102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3462

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Fred Crespo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 115/3.5 new

    Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Provides that every child reported to the Department of Children and Family Services or law enforcement to be a victim of sexual assault or sexual abuse whose case is accepted by either agency for investigation has the right to have that child's forensic interview conducted by a forensic interviewer from a children's advocacy center accredited according to the Children's Advocacy Center Act and serving the child's area, when such service is available. Provides that the right may be asserted by the child or the child's parent or guardian informing the investigating personnel at the Department of Children and Family Services or the law enforcement agency that the parent or guardian wants the child to have the child's interview conducted by the children's advocacy center.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Bill of Rights for Children is amended by
5adding Section 3.5 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 115/3.5 new)
7    Sec. 3.5. Right to forensic interview with children's
8advocacy center. Every child reported to the Department of
9Children and Family Services or law enforcement to be a victim
10of sexual assault or sexual abuse whose case is accepted by
11either agency for investigation has the right to have that
12child's forensic interview conducted by a forensic interviewer
13from a children's advocacy center accredited according to the
14Children's Advocacy Center Act and serving the child's area,
15when such service is available. This right may be asserted by
16the child or the child's parent or guardian informing the
17investigating personnel at the Department of Children and
18Family Services or the law enforcement agency that the parent
19or guardian wants the child to have the child's interview
20conducted by the children's advocacy center.