102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3264

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Fred Crespo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
325 ILCS 5/3  from Ch. 23, par. 2053
720 ILCS 5/11-25

    Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that "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 commits or allows to be committed the offense of grooming against the child. Amends the grooming statute of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that grooming includes in person as well as electronic conduct.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (325 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2053)
7    Sec. 3. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise
8requires:
9    "Adult resident" means any person between 18 and 22 years
10of age who resides in any facility licensed by the Department
11under the Child Care Act of 1969. For purposes of this Act, the
12criteria set forth in the definitions of "abused child" and
13"neglected child" shall be used in determining whether an
14adult resident is abused or neglected.
15    "Agency" means a child care facility licensed under
16Section 2.05 or Section 2.06 of the Child Care Act of 1969 and
17includes a transitional living program that accepts children
18and adult residents for placement who are in the guardianship
19of the Department.
20    "Blatant disregard" means an incident where the real,
21significant, and imminent risk of harm would be so obvious to a
22reasonable parent or caretaker that it is unlikely that a
23reasonable parent or caretaker would have exposed the child to

 

 

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1the danger without exercising precautionary measures to
2protect the child from harm. With respect to a person working
3at an agency in his or her professional capacity with a child
4or adult resident, "blatant disregard" includes a failure by
5the person to perform job responsibilities intended to protect
6the child's or adult resident's health, physical well-being,
7or welfare, and, when viewed in light of the surrounding
8circumstances, evidence exists that would cause a reasonable
9person to believe that the child was neglected. With respect
10to an agency, "blatant disregard" includes a failure to
11implement practices that ensure the health, physical
12well-being, or welfare of the children and adult residents
13residing in the facility.
14    "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years, unless
15legally emancipated by reason of marriage or entry into a
16branch of the United States armed services.
17    "Department" means Department of Children and Family
18Services.
19    "Local law enforcement agency" means the police of a city,
20town, village or other incorporated area or the sheriff of an
21unincorporated area or any sworn officer of the Illinois
22Department of State Police.
23    "Abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate
24family member, or any person responsible for the child's
25welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the
26child, or a paramour of the child's parent:

 

 

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1        (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be
2    inflicted upon such child physical injury, by other than
3    accidental means, which causes death, disfigurement,
4    impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
5    impairment of any bodily function;
6        (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to
7    such child by other than accidental means which would be
8    likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
9    physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of any
10    bodily function;
11        (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense
12    against such child, as such sex offenses are defined in
13    the Criminal Code of 2012 or in the Wrongs to Children Act,
14    and extending those definitions of sex offenses to include
15    children under 18 years of age;
16        (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of
17    torture upon such child;
18        (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment or, in the
19    case of a person working for an agency who is prohibited
20    from using corporal punishment, inflicts corporal
21    punishment upon a child or adult resident with whom the
22    person is working in his or her professional capacity;
23        (f) commits or allows to be committed the offense of
24    female genital mutilation, as defined in Section 12-34 of
25    the Criminal Code of 2012, against the child;
26        (g) causes to be sold, transferred, distributed, or

 

 

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1    given to such child under 18 years of age, a controlled
2    substance as defined in Section 102 of the Illinois
3    Controlled Substances Act in violation of Article IV of
4    the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or in violation of
5    the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
6    except for controlled substances that are prescribed in
7    accordance with Article III of the Illinois Controlled
8    Substances Act and are dispensed to such child in a manner
9    that substantially complies with the prescription; or
10        (h) commits or allows to be committed the offense of
11    involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
12    minor, or trafficking in persons as defined in Section
13    10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012 against the child; or .
14        (i) commits or allows to be committed the offense of
15    grooming as defined in Section 11-25 of the Criminal Code
16    of 2012 against the child.
17    A child shall not be considered abused for the sole reason
18that the child has been relinquished in accordance with the
19Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
20    "Neglected child" means any child who is not receiving the
21proper or necessary nourishment or medically indicated
22treatment including food or care not provided solely on the
23basis of the present or anticipated mental or physical
24impairment as determined by a physician acting alone or in
25consultation with other physicians or otherwise is not
26receiving the proper or necessary support or medical or other

 

 

