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Law affects bills of rape victims Ill. measure fines hospitals, health care providers who send sexual assault survivors bills By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com Victims of sexual assault and battery should not and will not pay for rape kits under a law signed last week in Springfield. The idea is not new. The Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act, or SASETA, was established in 1977 and already disallowed hospitals or health care providers from billing survivors after their assault. Still, receiving a hospital bill after
an assault is fairly common. “You’d be surprised at how often that happens,” said Nelly Bonilla, a medical and legal advocate at The CARE Center in Crystal Lake. “I get people bringing me their bills, and I have to call [the health care providers] and fight for them.” The CARE Center is a division of the Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault. The new legislation explicitly disallows sexual assault survivors from being billed, and it also includes financial penalties for hospitals or
sexual assault with a private exam room, information on sexually transmitted diseases, referrals for counseling and vouchers for follow-up doctor visits. The latest changes bring Illinois Nelly Bonilla, medical, legal advocate at The CARE Center in Crystal Lake into compliance with the federal Violence Against Women Act. The law, signed Aug. 24 by Gov. Bruce Rauner, health care providers who do send to pay for that visit. When they get goes into effect in January. a bill, or who send victims to collec- the bill, it’s like they are getting revHouse Bill 3848 was put forth by tions. ictimized all over again.” Attorney General Lisa Madigan and “No matter what, you can’t bill The fine is $500 per violation. introduced by state Rep. Michelle them, and you shouldn’t bill them,” SASETA also provides survivors Bonilla said. “They should not have seeking treatment after an alleged See LAW, page A8
“No matter what, you can’t bill [victims], and you shouldn’t bill them. They should not have to pay for that visit. When they get the bill, it’s like they are getting revictimized all over again.”
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Sophia Trujillo, 6, of Crystal Lake waits to meet with her doctor Aug. 21 at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. Sophia has severe aplastic anemia, an autoimmune disorder where her bone marrow isn’t making enough red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets to replace the naturally dying ones. Currently, she has to undergo weekly blood draws and is looking for a bone marrow match for a transplant.
Crystal Lake girl, 6, has autoimmune disorder; mom wants more to join registry To help
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RYSTAL LAKE – Six-year-old Sophia Trujillo just wants to twirl. She’s danced in “The Nutcracker” and spent three years learning ballet at Judith Svalander School of Ballet in Crystal Lake, but that all has stopped. Sophia was diagnosed this past year with severe aplastic anemia, Voice your an autoimopinion mune disorder where her bone Have you marrow isn’t signed up for the making enough national bone red blood cells, marrow registry? white blood cells Vote online at and platelets to replace the NWHerald.com. naturally dying ones. That means her immune system isn’t strong enough to fight off normal childhood illness, such as the common cold, and she bruises easily
To join the registry, visit BeTheMatch. org. Donors must be between the ages of 18 and 60 and will be asked to submit a swab of cheek cells, which will be used to match the donor to patients. Sophia Trujillo’s GoFundMe page can be found at gofundme.com/cbya34. Donations are going toward Sophia’s medical bills and other expenses. Sophia had been in the green room with the other kids waiting for her dance – an opening to the second act – when she slipped and bumped her head, Bobowski said, adding that she sent someone to get Sophia has her blood drawn by her nurse, Andrea Scott, on Aug. 21 at Advocate Sophia’s mom. After a call to the doctor, Sophia Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. was given the green light to dance, because her blood isn’t clotting as it hanging out by the pool or playing she said. should. outside, she can’t.” “Sophia had been crying – but “Every child wants to go out and Even performing as a fairy in not because she was hurt, but play, and she just can’t,” her moth“The Nutcracker” seemed uncerbecause she was afraid that she er, Michelle Trujillo, said. “In the tain, said Laura Bobowski, her summertime when everyone is out dance instructor for three years. See TRANSPLANT, page A8
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WASHINGTON – Oregon’s Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley on Sunday became the 31st senator to announce support for the Iran nuclear deal, as momentum builds behind the agreement the Obama administration and other world powers negotiated with Tehran. Merkley’s backing puts supporters within reach of the 34 votes required to uphold a presidential veto of a congressional resolution disapproving the agreement, which curbs Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief. Republicans are unanimously against the deal. But with an overwhelming number of Senate Democrats in favor, some have now begun aiming to amass 41 yes votes, which would allow them to kill the disapproval resolution outright in the Senate and protect Obama from having to use his veto pen. A vote on the nuclear deal the U.S. and other world powers negotiated with Iran is scheduled for early September. Merkley said that while he thinks the deal has “significant shortcomings,” it is the best strategy to block Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. “Because of these shortcomings, many have argued that the United States, instead of implementing the agreement, should withdraw from it, persuade our partners to set the agreement aside and work together to negotiate a better deal,” Merkley said in a statement. “However, the prospects for this are slim. All of our partners ... believe that the current deal – in regard to its central goal of blocking Iran’s pathways to a nuclear bomb – is sound. They have committed the good faith of their governments behind the agreement and intend to honor the deal as long as Iran does likewise, with or without the United States.”
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