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91_HB4056

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 1        AN ACT in relation to domestic battery.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 12-3.2 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2)
 7        Sec. 12-3.2.  Domestic Battery.
 8        (a)  A    person   commits   domestic   battery   if   he
 9    intentionally or knowingly without legal justification by any
10    means:
11             (1)  Causes bodily harm to any family  or  household
12        member  as defined in subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of
13        the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended;
14             (2)  Makes  physical  contact  of  an  insulting  or
15        provoking nature with any family or household  member  as
16        defined  in  subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of the Code
17        of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended.
18        (b)  Sentence.    Domestic   battery   is   a   Class   A
19    Misdemeanor. Domestic battery is a  Class  4  felony  if  the
20    defendant  has  any  prior  conviction  under  this  Code for
21    domestic battery (Section 12-3.2) or violation of an order of
22    protection (Section 12-30). Domestic battery  is  a  Class  4
23    felony  if  the defendant has any prior conviction under this
24    Code for aggravated battery (Section 12-4), stalking (Section
25    12-7.3),  aggravated  stalking  (Section  12-7.4),   unlawful
26    restraint  (Section  10-3),  or aggravated unlawful restraint
27    (Section 10-3.1),  when  any  of  these  offenses  have  been
28    committed  against a family or household member as defined in
29    Section 112A-3 of the Code of  Criminal  Procedure  of  1963.
30    Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any
31    prior  conviction for a felony that involved the use of force
 
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 1    or violence against a family or household member  as  defined
 2    in  Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
 3    In addition to any other  sentencing  alternatives,  for  any
 4    second conviction of violating this Section within 5 years of
 5    a   previous  conviction  for  violating  this  Section,  the
 6    offender shall be mandatorily sentenced to a  minimum  of  48
 7    consecutive  hours  of  imprisonment.  The imprisonment shall
 8    not be  subject  to  suspension,  nor  shall  the  person  be
 9    eligible for probation in order to reduce the sentence.
10        (c)  For any conviction for domestic battery, if a person
11    under  18 years of age who is the child of the offender or of
12    the victim was present and witnessed the domestic battery  of
13    the  victim,  the  defendant  is  liable  for the cost of any
14    counseling required for the child at the  discretion  of  the
15    court  in  accordance with subsection (b) of Section 5-5-6 of
16    the Unified Code of Corrections.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-734,  eff.  1-1-99;  91-112,  eff.  10-1-99;
18    91-262, eff. 1-1-00; revised 10-7-99.)

19        Section  10.   The  Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
20    changing Section 8-802 as follows:

21        (735 ILCS 5/8-802) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-802)
22        (Text of Section WITH the  changes  made  by  P.A.  89-7,
23    which has been held unconstitutional)
24        Sec.  8-802.   Healthcare  practitioner  and  patient. No
25    physician,  surgeon,  psychologist,  nurse,   mental   health
26    worker,   therapist,   or   other  healing  art  practitioner
27    (referred to in this Section  as  "healthcare  practitioner")
28    shall  be permitted to disclose any information he or she may
29    have acquired in attending  any  patient  in  a  professional
30    character,  necessary  to enable him or her professionally to
31    serve the patient, except only (1)  in  trials  for  homicide
32    when the disclosure relates directly to the fact or immediate
 
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 1    circumstances  of  the  homicide,  (2)  in  actions, civil or
 2    criminal, against the healthcare practitioner for malpractice
 3    (in which instance the patient shall be deemed to have waived
 4    all privileges relating to physical or mental condition), (3)
 5    with the expressed consent of the patient, or in case of  his
 6    or   her   death  or  disability,  of  his  or  her  personal
 7    representative or other person authorized to sue for personal
 8    injury or of the beneficiary of an insurance policy on his or
 9    her life, health, or physical condition, (4) in  all  actions
10    brought by the patient, his or her personal representative, a
11    beneficiary  under  a policy of insurance, or the executor or
12    administrator of his or  her  estate  wherein  the  patient's
13    physical  or  mental condition is an issue (in which instance
14    the patient shall be deemed to  have  waived  all  privileges
15    relating  to  physical  or  mental  condition),  (4.1) in all
16    actions brought against the  patient,  his  or  her  personal
17    representative, a beneficiary under a policy of insurance, or
18    the  executor  or  administrator of his or her estate wherein
19    the patient's physical or mental condition is an  issue,  (5)
20    upon  an  issue as to the validity of a document as a will of
21    the patient, (6) in any criminal action where the  charge  is
22    either first degree murder by abortion, attempted abortion or
23    abortion, (7) in actions, civil or criminal, arising from the
24    filing  of  a  report  in  compliance  with  the  Abused  and
25    Neglected Child Reporting Act, (8) to any department, agency,
26    institution  or  facility  which  has  custody of the patient
27    pursuant to State statute or any court order  of  commitment,
28    (9)  in  prosecutions  where written results of blood alcohol
29    tests are admissible pursuant  to  Section  11-501.4  of  the
30    Illinois  Vehicle  Code or (10) in prosecutions where written
31    results of blood alcohol tests are admissible  under  Section
32    5-11a of the Boat Registration and Safety Act.
33        In  all  instances  where  a  patient  or  the  patient's
34    representative seeks damages for personal injury, death, pain
 
