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Full Text of HB3056  95th General Assembly

HB3056 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3056

 

Introduced 2/26/2007, 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.


LRB095 07116 RLC 27243 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3056 LRB095 07116 RLC 27243 b

1     AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5 changing Section 2-19 as follows:
 
6     (705 ILCS 405/2-19)  (from Ch. 37, par. 802-19)
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
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
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

 

 

HB3056 - 2 - LRB095 07116 RLC 27243 b

1 arrange to have color photographs taken if no such examination
2 is conducted.
3 (Source: P.A. 87-1148.)