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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5558
Introduced 01/27/06, by Rep. David R. Leitch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 2630/3.2 |
from Ch. 38, par. 206-3.2 |
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Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Expands the circumstances under which medical personnel must notify local law enforcement of injuries. Requires notification for injuries that reasonably appear to have resulted from stabbing. Provides that injuries that must be reported by medical personnel if sustained in the commission of or as a victim of a criminal offense, include, but are not limited to: death, head injury (skull fracture, brain damage, or bleeding in the brain, such as subdural hematoma or shaken-baby syndrome), internal injury, burning, scalding, poison or noxious substance exposure, bone fracture, sexual penetration, and any other physical injury suggestive of or related to sexual molestation or sexual exploitation. Provides that any hospital, physician, or nurse who willfully fails to notify the local law enforcement agency as required shall be reported to the appropriate professional organizations and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for disciplinary action and, for a first offense, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Sets forth that any person who violates this reporting requirement a second or subsequent time commits a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5558 |
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LRB094 16487 RSP 51747 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 3.2 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2630/3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 206-3.2)
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| Sec. 3.2. It is the duty of any person conducting or |
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| operating a medical facility,
or any physician or nurse as soon |
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| as treatment permits to notify the local
law enforcement agency |
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| of that jurisdiction upon the application for
treatment of a |
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| person (adult or minor) who is not accompanied by a law |
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| enforcement officer,
when it reasonably appears that the person |
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| requesting treatment has
received:
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| (1) any injury resulting from the discharge of a |
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| firearm or stabbing; or
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| (2) any injury sustained in the commission of or as a |
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| victim of a
criminal offense, including, but not limited |
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| to: death, head injury (skull fracture, brain damage, or |
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| bleeding in the brain, such as subdural hematoma or |
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| shaken-baby syndrome), internal injury, burning, scalding, |
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| poison or noxious substance exposure, bone fracture, |
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| sexual penetration, and any other physical injury |
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| suggestive of or related to sexual molestation or sexual |
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| exploitation.
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| Any hospital, physician or nurse shall be forever held |
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| harmless from
any civil liability for their reasonable |
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| compliance with the provisions of
this Section. |
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| Any hospital, physician, or nurse who willfully fails to |
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| notify the local law enforcement agency as required by this |
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| Section shall be reported to the appropriate professional |
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| organizations and the Department of Financial and Professional |
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| Regulation for disciplinary action and, for a first offense, is |