In Illinois, a new measure sponsored by state Senator A.J. Wilhelmi, with the backing of Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow, strengthens the current state law that requires people arrested for sex crimes to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has signed the measure into law, according to the Herald News.
The new law requires prosecuting state's attorneys to seek court orders to compel defendants who have been accused of sex crimes to submit to testing for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. These tests are to be done within 48 hours of a defendant being charged with a sex crime.
The new law gives teeth to the existing law that required testing for sexually transmitted diseases, but failed to specify a time frame for the defendants to be tested.
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