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 1    and  suffering,  or  mental  or  emotional injury and where a
 2    written request pursuant to Section  2-1003  has  been  made,
 3    then (1) the healthcare practitioner is authorized to provide
 4    information regarding the patient to attorneys for any of the
 5    parties   in   pending  civil,  criminal,  or  administrative
 6    proceedings in written or verbal form as described in Section
 7    2-1003 and (2) any attorney  for  any  party  in  any  civil,
 8    criminal,  or  administrative  action brought by or against a
 9    patient, his or her personal  representative,  a  beneficiary
10    under a policy of insurance, or the executor or administrator
11    of his or her estate wherein the patient's physical or mental
12    condition is an issue may obtain in written or verbal form as
13    described   in   Section  2-1003  any  information  that  any
14    healthcare practitioner has  acquired  in  attending  to  the
15    patient in a professional character.  Nothing in this Section
16    shall preclude or limit any formal discovery.
17        A health care practitioner, as defined in Section 2-1003,
18    shall  have  the  right to (1) communicate at any time and in
19    any fashion with his or  her  own  counsel  and  professional
20    liability  insurer concerning any care or treatment he or she
21    provided, or assisted in providing, to any  patient  and  (2)
22    communicate  at  any  time and in any fashion with his or her
23    present or former employer, principal, partner,  professional
24    corporation,  professional  liability insurer, or counsel for
25    the same, concerning care or treatment he or she provided, or
26    assisted in providing, to any patient during the pendency and
27    within the scope of his or her employment or affiliation with
28    the   employer,   principal,   partner,    or    professional
29    corporation.
30        In  the  event  of  a conflict between the application of
31    this  Section  and  the  Mental  Health   and   Developmental
32    Disabilities Confidentiality Act to a specific situation, the
33    provisions   of   the   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
34    Disabilities Confidentiality Act shall control.
 
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 1        This  amendatory  Act of 1995 applies to causes of action
 2    filed on or after its effective date.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-7, eff. 3-9-95.)

 4        (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by  P.A.  89-7,
 5    which has been held unconstitutional)
 6        Sec.  8-802.   Physician  and  patient.  No  physician or
 7    surgeon shall be permitted to disclose any information he  or
 8    she   may  have  acquired  in  attending  any  patient  in  a
 9    professional  character,  necessary  to  enable  him  or  her
10    professionally to serve  the  patient,  except  only  (1)  in
11    trials  for  homicide when the disclosure relates directly to
12    the fact or immediate circumstances of the homicide,  (2)  in
13    actions,   civil  or  criminal,  against  the  physician  for
14    malpractice, (3) with the expressed consent of  the  patient,
15    or  in  case of his or her death or disability, of his or her
16    personal representative or other person authorized to sue for
17    personal injury or of the beneficiary of an insurance  policy
18    on his or her life, health, or physical condition, (4) in all
19    actions  brought  by  or  against  the  patient,  his  or her
20    personal representative, a  beneficiary  under  a  policy  of
21    insurance,  or  the  executor  or administrator of his or her
22    estate wherein the patient's physical or mental condition  is
23    an  issue, (5) upon an issue as to the validity of a document
24    as a will of the patient, (6) in any  criminal  action  where
25    the  charge  is  either  first  degree  murder  by  abortion,
26    attempted  abortion  or  abortion,  (7)  in actions, civil or
27    criminal, arising from the filing of a report  in  compliance
28    with the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, (8) to any
29    department, agency, institution or facility which has custody
30    of  the  patient pursuant to State statute or any court order
31    of commitment, (9) in prosecutions where written  results  of
32    blood  alcohol  tests  are  admissible  pursuant  to  Section
33    11-501.4   of   the   Illinois   Vehicle  Code,  or  (10)  in
34    prosecutions where written results of blood alcohol tests are
 
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 1    admissible under Section 5-11a of the Boat  Registration  and
 2    Safety  Act,  or (11) in prosecutions for domestic battery if
 3    the disclosure relates directly to the facts or circumstances
 4    regarding the domestic battery.
 5        In the event of a conflict  between  the  application  of
 6    this   Section   and  the  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
 7    Disabilities Confidentiality Act to a specific situation, the
 8    provisions   of   the   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
 9    Disabilities Confidentiality Act shall control.
10    (Source: P.A. 87-803.)

11        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
12    becoming law.

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