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IL HB5203
Bill
Status
1/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brad Halbrook
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AI Summary
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Creates the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act prohibiting the State and local subdivisions from using public funds to pay for abortions or health plans covering abortion, except when a woman's life is endangered as certified by a physician.
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Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act to exclude elective abortion coverage from health benefits programs, except in cases where abortion is necessary to prevent death.
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Modifies the Illinois Public Aid Code to exclude abortion coverage from medical assistance programs and prohibits physicians convicted of performing abortion procedures on non-pregnant women from participating in the State's Medical Assistance Program.
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Requires written statements including physician opinions to accompany claims for reimbursement related to abortions, induced miscarriages, or premature births.
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Amends the Problem Pregnancy Health Services and Care Act to restrict grants to nonprofit agencies that do not refer, counsel for, or perform abortions; preempts home rule authority and becomes effective June 1, 2024.
Legislative Description
NO TAXPAYER FUNDING ABORTION
Last Action
Session Sine Die
1/7/2025