Full Text of SB0106 97th General Assembly
SB0106 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB0106 Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. Dan Kotowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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325 ILCS 5/4 | from Ch. 23, par. 2054 |
325 ILCS 5/7 | from Ch. 23, par. 2057 |
325 ILCS 5/10 | from Ch. 23, par. 2060 |
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Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that the privileged quality of communication between any professional person required to report a suspected case of child abuse or neglect and his or her patient or client shall not constitute grounds for failure to share information or documents with the Department of Children and Family Services during the course of a child abuse or neglect investigation. Provides that written reports from persons required to report shall be admissible in evidence in any judicial proceeding or administrative hearing (rather than judicial proceeding) relating to child abuse or neglect. Provides that evidence shall not be excluded by reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to communications between the alleged perpetrator of abuse or neglect, or the child subject of the report and any person who is required to report a suspected case of abuse or neglect under the Act or the person making or investigating the report (rather than communications between the alleged perpetrator of abuse or neglect, or the child subject of the report and the person making or investigating the report). Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning children.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 4, 7, and 10 as follows:
| 6 | | (325 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2054)
| 7 | | Sec. 4. Persons required to report; privileged | 8 | | communications;
transmitting false report. Any physician, | 9 | | resident, intern, hospital,
hospital administrator
and | 10 | | personnel engaged in examination, care and treatment of | 11 | | persons, surgeon,
dentist, dentist hygienist, osteopath, | 12 | | chiropractor, podiatrist, physician
assistant, substance abuse | 13 | | treatment personnel, funeral home
director or employee, | 14 | | coroner, medical examiner, emergency medical technician,
| 15 | | acupuncturist, crisis line or hotline personnel, school | 16 | | personnel (including administrators and both certified and | 17 | | non-certified school employees), educational
advocate assigned | 18 | | to a child pursuant to the School Code, member of a school | 19 | | board or the Chicago Board of Education or the governing body | 20 | | of a private school (but only to the extent required in | 21 | | accordance with other provisions of this Section expressly | 22 | | concerning the duty of school board members to report suspected | 23 | | child abuse), truant officers,
social worker, social services |
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| 1 | | administrator,
domestic violence program personnel, registered | 2 | | nurse, licensed
practical nurse, genetic counselor,
| 3 | | respiratory care practitioner, advanced practice nurse, home
| 4 | | health aide, director or staff
assistant of a nursery school or | 5 | | a child day care center, recreational program
or facility | 6 | | personnel, law enforcement officer, licensed professional
| 7 | | counselor, licensed clinical professional counselor, | 8 | | registered psychologist
and
assistants working under the | 9 | | direct supervision of a psychologist,
psychiatrist, or field | 10 | | personnel of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
| 11 | | Juvenile Justice, Public Health, Human Services (acting as | 12 | | successor to the Department of Mental
Health and Developmental | 13 | | Disabilities, Rehabilitation Services, or Public Aid),
| 14 | | Corrections, Human Rights, or Children and Family Services, | 15 | | supervisor and
administrator of general assistance under the | 16 | | Illinois Public Aid Code,
probation officer, animal control | 17 | | officer or Illinois Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal | 18 | | Health and Welfare field investigator, or any other foster | 19 | | parent, homemaker or child care worker
having reasonable cause | 20 | | to believe a child known to them in their professional
or | 21 | | official capacity may be an abused child or a neglected child | 22 | | shall
immediately report or cause a report to be made to the | 23 | | Department.
| 24 | | Any member of the clergy having reasonable cause to believe | 25 | | that a child
known to that member of the clergy in his or her | 26 | | professional capacity may be
an abused child as defined in item |
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| 1 | | (c) of the definition of "abused child" in
Section 3 of this | 2 | | Act shall immediately report or cause a report to be made to
| 3 | | the Department.
| 4 | | If an allegation is raised to a school board member during | 5 | | the course of an open or closed school board meeting that a | 6 | | child who is enrolled in the school district of which he or she | 7 | | is a board member is an abused child as defined in Section 3 of | 8 | | this Act, the member shall direct or cause the school board to | 9 | | direct the superintendent of the school district or other | 10 | | equivalent school administrator to comply with the | 11 | | requirements of this Act concerning the reporting of child | 12 | | abuse. For purposes of this paragraph, a school board member is | 13 | | granted the authority in his or her individual capacity to | 14 | | direct the superintendent of the school district or other | 15 | | equivalent school administrator to comply with the | 16 | | requirements of this Act concerning the reporting of child | 17 | | abuse.
