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91_SB0673enr SB673 Enrolled LRB9105945MWgc 1 AN ACT in relation to sexual assault nurse examiners. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act 5 is amended by adding Section 7.1 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 3930/7.1 new) 7 Sec. 7.1. Sexual assault nurse examiner pilot program. 8 (a) Legislative findings and intent. The General 9 Assembly finds that the compassionate treatment of sexual 10 assault victims in hospital emergency rooms is necessary to 11 help alleviate the suffering of sexual assault victims. The 12 General Assembly also finds that the effective collection and 13 presentation of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases is 14 necessary to increase the success rate of prosecutions for 15 sex crimes in Illinois. 16 The General Assembly intends to create a pilot program to 17 establish 4 sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) projects in 18 the State of Illinois. For each project, specially trained 19 sexual assault nurse examiners or specially trained sexual 20 assault physician examiners will provide health assessments 21 and collect forensic evidence from sexual assault victims in 22 the emergency room. The sexual assault nurse examiners or 23 sexual assault physician examiners will also testify to 24 victims' injuries during criminal prosecutions. 25 (b) Definitions. In this Section: 26 (1) "Sexual assault nurse examiner" means a 27 registered nurse who has completed a sexual assault nurse 28 examiner (SANE) training program that meets the Forensic 29 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Education Guidelines 30 established by the International Association of Forensic 31 Nurses. SB673 Enrolled -2- LRB9105945MWgc 1 (2) "Sexual assault physician examiner" means a 2 physician licensed to practice medicine in all its 3 branches who has completed a sexual assault nurse 4 examiner (SANE) training program that meets the Forensic 5 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Education Guidelines 6 established by the International Association of Forensic 7 Nurses. 8 (3) "Hospital" means a facility licensed by the 9 Department of Public Health under the Hospital Licensing 10 Act or that meets both the definition of hospital and the 11 exemption provisions of that Act. 12 (4) "Hospital emergency services" means the health 13 care delivered to outpatients within or under the care 14 and supervision of personnel working in a designated 15 emergency department or emergency room of a hospital. 16 (c) SANE pilot program. The Authority shall, subject to 17 appropriation, establish a SANE pilot program to operate 4 18 pilot projects in Illinois. The projects shall be established 19 in the emergency rooms of hospitals in 4 counties 20 geographically distributed throughout the State. Hospitals 21 located throughout the State may apply to the Authority to 22 participate in the program. Each project must provide the 23 following services: 24 (1) Compassionate health assessment and effective 25 forensic evidence collection for sexual assault victims 26 by a trained sexual assault nurse examiner or sexual 27 assault physician examiner in a hospital emergency room 28 as part of the provision of hospital emergency services. 29 (2) Presentation of testimony regarding victims' 30 injuries during criminal prosecutions for sex offenses. 31 (d) Each of the SANE projects established under this 32 pilot program must, at a minimum, meet the Sexual Assault 33 Nurse Examiner Standards of Practice established by the 34 International Association of Forensic Nurses. SB673 Enrolled -3- LRB9105945MWgc 1 (e) Each of the 4 pilot projects established by the 2 Authority under this Section shall be in existence for a 3 minimum of 3 years. 4 (f) Report. No later than 2 years after the 5 establishment of pilot projects under this Section, the 6 Authority must report to the General Assembly on the efficacy 7 of SANE programs. 8 (g) Rules. The Authority shall adopt rules to implement 9 this Section. 10 _________________________________ 11 President of the Senate 12 _________________________________ 13 Speaker, House of Representatives