97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2849

 

Introduced 1/24/2012, by Sen. William R. Haine

 

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

    Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Expands the definition of the term "neglected child" to include any child who is subjected to an environment injurious to his or her health and welfare. Effective immediately.


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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 adult
14resident is abused or neglected.
15    "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years, unless
16legally emancipated by reason of marriage or entry into a
17branch of the United States armed services.
18    "Department" means Department of Children and Family
19Services.
20    "Local law enforcement agency" means the police of a city,
21town, village or other incorporated area or the sheriff of an
22unincorporated area or any sworn officer of the Illinois
23Department of State Police.

 

 

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1    "Abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate
2family member, or any person responsible for the child's
3welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the
4child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
5        (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be
6    inflicted upon such child physical injury, by other than
7    accidental means, which causes death, disfigurement,
8    impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
9    impairment of any bodily function;
10        (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to
11    such child by other than accidental means which would be
12    likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
13    physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of any
14    bodily function;
15        (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense
16    against such child, as such sex offenses are defined in the
17    Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, or in the Wrongs to
18    Children Act, and extending those definitions of sex
19    offenses to include children under 18 years of age;
20        (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of
21    torture upon such child;
22        (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment;
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 1961, 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 the
4    Illinois Controlled Substances Act or in violation of the
5    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 for forced labor or
13    services as defined in Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of
14    1961 against the child.
15    A child shall not be considered abused for the sole reason
16that the child has been relinquished in accordance with the
17Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
18    "Neglected child" means any child who is not receiving the
19proper or necessary nourishment or medically indicated
20treatment including food or care not provided solely on the
21basis of the present or anticipated mental or physical
22impairment as determined by a physician acting alone or in
23consultation with other physicians or otherwise is not
24receiving the proper or necessary support or medical or other
25remedial care recognized under State law as necessary for a
26child's well-being, or other care necessary for his or her

 

 

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

 

 

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1depends upon spiritual means through prayer alone for the
2treatment or cure of disease or remedial care as provided under
3Section 4 of this Act. A child shall not be considered
4neglected or abused solely because the child is not attending
5school in accordance with the requirements of Article 26 of The
6School Code, as amended.
7    "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized
8State employees of the Department assigned by the Director to
9perform the duties and responsibilities as provided under
10Section 7.2 of this Act.
11    "Person responsible for the child's welfare" means the
12child's parent; guardian; foster parent; relative caregiver;
13any person responsible for the child's welfare in a public or
14private residential agency or institution; any person
15responsible for the child's welfare within a public or private
16profit or not for profit child care facility; or any other
17person responsible for the child's welfare at the time of the
18alleged abuse or neglect, or any person who came to know the
19child through an official capacity or position of trust,
20including but not limited to health care professionals,
21educational personnel, recreational supervisors, members of
22the clergy, and volunteers or support personnel in any setting
23where children may be subject to abuse or neglect.
24    "Temporary protective custody" means custody within a
25hospital or other medical facility or a place previously
26designated for such custody by the Department, subject to

 

 

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1review by the Court, including a licensed foster home, group
2home, or other institution; but such place shall not be a jail
3or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile
4offenders.
5    "An unfounded report" means any report made under this Act
6for which it is determined after an investigation that no
7credible evidence of abuse or neglect exists.
8    "An indicated report" means a report made under this Act if
9an investigation determines that credible evidence of the
10alleged abuse or neglect exists.
11    "An undetermined report" means any report made under this
12Act in which it was not possible to initiate or complete an
13investigation on the basis of information provided to the
14Department.
15    "Subject of report" means any child reported to the central
16register of child abuse and neglect established under Section
177.7 of this Act as an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect
18and the parent or guardian of the alleged victim or other
19person responsible for the alleged victim's welfare who is
20named in the report or added to the report as an alleged
21perpetrator of child abuse or neglect.
22    "Perpetrator" means a person who, as a result of
23investigation, has been determined by the Department to have
24caused child abuse or neglect.
25    "Member of the clergy" means a clergyman or practitioner of
26any religious denomination accredited by the religious body to

 

 

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1which he or she belongs.
2(Source: P.A. 96-1196, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1446, eff. 8-20-10;
396-1464, eff. 8-20-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.