CIV PRO-DOCTORS-DISCLOSE INFO

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. In the list of circumstances under which a physician or surgeon is permitted to disclose information acquired in attending a patient in a professional character, provides that the physician or surgeon is permitted to disclose the information in any criminal action where the charge is: (1) solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt to commit homicide; (2) attempt or actual criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, provided that the State's Attorney shall petition the court for a protective order and that disclosure is limited to information concerning the alleged injuries, the cause of the alleged injuries, and the identity of the offender in the alleged crime for which charges have been filed; or (3) battery or aggravated battery, domestic or aggravated domestic battery, or battery or aggravated battery of an unborn child, provided that disclosure is limited to information concerning the alleged injuries, the cause of the alleged injuries, and the identity of the offender in the alleged crime for which charges have been filed. Effective immediately.