HB3285 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 07961 RLC 18065 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3285

Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

705 ILCS 405/2-19

from Ch. 37, par. 802-19

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning courts.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by changing Section 2-19 as follows:

(705 ILCS 405/2-19) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-19)

Sec. 2-19. Preliminary orders after filing a petition. In all cases involving physical abuse the the court shall order, and in all cases involving neglect or sexual abuse the court may order, an examination of the child under Section 2-11 of this Act or by a physician appointed or designated for this purpose by the court. As part of the examination, the physician shall arrange to have color photographs taken, as soon as practical, of areas of trauma visible on the child and may, if indicated, arrange to have a radiological examination performed on the child. The physician, on the completion of the examination, shall forward the results of the examination together with the color photographs to the State's Attorney of the county of the court ordering such examination. The court may dispense with the examination in those cases which were commenced on the basis of a physical examination by a physician. Unless color photographs have already been taken or unless there are no areas of visible trauma, the court shall arrange to have color photographs taken if no such examination is conducted.

(Source: P.A. 87-1148.)