from inspection and copying. Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. Provides that that term "ambulatory surgical treatment center" does not include any facility in which the performance of abortion procedures is limited to those performed without general, epidural, or spinal anesthesia. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides insurance requirements for the coverage of abortion. Makes corresponding changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that operative surgery does not include abortions performed without general, epidural, or spinal anesthesia, and other gynecological procedures related to abortions. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that tissue and products from an abortion or miscarriage may be buried, entombed, or cremated. Effective immediately.

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Carol Ammons (D),  Jaime Andrade (D),  Omar Aquino (D),  Melinda Bush (D),  Jonathan Carroll (D),  Kelly Cassidy (D),  Cristina Castro (D),  John Connor (D),  Deborah Conroy (D),  Dan Didech (D),  Marcus Evans (D),  Sara Feigenholtz (D),  Laura Fine (D),  Robyn Gabel (D),  Ann Gillespie (D),  Jen Gong-Gershowitz (D),  Jehan Gordon-Booth (D),  LaToya Greenwood (D),  Will Guzzardi (D),  Don Harmon (D),  Sonya Harper (D),  Greg Harris (D),  Michael Hastings (D),  Barbara Hernandez (D),  Lisa Hernandez (D),  Linda Holmes (D),  Mattie Hunter (D),  Emil Jones (D),  Kimberly Lightford (D),  Natalie Manley (D),  Iris Martinez (D),  Rob Martwick (D),  Anna Moeller (D),  Bob Morgan (D),  Michelle Mussman (D),  Aarón Ortíz (D),  Diane Pappas (D),  Robert Peters (D),  Delia Ramirez (D),  Martin Sandoval (D),  Elgie Sims (D),  Justin Slaughter (D),  Nick Smith (D),  Anne Stava-Murray (D),  Katie Stuart (D),  Karina Villa (D),  Celina Villanueva (D),  Ram Villivalam (D),  Chris Welch (D),  Ann Williams (D),  Omar Williams (D),  Kathleen Willis (D), 

Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon (on 06/13/2019)

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