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1    AN ACT concerning children.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
5amended by changing Sections 7.8, 7.14, and 7.22 as follows:
 
6    (325 ILCS 5/7.8)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.8)
7    Sec. 7.8. Upon receiving an oral or written report of
8suspected child abuse or neglect, the Department shall
9immediately notify, either orally or electronically, the Child
10Protective Service Unit of a previous report concerning a
11subject of the present report or other pertinent information.
12In addition, upon satisfactory identification procedures, to
13be established by Department regulation, any person authorized
14to have access to records under Section 11.1 relating to child
15abuse and neglect may request and shall be immediately provided
16the information requested in accordance with this Act. However,
17no information shall be released unless it prominently states
18the report is "indicated", and only information from
19"indicated" reports shall be released, except that information
20concerning pending reports may be released pursuant to Sections
217.14 and 7.22 of this Act to the attorney or guardian ad litem
22appointed under Section 2-17 of the Juvenile Court Act and to
23any person authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (11)

 

 

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1of Section 11.1. In addition, State's Attorneys are authorized
2to receive unfounded reports for prosecution purposes related
3to the transmission of false reports of child abuse or neglect
4in violation of subsection (a), paragraph (7) of Section 26-1
5of the Criminal Code of 2012 and attorneys and guardians ad
6litem appointed under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of
71987 shall receive the classified reports set forth in Section
87.14 of this Act in conformance with paragraph (19) of Section
911.1 and Section 7.14 of this Act. The names and other
10identifying data and the dates and the circumstances of any
11persons requesting or receiving information from the central
12register shall be entered in the register record.
13(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
14    (325 ILCS 5/7.14)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.14)
15    Sec. 7.14. All reports in the central register shall be
16classified in one of three categories: "indicated",
17"unfounded" or "undetermined", as the case may be. Prior to
18classifying After the report is classified, the person making
19the classification shall determine whether the child named in
20the report is the subject of an action under Article II of the
21Juvenile Court Act of 1987. If the child is the subject of an
22action under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act and , the
23Department intends to classify the report as indicated, the
24Department shall, within 45 days of classification of the
25report, transmit a copy of the report to the attorney or

 

 

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1guardian ad litem appointed for the child under Section 2-17 of
2the Juvenile Court Act. If the child is the subject of an
3action under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act and the
4Department intends to classify the report as unfounded, the
5Department shall, within 45 days of deciding its intent to
6classify the report as unfounded, transmit a copy of the report
7and written notice of the Department's intent to the attorney
8or guardian ad litem appointed for the child under Section 2-17
9of the Juvenile Court Act. All information identifying the
10subjects of an unfounded report shall be expunged from the
11register forthwith, except as provided in Section 7.7.
12Unfounded reports may only be made available to the Child
13Protective Service Unit when investigating a subsequent report
14of suspected abuse or maltreatment involving a child named in
15the unfounded report; and to the subject of the report,
16provided the Department has not expunged the file in accordance
17with Section 7.7. The Child Protective Service Unit shall not
18indicate the subsequent report solely based upon the existence
19of the prior unfounded report or reports. Notwithstanding any
20other provision of law to the contrary, an unfounded report
21shall not be admissible in any judicial or administrative
22proceeding or action. Identifying information on all other
23records shall be removed from the register no later than 5
24years after the report is indicated. However, if another report
25is received involving the same child, his sibling or offspring,
26or a child in the care of the persons responsible for the

 

 

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1child's welfare, or involving the same alleged offender, the
2identifying information may be maintained in the register until
35 years after the subsequent case or report is closed.
4    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
5identifying information in indicated reports involving serious
6physical injury to a child as defined by the Department in
7rules, may be retained longer than 5 years after the report is
8indicated or after the subsequent case or report is closed, and
9may not be removed from the register except as provided by the
10Department in rules. Identifying information in indicated
11reports involving sexual penetration of a child, sexual
12molestation of a child, sexual exploitation of a child, torture
13of a child, or the death of a child, as defined by the
14Department in rules, shall be retained for a period of not less
15than 50 years after the report is indicated or after the
16subsequent case or report is closed.
17    For purposes of this Section "child" includes an adult
18resident as defined in this Act.
19(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 98-453, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
20    (325 ILCS 5/7.22)
21    Sec. 7.22. Reviews of unfounded reports.
22    (a) Whenever the Department determines that a reported
23incident of child abuse or neglect will be is "unfounded", the
24Department shall forward a copy of the report and written
25notice of the Department's intent to classify the report as

 

 

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1unfounded to the minor's attorney or guardian ad litem
2appointed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The minor's
3attorney or guardian ad litem may request a review of the
4investigation within 10 days of receipt of the report and
5written notice notification of the Department's intent to
6classify the report as unfounded final finding and receipt of
7the report, as provided in Section 7.14 of this Act, if the
8subject of the report is also the minor for whom the attorney
9or guardian ad litem has been appointed.
10    (b) Reviews requested under subsection (a) may be requested
11by sending a request via U.S. Mail, postmarked within 10 days
12after notice of the Department's intent to classify the report
13as unfounded the final finding, or by faxing a request within
1410 days after notice of the Department's intent to classify the
15report as unfounded final finding. The date of notification of
16the Department's intent to classify the report as unfounded
17final finding is the date the attorney or guardian ad litem
18received a copy of the report and written notice from the
19Department. Following the review, the Department shall inform
20the minor's attorney or guardian ad litem as to whether the
21report will be classified as indicated or unfounded. The
22minor's attorney or guardian ad litem shall also receive a
23final finding notice from the State Central Register.
24    (c) By January 1, 2014, the Department shall promulgate
25rules addressing reviews requested under subsection (a). The
26rules shall provide that a review requested under subsection

 

 

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1(a) must occur before the report is classified and a final
2finding is entered in the central register and that the review
3must be conducted by a Department employee outside the
4supervisory chain of the assigned investigator.
5(Source: P.A. 98-453, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.