Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

Filed: 3/26/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4916

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4916 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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,

 

 

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1no information shall be released unless it prominently states
2the report is "indicated", and only information from
3"indicated" reports shall be released, except that information
4concerning pending reports may be released pursuant to Sections
57.14 and 7.22 of this Act to an attorney or guardian ad litem
6appointed under Section 2-17 of the Juvenile Court Act and to
7any person authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (11)
8of Section 11.1. In addition, State's Attorneys are authorized
9to receive unfounded reports for prosecution purposes related
10to the transmission of false reports of child abuse or neglect
11in violation of subsection (a), paragraph (7) of Section 26-1
12of the Criminal Code of 2012 and attorneys and guardians ad
13litem appointed under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of
141987 shall receive the classified reports set forth in Section
157.14 of this Act in conformance with paragraph (19) of Section
1611.1 and Section 7.14 of this Act. The names and other
17identifying data and the dates and the circumstances of any
18persons requesting or receiving information from the central
19register shall be entered in the register record.
20(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
21    (325 ILCS 5/7.14)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.14)
22    Sec. 7.14. All reports in the central register shall be
23classified in one of three categories: "indicated",
24"unfounded" or "undetermined", as the case may be. Prior to
25classifying After the report is classified, the person making

 

 

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1the classification shall determine whether the child named in
2the report is the subject of an action under Article II of the
3Juvenile Court Act of 1987. If the child is the subject of an
4action under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act and , the
5Department intends to classify the report as indicated, the
6Department shall, within 45 days of classification of the
7report, transmit a copy of the report to the attorney or
8guardian ad litem appointed for the child under Section 2-17 of
9the Juvenile Court Act. If the child is the subject of an
10action under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act and the
11Department intends to classify the report as unfounded, the
12Department shall, within 45 days of deciding its intent to
13classify the report as unfounded, transmit a copy of the report
14and written notice of the Department's intent to the attorney
15or guardian ad litem appointed for the child under Section 2-17
16of the Juvenile Court Act. All information identifying the
17subjects of an unfounded report shall be expunged from the
18register forthwith, except as provided in Section 7.7.
19Unfounded reports may only be made available to the Child
20Protective Service Unit when investigating a subsequent report
21of suspected abuse or maltreatment involving a child named in
22the unfounded report; and to the subject of the report,
23provided the Department has not expunged the file in accordance
24with Section 7.7. The Child Protective Service Unit shall not
25indicate the subsequent report solely based upon the existence
26of the prior unfounded report or reports. Notwithstanding any

 

 

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1other provision of law to the contrary, an unfounded report
2shall not be admissible in any judicial or administrative
3proceeding or action. Identifying information on all other
4records shall be removed from the register no later than 5
5years after the report is indicated. However, if another report
6is received involving the same child, his sibling or offspring,
7or a child in the care of the persons responsible for the
8child's welfare, or involving the same alleged offender, the
9identifying information may be maintained in the register until
105 years after the subsequent case or report is closed.
11    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
12identifying information in indicated reports involving serious
13physical injury to a child as defined by the Department in
14rules, may be retained longer than 5 years after the report is
15indicated or after the subsequent case or report is closed, and
16may not be removed from the register except as provided by the
17Department in rules. Identifying information in indicated
18reports involving sexual penetration of a child, sexual
19molestation of a child, sexual exploitation of a child, torture
20of a child, or the death of a child, as defined by the
21Department in rules, shall be retained for a period of not less
22than 50 years after the report is indicated or after the
23subsequent case or report is closed.
24    For purposes of this Section "child" includes an adult
25resident as defined in this Act.
26(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 98-453, eff. 8-16-13.)
 

 

 

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1    (325 ILCS 5/7.22)
2    Sec. 7.22. Reviews of unfounded reports.
3    (a) Whenever the Department determines that a reported
4incident of child abuse or neglect will be is "unfounded", the
5Department shall forward a copy of the report and written
6notice of the Department's intent to classify the report as
7unfounded to the minor's attorney or guardian ad litem
8appointed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The minor's
9attorney or guardian ad litem may request a review of the
10investigation within 10 days of receipt of the report and
11written notice notification of the Department's intent to
12classify the report as unfounded final finding and receipt of
13the report, as provided in Section 7.14 of this Act, if the
14subject of the report is also the minor for whom the attorney
15or guardian ad litem has been appointed.
16    (b) Reviews requested under subsection (a) may be requested
17by sending a request via U.S. Mail, postmarked within 10 days
18after notice of the Department's intent to classify the report
19as unfounded the final finding, or by faxing a request within
2010 days after notice of the Department's intent to classify the
21report as unfounded final finding. The date of notification of
22the Department's intent to classify the report as unfounded
23final finding is the date the attorney or guardian ad litem
24received a copy of the report and written notice from the
25Department. Following the review, the Department shall inform

 

 

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1the minor's attorney or guardian ad litem as to whether the
2report will be classified as indicated or unfounded. The
3minor's attorney or guardian ad litem shall also receive a
4final finding notice from the State Central Register.
5    (c) By January 1, 2014, the Department shall promulgate
6rules addressing reviews requested under subsection (a). The
7rules shall provide that a review requested under subsection
8(a) must occur before the report is classified and a final
9finding is entered in the central register and that the review
10must be conducted by a Department employee outside the
11supervisory chain of the assigned investigator.
12(Source: P.A. 98-453, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.".