Bill Text: IL SB1296 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1296 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1296-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB1296 Introduced 2/5/2013, by Sen. Michael Noland 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.
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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 2-19 as follows:
(705 ILCS 405/2-19) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-19)
Sec. 2-19. Preliminary orders after filing a petition. In
all cases involving physical abuse the the court shall order,
and in all cases involving neglect or sexual abuse the court
may order, an examination of the child under Section 2-11 of
this Act or by a physician appointed or designated for this
purpose by the court. As part of the examination, the physician
shall arrange to have color photographs taken, as soon as
practical, of areas of trauma visible on the child and may, if
indicated, arrange to have a radiological examination
performed on the child. The physician, on the completion of the
examination, shall forward the results of the examination
together with the color photographs to the State's Attorney of
the county of the court ordering such examination. The court
may dispense with the examination in those cases which were
commenced on the basis of a physical examination by a
physician. Unless color photographs have already been taken or
unless there are no areas of visible trauma, the court shall

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