HB2417 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 00967 RCE 20969 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2417

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Jack D. Franks

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 515/25

Amends the Child Death Review Team Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning access to information by child death review teams.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Child Death Review Team Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

(20 ILCS 515/25)

Sec. 25. Team access to information.

(a) The The Department shall provide to a child death review team, on the request of the team chairperson, all records and information in the Department's possession that are relevant to the team's review of a child death, including records and information concerning previous reports or investigations of suspected child abuse or neglect.

(b) A child death review team shall have access to all records and information that are relevant to its review of a child death and in the possession of a State or local governmental agency. These records and information include, without limitation, birth certificates, all relevant medical and mental health records, records of law enforcement agency investigations, records of coroner or medical examiner investigations, records of the Department of Corrections concerning a person's parole, records of a probation and court services department, and records of a social services agency that provided services to the child or the child's family.

(Source: P.A. 91-812, eff. 6-13-00.)