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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3284
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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705 ILCS 405/2-19 |
from Ch. 37, par. 802-19 |
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Amends the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning preliminary
orders
for an examination of an alleged abused or neglected child.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3284 |
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LRB096 07962 RLC 18066 b |
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| AN ACT concerning courts.
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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 Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by |
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| changing Section 2-19 as follows:
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| (705 ILCS 405/2-19) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-19)
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| Sec. 2-19. Preliminary orders after filing a petition. In |
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| all cases
involving physical abuse the
the court shall order, |
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| and in all cases involving
neglect or sexual abuse the court |
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| may order, an examination of the child under
Section 2-11 of |
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| this Act or by a physician appointed or designated for this
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| purpose by the court. As part of the examination, the physician |
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| shall arrange
to have color photographs taken, as soon as |
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| practical, of areas of trauma
visible on the child and may, if |
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| indicated, arrange to have a radiological
examination |
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| performed on the child. The physician, on the completion of the
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| examination, shall forward the results of the examination |
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| together with the
color photographs to the State's Attorney of |
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| the county of the court ordering
such examination. The court |
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| may dispense with the examination in those cases
which were |
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| commenced on the basis of a physical examination by a |
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| physician.
Unless color photographs have already been taken or |
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| unless there are no areas
of visible trauma, the court shall |