Bill > HB4825

This bill amends the Birth Control Services to Minors Act to allow any minor to consent to contraceptive services or supplies without requiring the consent of anyone else, treating minors as having the same legal capacity as adults for these purposes. Contraceptive services are defined as those in the Illinois Insurance Code but exclude sterilization, while contraceptive supplies include FDA-approved drugs and devices like long-acting reversible contraceptives, nonprescription oral hormonal contraceptives, and emergency contraceptives. This change removes previous conditions that required minors to be married, a parent, pregnant, have parental consent, face a serious health hazard, or be referred by a physician, clergyman, or planned parenthood agency to receive birth control services.