Rep. Keith P. Sommer
Filed: 5/18/2020
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1687




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1687 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Child Death Review Team Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 30 as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 515/30)



7    Sec. 30. Public access to information. 

8    (a) Meetings of the child death review teams and the 
9Executive
Council shall be closed to the public.
Meetings of 
10the child death review teams and the Executive Council are
not 
11subject to the Open Meetings Act
(5 ILCS 120), as provided in 
12that Act.

13    (b) Records and information provided to a child death 
14review team and the
Executive Council, and
records maintained 
15by a team or the Executive Council, are confidential and
not 
16subject to the Freedom
of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), as 
 
 
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1provided in that Act.

2    Nothing contained in this subsection (b) prevents the 
3sharing or disclosure
of records, other than those produced by 
4a Child Death Review Team or the
Executive Council, relating or

5pertaining to the death of a minor under the care of or

6receiving services from the Department of Children and Family 
7Services and
under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court with 
8the juvenile court, the
State's Attorney, and the minor's 
9attorney.

10    (c) Members of a child death review team and the Executive 
11Council
are not subject to examination, in any civil or 
12criminal
proceeding, concerning information presented to 
13members of the team or the
Executive Council or opinions
formed 
14by members of the team or the Executive Council based on that

15information.  A person may,
however, be examined concerning 
16information provided to a child death review
team or the 
17Executive Council that is otherwise available to the public.

18    (d) Records and information produced by a child death 
19review team and the
Executive Council are
only not subject to 
20discovery or subpoena by the State's Attorney's office 
21reviewing the child death case but and are not admissible as 
22evidence in any
civil or criminal proceeding.  The State's 
23Attorney's offices may not disclose these records and 
24information to the public. Those records
and information are, 
25however, subject to discovery or a subpoena, and are
admissible 
26as evidence, to the extent they are otherwise available to the

 
 
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1public.

2(Source: P.A. 92-468, eff. 8-22-01)


 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.".