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90_HB2133

      New Act
          Creates  the  Sex  Offender  Polygraph  Examination  Act.
      Provides that the Department of State Police, in consultation
      with the Detection of  Deception  Examiner  Committee,  shall
      establish   standards   for   the  polygraph  examination  of
      registered sex offenders.  Prescribes minimum  standards  for
      those examinations.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  in  relation  to  polygraph  examinations of sex
 2    offenders.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  1.  Short  title.   This Act may be cited as the
 6    Sex Offender Polygraph Examination Act.
 7        Section 5.  Definitions.
 8        "Polygraph"  means  an  instrument  used  by  a  licensed
 9    examiner under the Detection of Deception Examiners Act  that
10    records   permanently   and   simultaneously   the  subject's
11    cardiovascular,  respiratory,  and  galvanic  skin   response
12    patterns  as  minimum  standards  and upon which the examiner
13    bases his or her evaluation upon changes in  those  patterns.
14    The  instrument  may record additional physiological patterns
15    pertinent to the detection of deception.   The  examiner  may
16    also  consider changes in those additional patterns in making
17    his or her evaluations.
18        "Sex offender" means a person required to register  under
19    the Sex Offender Registration Act.
20        "Examinee"  means  a  person  submitting  to  a polygraph
21    examination.
22        Section 10.  Standards.  The Department of State  Police,
23    in  consultation  with  the  Detection  of Deception Examiner
24    Committee,  shall  establish  standards  for  the   polygraph
25    examination of sex offenders.  The standards shall at minimum
26    require  each  prospective  sex  offender  examinee to sign a
27    notification and receive a copy of the notification on a form
28    prescribed by the Department of State Police, in consultation
29    with the Detection  of  Deception  Examiner  Committee,  that
30    contains the following information:
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 1             (A)  That he or she is consenting voluntarily to the
 2        examination;
 3             (B)  That  he or she has the right to refuse to take
 4        a polygraph examination;
 5             (C)  That he or she has a right to refuse to  answer
 6        any question;
 7             (D)  That he or she may terminate the examination at
 8        any time;
 9             (E)  That  he or she has the right to make a written
10        request to the examiner within 30 days of the examination
11        to be furnished the results of the examination  upon  the
12        payment  of  a  reasonable  fee  to be established by the
13        Department of State Police to  cover  the  cost  of  such
14        results,  and  that,  upon receipt of the written request
15        and payment of the fee, the  examiner  shall,  within  30
16        days  of  receipt  of  that  written request, provide the
17        examinee  with  a  written  copy  of  any   opinions   or
18        conclusions rendered as a result of the examination;
19             (F)  That  he or she has the right to make a written
20        request to the examiner that an audio recording  be  made
21        of   the  examination  and  pretest  interview,  and  the
22        examiner  shall  furnish  the  examinee  a  copy  of  the
23        recording within 30 days of the receipt  of  the  written
24        request and payment of a reasonable fee to be established
25        by  the  Department  of State Police to cover the cost of
26        the recording;
27             (G)  The name of the polygraph examiner, his or  her
28        polygraph   examiner   license   number   issued  by  the
29        Department of Professional Regulation,  and  his  or  her
30        business address;
31             (H)  The  name  and  address  of  the  Detection  of
32        Deception Examiner Committee;
33             (I)  That  he  or  she  has  the  right  to  file  a
34        complaint  with the Department of Professional Regulation
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 1        if he or she feels that he or she has been mistreated  in
 2        any way;
 3             (J)  If  the polygraph examiner is a law enforcement
 4        official or other officer of the court, that  fact  shall
 5        be disclosed to the examinee prior to the commencement of
 6        the  examination,  and  the examiner shall further inform
 7        the examinee that should the examinee choose  to  proceed
 8        with  the  examination,  under  such  circumstances,  any
 9        illegal  activity disclosed during the examination may be
10        used against him or her in a court of law; and
11             (K)  No examiner may conduct more than one polygraph
12        examination of a sex offender per hour.
13        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
14    becoming law.

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