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1remedial care recognized under State law as necessary for a
2child's well-being, or other care necessary for his or her
3well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or
4who is subjected to an environment which is injurious insofar
5as (i) the child's environment creates a likelihood of harm to
6the child's health, physical well-being, or welfare and (ii)
7the likely harm to the child is the result of a blatant
8disregard of parent, caretaker, or agency responsibilities; or
9who is abandoned by his or her parents or other person
10responsible for the child's welfare without a proper plan of
11care; or who has been provided with interim crisis
12intervention services under Section 3-5 of the Juvenile Court
13Act of 1987 and whose parent, guardian, or custodian refuses
14to permit the child to return home and no other living
15arrangement agreeable to the parent, guardian, or custodian
16can be made, and the parent, guardian, or custodian has not
17made any other appropriate living arrangement for the child;
18or who is a newborn infant whose blood, urine, or meconium
19contains any amount of a controlled substance as defined in
20subsection (f) of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled
21Substances Act or a metabolite thereof, with the exception of
22a controlled substance or metabolite thereof whose presence in
23the newborn infant is the result of medical treatment
24administered to the mother or the newborn infant. A child
25shall not be considered neglected for the sole reason that the
26child's parent or other person responsible for his or her

 

 

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1welfare has left the child in the care of an adult relative for
2any period of time. A child shall not be considered neglected
3for the sole reason that the child has been relinquished in
4accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. A
5child shall not be considered neglected or abused for the sole
6reason that such child's parent or other person responsible
7for his or her welfare depends upon spiritual means through
8prayer alone for the treatment or cure of disease or remedial
9care as provided under Section 4 of this Act. A child shall not
10be considered neglected or abused solely because the child is
11not attending school in accordance with the requirements of
12Article 26 of The School Code, as amended.
13    "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized
14State employees of the Department assigned by the Director to
15perform the duties and responsibilities as provided under
16Section 7.2 of this Act.
17    "Near fatality" means an act that, as certified by a
18physician, places the child in serious or critical condition,
19including acts of great bodily harm inflicted upon children
20under 13 years of age, and as otherwise defined by Department
21rule.
22    "Great bodily harm" includes bodily injury which creates a
23high probability of death, or which causes serious permanent
24disfigurement, or which causes a permanent or protracted loss
25or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or
26other serious bodily harm.

 

 

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1    "Person responsible for the child's welfare" means the
2child's parent; guardian; foster parent; relative caregiver;
3any person responsible for the child's welfare in a public or
4private residential agency or institution; any person
5responsible for the child's welfare within a public or private
6profit or not for profit child care facility; or any other
7person responsible for the child's welfare at the time of the
8alleged abuse or neglect, including any person that is the
9custodian of a child under 18 years of age who commits or
10allows to be committed, against the child, the offense of
11involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
12minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or services,
13as provided in Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012, or
14any person who came to know the child through an official
15capacity or position of trust, including but not limited to
16health care professionals, educational personnel, recreational
17supervisors, members of the clergy, and volunteers or support
18personnel in any setting where children may be subject to
19abuse or neglect.
20    "Temporary protective custody" means custody within a
21hospital or other medical facility or a place previously
22designated for such custody by the Department, subject to
23review by the Court, including a licensed foster home, group
24home, or other institution; but such place shall not be a jail
25or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile
26offenders.

 

 

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1    "An unfounded report" means any report made under this Act
2for which it is determined after an investigation that no
3credible evidence of abuse or neglect exists.
4    "An indicated report" means a report made under this Act
5if an investigation determines that credible evidence of the
6alleged abuse or neglect exists.
7    "An undetermined report" means any report made under this
8Act in which it was not possible to initiate or complete an
9investigation on the basis of information provided to the
10Department.
11    "Subject of report" means any child reported to the
12central register of child abuse and neglect established under
13Section 7.7 of this Act as an alleged victim of child abuse or
14neglect and the parent or guardian of the alleged victim or
15other person responsible for the alleged victim's welfare who
16is named in the report or added to the report as an alleged
17perpetrator of child abuse or neglect.
18    "Perpetrator" means a person who, as a result of
19investigation, has been determined by the Department to have
20caused child abuse or neglect.
21    "Member of the clergy" means a clergyman or practitioner
22of any religious denomination accredited by the religious body
23to which he or she belongs.
24(Source: P.A. 99-350, eff. 6-1-16; 100-733, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
25    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by

 

 

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1changing Section 11-25 as follows:
 
2    (720 ILCS 5/11-25)
3    Sec. 11-25. Grooming.
4    (a) A person commits grooming when he or she knowingly in
5person or by use of uses a computer on-line service, Internet
6service, local bulletin board service, or any other device
7capable of electronic data storage or transmission, seduces,
8solicits, lures, or entices, or attempts to seduce, solicit,
9lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or
10entice, a child, a child's guardian, or another person
11believed by the person to be a child or a child's guardian, to
12commit any sex offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex
13Offender Registration Act, to distribute photographs depicting
14the sex organs of the child, or to otherwise engage in any
15unlawful sexual conduct with a child or with another person
16believed by the person to be a child. As used in this Section,
17"child" means a person under 17 years of age.
18    (b) Sentence. Grooming is a Class 4 felony.
19(Source: P.A. 100-428, eff. 1-1-18.)