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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5467 Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 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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| | HB5467 | | LRB097 18146 RLC 63370 b |
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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 |