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The Committee on Judiciary (Baker) recommended the following

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amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendments)

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     Delete line(s) 559-574

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and insert:

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     (d) Appointed experts shall have completed forensic

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evaluator training approved by the Department of Children and

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Family Services within 5 years before conducting evaluations for

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the court, and each shall be a psychiatrist, licensed

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psychologist, or physician.

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     1.(d) For incompetency evaluations related to mental

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illness, the Department of Children and Family Services shall

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maintain and annually provide the courts with a list of available

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mental health professionals who have completed a training program

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approved by the Department of Children and Family Services to

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perform the evaluations. Beginning July 1, 2009, experts shall

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remain on the list as long as they have completed or retaken the

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forensic evaluator training within the previous 5 years. Those

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who have not completed the required training within the previous

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5 years shall be removed from the list and may not conduct

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evaluations for the courts.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 68, delete the word "department"

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and insert:

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Department of Children and Family Services...

4/16/2008  9:21:00 AM     590-07777-08