Bill Text: IL HB5467 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5467 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5467-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 2-19 as follows:
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6 | (705 ILCS 405/2-19) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-19)
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7 | Sec. 2-19. Preliminary orders after filing a petition. In | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | all cases
involving physical abuse the
the court shall order, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | and in all cases involving
neglect or sexual abuse the court | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | may order, an examination of the child under
Section 2-11 of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | this Act or by a physician appointed or designated for this
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12 | purpose by the court. As part of the examination, the physician | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall arrange
to have color photographs taken, as soon as | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | practical, of areas of trauma
visible on the child and may, if | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | indicated, arrange to have a radiological
examination | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | performed on the child. The physician, on the completion of the
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17 | examination, shall forward the results of the examination | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | together with the
color photographs to the State's Attorney of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | the county of the court ordering
such examination. The court | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | may dispense with the examination in those cases
which were | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | commenced on the basis of a physical examination by a | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | physician.
Unless color photographs have already been taken or | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | unless there are no areas
of visible trauma, the court shall |
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1 | arrange to have color photographs taken if
no such examination | ||||||
2 | is conducted. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 87-1148.)
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