Bill Text: IL SB0542 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning court authorization of medical and dental care for minors who are in temporary custody or shelter care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0542 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0542-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB0542 Introduced 1/24/2017, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
705 ILCS 405/3-13 from Ch. 37, par. 803-13
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning court authorization of medical and dental care for minors who are in temporary custody or shelter care.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning courts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
changing Section 3-13 as follows:
(705 ILCS 405/3-13) (from Ch. 37, par. 803-13)
Sec. 3-13. Medical and dental treatment and care. At all
times during temporary custody or shelter care, the the court
may authorize a physician, a hospital or any other appropriate
health care provider to provide medical, dental or surgical
procedures if such procedures are necessary to safeguard the
minor's life or health.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)