92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB3172
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House Sponsors:
HOEFT-LINDNER-JOHNSON-KRAUSE-BEAUBIEN, WINKEL AND OSMOND.

Senate Sponsors:
KARPIEL-BOWLES

Short description: 
CRIM PRO-NURSE WITNESS                                                     

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Sexual  Assault  Survivors  Emergency  Treatment  Act.      
   Provides  that sexual assault nurse examiners are competent to conduct      
   examinations using the sexual assault  collection  kits.   Amends  the      
   Code  of  Criminal  Procedure of 1963.  Provides that a sexual assault      
   nurse examiner who uses  the  State  Police  Evidence  Collection  Kit      
   (S.P.E.C.K.)  to  collect  evidence  of an alleged sexual assault at a      
   licensed hospital from alleged  sexual  assault  survivors  under  the      
   Sexual  Assault  Survivors  Emergency  Treatment  Act  is qualified to      
   testify as an expert at trial in a criminal prosecution  for  criminal      
   sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal      
   sexual  assault  of  a  child,  criminal  sexual  abuse, or aggravated      
   criminal sexual abuse.                                                      
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          725 ILCS 5/115-21 new                                                
        Deletes everything after  the  enacting  clause.   Reinserts  the      
   provisions  of  the bill that permit sexual assault nurse examiners to      
   conduct examinations using  the  sexual  assault  evidence  collection      
   kits.   Deletes  the  amendatory  changes  to  the  Code  of  Criminal      
   Procedure  of  1963  that  permit  sexual  assault  nurse examiners to      
   testify as expert witnesses in  criminal prosecutions for certain  sex      
   crimes.                                                                     
        GOVERNOR'S AMENDATORY VETO MESSAGE                                     
        Recommends that the bill be amended: to authorize sexual assault       
   nurse examiners to conduct examinations using sexual assault evidence       
   collection kits (rather than providing that they are competent to con-      
   duct examinations using the kits); to provide that they may conduct         
   the examinations without the presence or participation of a physician;      
   and to add a January 1, 2002 effective date.                                
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0514

   Last action date: JAN-01-2002

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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