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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Sexual Assault Incident Procedure Act. (Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)
Illinois · statute · 725 ILCS 203 · 16 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Sexual Assault Incident Procedure Act. (Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)
Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds: (1) Sexual assault and sexual abuse are personal and violent crimes that disproportionately impact women, children, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in Illinois, yet only a small percentage of these crimes are reported, less than one in five, and even…
Definitions. In this Act: "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. "Evidence-based, trauma-informed, victim-centered" means policies, procedures, programs, and practices that have been demonstrated to minimize retraumatization associated with the criminal justice process by recognizing the p…
Victim notification. When sexual assault evidence is collected from a sexual assault survivor, the health care provider or law enforcement officer who collects the evidence must notify a victim about the tracking system. Such notification is satisfied by providing the victim information regarding the Sexual Assault Evi…
Sexual assault incident policies. (a) On or before January 1, 2018, every law enforcement agency shall develop, adopt, and implement written policies regarding procedures for incidents of sexual assault or sexual abuse consistent with the guidelines developed under subsection (b) of this Section. In developing these po…
Reports by law enforcement officers. (a) A law enforcement officer shall complete a written police report upon receiving the following, regardless of where the incident occurred: (1) an allegation by a person that the person has been sexually assaulted or sexually abused regardless of jurisdiction; (2) information from…
Third-party reports. A victim of sexual assault or sexual abuse may give a person consent to provide information about the sexual assault or sexual abuse to a law enforcement officer, and the officer shall complete a written report unless: (1) the person contacting law enforcement fails to provide the person's name and…
Report; victim notice. (a) At the time of first contact with the victim, law enforcement shall: (1) Advise the victim about the following by providing a form, the contents of which shall be prepared by the Office of the Attorney General and posted on its website, written in a language appropriate for the victim or in B…
Release and storage of sexual assault evidence. (a) A law enforcement agency having jurisdiction that is notified by a hospital or another law enforcement agency that a victim of a sexual assault or sexual abuse has received a medical forensic examination and has completed an Illinois State Police Sexual Assault Eviden…
Release of information. (a) Upon the request of the victim who has consented to the release of sexual assault evidence for testing, the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall notify the victim about the Illinois State Police sexual assault evidence tracking system and provide the following information in writ…
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