Meeting Name: Human Relations Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/24/2023 2:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
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23-3024 1  Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 10/19/2022approvePass Action details Not available
23-0846 1 Q4 Human Relations Committee ReportReportREPORT Department: Department of Human Rights & Ethics Report Title: Q4 Human Relations Committee Report Report Period: September 1, 2022, through November 30, 2022 Summary: This report highlights human rights complaints that were investigated and closed during the fourth quarter of 2022recommend for receiving and filingPass Action details Not available
23-2007 1 A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GENDER AFFIRMING CAREResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE WHEREAS, gender affirming care is crucial for trans and gender diverse children and adults to thrive, grow, and live to their fullest potential; and WHEREAS, gender affirming care encompasses a range of social, psychological, behavioral, and medical interventions designed to support and affirm an individual’s gender identity when it conflicts with the gender they were assigned at birth; and WHEREAS, gender affirming care has a great effect on the safety of trans and non-conforming children and adults as studies have shown a significant decrease in suicidal ideation when gender affirming care is provided; and WHEREAS, decisions about gender-affirming care should be properly made without government intervention through shared decision-making between the patient, their family; and WHEREAS, 29 of the leading medical groups including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Nurses, The Endocrine Society and the American Medical Association recognize the medical necessity of gendrecommend for deferralPass Action details Not available
23-2073 1 Q1 Human Relations Committee ReportReportREPORT Department: Department of Human Rights & Ethics Report Title: Q1 Human Relations Committee Report Report Period: December 1, 2022, through February 28, 2023 Summary: This report highlights human rights complaints that were investigated and closed during the first quarter of 2023.recommend for receiving and filingPass Action details Not available
23-2279 1 AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE II, HUMAN RIGHTSOrdinance AmendmentPOROPOSED SECOND SUBSITUTE TO FILE 23-2279 (This substitute replaces all other versions) PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE II, HUMAN RIGHTS BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 42 - Human Relations, Article II - Human Rights, Sections 42-31, 42-35, and 42-38 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: Sec. 42-31. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Age means chronological age of not less than 40 years. Credit history means a record of an individual's past borrowing and repaying, including information about late payments and bankruptcy. Credit report means any written or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting agency that bears on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, or credit history. Credit transaction means the grant, denial, extension or termination of credit to an individual. Daccept as substitutedPass Action details Not available
23-2279 2 AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE II, HUMAN RIGHTSOrdinance AmendmentPOROPOSED SECOND SUBSITUTE TO FILE 23-2279 (This substitute replaces all other versions) PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE II, HUMAN RIGHTS BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 42 - Human Relations, Article II - Human Rights, Sections 42-31, 42-35, and 42-38 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: Sec. 42-31. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Age means chronological age of not less than 40 years. Credit history means a record of an individual's past borrowing and repaying, including information about late payments and bankruptcy. Credit report means any written or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting agency that bears on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, or credit history. Credit transaction means the grant, denial, extension or termination of credit to an individual. Drecommend for approval as substitutedPass Action details Not available