Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 3/23/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 593 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 593, AS AMENDED, in 
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Section 5,  Sec. 5-101, subsec. (A), paragraph (11), immediately 
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after "education", by replacing the following:", except the 
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Department shall not have jurisdiction over charges involving 
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curriculum content, course content, or course offerings" with 
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the following:
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"in regard to the failure to enroll an individual or the denial 
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of access to its facilities, goods, or services, except that 
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the Department shall not have jurisdiction over

charges 
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involving curriculum content, course content, or course 
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offerings, conduct of the class by the teacher or instructor, 
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or any activity within the classroom or connected with a class 
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activity such as physical education;"; and
 

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in Section 5, Sec. 5-102.1, immediately after "No Civil Rights 
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Violation: Public Accommodations." by replacing everything 
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remaining in Sec. 5-102.1 with the following:
 


 






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"It is not a civil rights violation for a medical, dental, or 
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other health care professional or a private professional 
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service provider such as a lawyer, accountant, or insurance 
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agent to refer or refuse to treat or provide services to an 
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individual in a protected class for any non-discriminatory 
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reason if, in the normal course of his or her operations or 
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business, the professional would for the same reason refer or 
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refuse to treat or provide services to an individual who is not 
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in the protected class of the individual who seeks or

requires 
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the same or similar treatment or services.".