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Public Act 0803 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  

 


 
Public Act 097-0803
 
SB2849 EnrolledLRB097 16744 KTG 61919 b

    AN ACT concerning children.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
    (325 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2053)
    Sec. 3. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise
requires:
    "Adult resident" means any person between 18 and 22 years
of age who resides in any facility licensed by the Department
under the Child Care Act of 1969. For purposes of this Act, the
criteria set forth in the definitions of "abused child" and
"neglected child" shall be used in determining whether an adult
resident is abused or neglected.
    "Blatant disregard" means an incident where the real,
significant, and imminent risk of harm would be so obvious to a
reasonable parent or caretaker that it is unlikely that a
reasonable parent or caretaker would have exposed the child to
the danger without exercising precautionary measures to
protect the child from harm.
    "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years, unless
legally emancipated by reason of marriage or entry into a
branch of the United States armed services.
    "Department" means Department of Children and Family
Services.
    "Local law enforcement agency" means the police of a city,
town, village or other incorporated area or the sheriff of an
unincorporated area or any sworn officer of the Illinois
Department of State Police.
    "Abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate
family member, or any person responsible for the child's
welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the
child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
        (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be
    inflicted upon such child physical injury, by other than
    accidental means, which causes death, disfigurement,
    impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
    impairment of any bodily function;
        (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to
    such child by other than accidental means which would be
    likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
    physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of any
    bodily function;
        (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense
    against such child, as such sex offenses are defined in the
    Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, or in the Wrongs to
    Children Act, and extending those definitions of sex
    offenses to include children under 18 years of age;
        (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of
    torture upon such child;
        (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment;
        (f) commits or allows to be committed the offense of
    female genital mutilation, as defined in Section 12-34 of
    the Criminal Code of 1961, against the child;
        (g) causes to be sold, transferred, distributed, or
    given to such child under 18 years of age, a controlled
    substance as defined in Section 102 of the Illinois
    Controlled Substances Act in violation of Article IV of the
    Illinois Controlled Substances Act or in violation of the
    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
    except for controlled substances that are prescribed in
    accordance with Article III of the Illinois Controlled
    Substances Act and are dispensed to such child in a manner
    that substantially complies with the prescription; or
        (h) commits or allows to be committed the offense of
    involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
    minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or
    services as defined in Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of
    1961 against the child.
    A child shall not be considered abused for the sole reason
that the child has been relinquished in accordance with the
Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
    "Neglected child" means any child who is not receiving the
proper or necessary nourishment or medically indicated
treatment including food or care not provided solely on the
basis of the present or anticipated mental or physical
impairment as determined by a physician acting alone or in
consultation with other physicians or otherwise is not
receiving the proper or necessary support or medical or other
remedial care recognized under State law as necessary for a
child's well-being, or other care necessary for his or her
well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or
who is subjected to an environment which is injurious insofar
as (i) the child's environment creates a likelihood of harm to
the child's health, physical well-being, or welfare and (ii)
the likely harm to the child is the result of a blatant
disregard of parent or caretaker responsibilities; or who is
abandoned by his or her parents or other person responsible for
the child's welfare without a proper plan of care; or who has
been provided with interim crisis intervention services under
Section 3-5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and whose parent,
guardian, or custodian refuses to permit the child to return
home and no other living arrangement agreeable to the parent,
guardian, or custodian can be made, and the parent, guardian,
or custodian has not made any other appropriate living
arrangement for the child; or who is a newborn infant whose
blood, urine, or meconium contains any amount of a controlled
substance as defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act or a metabolite thereof,
with the exception of a controlled substance or metabolite
thereof whose presence in the newborn infant is the result of
medical treatment administered to the mother or the newborn
infant. A child shall not be considered neglected for the sole
reason that the child's parent or other person responsible for
his or her welfare has left the child in the care of an adult
relative for any period of time. A child shall not be
considered neglected for the sole reason that the child has
been relinquished in accordance with the Abandoned Newborn
Infant Protection Act. A child shall not be considered
neglected or abused for the sole reason that such child's
parent or other person responsible for his or her welfare
depends upon spiritual means through prayer alone for the
treatment or cure of disease or remedial care as provided under
Section 4 of this Act. A child shall not be considered
neglected or abused solely because the child is not attending
school in accordance with the requirements of Article 26 of The
School Code, as amended.
    "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized
State employees of the Department assigned by the Director to
perform the duties and responsibilities as provided under
Section 7.2 of this Act.
    "Person responsible for the child's welfare" means the
child's parent; guardian; foster parent; relative caregiver;
any person responsible for the child's welfare in a public or
private residential agency or institution; any person
responsible for the child's welfare within a public or private
profit or not for profit child care facility; or any other
person responsible for the child's welfare at the time of the
alleged abuse or neglect, or any person who came to know the
child through an official capacity or position of trust,
including but not limited to health care professionals,
educational personnel, recreational supervisors, members of
the clergy, and volunteers or support personnel in any setting
where children may be subject to abuse or neglect.
    "Temporary protective custody" means custody within a
hospital or other medical facility or a place previously
designated for such custody by the Department, subject to
review by the Court, including a licensed foster home, group
home, or other institution; but such place shall not be a jail
or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile
offenders.
    "An unfounded report" means any report made under this Act
for which it is determined after an investigation that no
credible evidence of abuse or neglect exists.
    "An indicated report" means a report made under this Act if
an investigation determines that credible evidence of the
alleged abuse or neglect exists.
    "An undetermined report" means any report made under this
Act in which it was not possible to initiate or complete an
investigation on the basis of information provided to the
Department.
    "Subject of report" means any child reported to the central
register of child abuse and neglect established under Section
7.7 of this Act as an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect
and the parent or guardian of the alleged victim or other
person responsible for the alleged victim's welfare who is
named in the report or added to the report as an alleged
perpetrator of child abuse or neglect.
    "Perpetrator" means a person who, as a result of
investigation, has been determined by the Department to have
caused child abuse or neglect.
    "Member of the clergy" means a clergyman or practitioner of
any religious denomination accredited by the religious body to
which he or she belongs.
(Source: P.A. 96-1196, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1446, eff. 8-20-10;
96-1464, eff. 8-20-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/13/2012