100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3636
 
Introduced , by Rep. William Davis
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



405 ILCS 5/4-211 new

 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 sources, and treatment planning that supports his or her right to sexual expression, including access reviews of whether the admitted person is capable of giving consent to sexual activity. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall approve course material in sex education which must meet certain statutory guidelines.



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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
 
 
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1 AN ACT concerning health.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 
5Disabilities Code is amended by adding Section 4-211 as 
6follows:

7 (405 ILCS 5/4-211 new)
8 Sec. 4-211. Sex education for persons admitted to a 
9developmental disability facility. A person admitted to a 
10developmental disability facility shall have access to sex 
11education, related sources, and treatment planning that 
12supports his or her right to sexual expression, including 
13access reviews of whether the admitted person is capable of 
14giving consent to sexual activity. The Department shall approve 
15course material in sex education. Course material and 
16instruction in sex education shall: (1) be
appropriate to the 
17developmental disability level of the recipient, medically 
18accurate, and complete; (2)
replicate
evidence-based programs 
19or substantially incorporate elements of evidence-based 
20programs; (3) place
substantial emphasis on contraception for 
21the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases 
22and shall stress that abstinence is the ensured method of 
23avoiding unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, 
 
 
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1and HIV/AIDS; (4) include a
discussion of the possible 
2emotional and psychological consequences of sexual intercourse 
3and the consequences of unwanted pregnancy; (5) stress that

4sexually transmitted diseases are serious possible health 
5hazards of sexual intercourse; (6) provide statistics based on 
6the latest medical information citing the failure and success 
7rates of condoms in preventing HIV/AIDS and other sexually 
8transmitted diseases; and (7) teach
recipients to not make 
9unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances and how to say no 
10to unwanted sexual advances.