| 18 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if an | 19 | | employee of a school district has made a report or caused a | 20 | | report to be made to the Department under this Act involving | 21 | | the conduct of a current or former employee of the school | 22 | | district and a request is made by another school district for | 23 | | the provision of information concerning the job performance or | 24 | | qualifications of the current or former employee because he or | 25 | | she is an applicant for employment with the requesting school | 26 | | district, the general superintendent of the school district to |
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| 1 | | which the request is being made must disclose to the requesting | 2 | | school district the fact that an employee of the school | 3 | | district has made a report involving the conduct of the | 4 | | applicant or caused a report to be made to the Department, as | 5 | | required under this Act. Only the fact that an employee of the | 6 | | school district has made a report involving the conduct of the | 7 | | applicant or caused a report to be made to the Department may | 8 | | be disclosed by the general superintendent of the school | 9 | | district to which the request for information concerning the | 10 | | applicant is made, and this fact may be disclosed only in cases | 11 | | where the employee and the general superintendent have not been | 12 | | informed by the Department that the allegations were unfounded. | 13 | | An employee of a school district who is or has been the subject | 14 | | of a report made pursuant to this Act during his or her | 15 | | employment with the school district must be informed by that | 16 | | school district that if he or she applies for employment with | 17 | | another school district, the general superintendent of the | 18 | | former school district, upon the request of the school district | 19 | | to which the employee applies, shall notify that requesting | 20 | | school district that the employee is or was the subject of such | 21 | | a report.
| 22 | | Whenever
such person is required to report under this Act | 23 | | in his capacity as a member of
the staff of a medical or other | 24 | | public or private institution, school, facility
or agency, or | 25 | | as a member of the clergy, he shall
make report immediately to | 26 | | the Department in accordance
with the provisions of this Act |
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| 1 | | and may also notify the person in charge of
such institution, | 2 | | school, facility or agency, or church, synagogue, temple,
| 3 | | mosque, or other religious institution, or his
designated agent | 4 | | that such
report has been made. Under no circumstances shall | 5 | | any person in charge of
such institution, school, facility or | 6 | | agency, or church, synagogue, temple,
mosque, or other | 7 | | religious institution, or his
designated agent to whom
such | 8 | | notification has been made, exercise any control, restraint, | 9 | | modification
or other change in the report or the forwarding of | 10 | | such report to the
Department.
| 11 | | The privileged quality of communication between any | 12 | | professional
person required to report
and his patient or | 13 | | client shall not apply to situations involving abused or
| 14 | | neglected children and shall not constitute grounds for failure | 15 | | to report
as required by this Act or constitute grounds for | 16 | | failure to share information or documents with the Department | 17 | | during the course of a child abuse or neglect investigation .
| 18 | | A member of the clergy may claim the privilege under | 19 | | Section 8-803 of the
Code of Civil Procedure.
| 20 | | In addition to the above persons required to
report | 21 | | suspected cases of abused or neglected children, any other | 22 | | person
may make a report if such person has reasonable cause to | 23 | | believe a child
may be an abused child or a neglected child.
| 24 | | Any person who enters into
employment on and after July 1, | 25 | | 1986 and is mandated by virtue of that
employment to report | 26 | | under this Act, shall sign a statement on a form
prescribed by |
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| 1 | | the Department, to the effect that the employee has knowledge
| 2 | | and understanding of the reporting requirements of this Act. | 3 | | The statement
shall be signed prior to commencement of the | 4 | | employment. The signed
statement shall be retained by the | 5 | | employer. The cost of printing,
distribution, and filing of the | 6 | | statement shall be borne by the employer.
| 7 | | The Department shall provide copies of this Act, upon | 8 | | request, to all
employers employing persons who shall be | 9 | | required under the provisions of
this Section to report under | 10 | | this Act.
| 11 | | Any person who knowingly transmits a false report to the | 12 | | Department
commits the offense of disorderly conduct under | 13 | | subsection (a)(7) of
Section 26-1 of the "Criminal Code of | 14 | | 1961". Any person who violates this
provision a second or | 15 | | subsequent time shall be guilty of a Class 3
felony.
| 16 | | Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any | 17 | | provision of this
Section other than a second or subsequent | 18 | | violation of transmitting a
false report as described in the
| 19 | | preceding paragraph, is guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor for
a | 20 | | first violation and a Class
4 felony for a
second or subsequent | 21 | | violation; except that if the person acted as part
of a plan or | 22 | | scheme having as its object the
prevention of discovery of an | 23 | | abused or neglected child by lawful authorities
for the
purpose | 24 | | of protecting or insulating any person or entity from arrest or
| 25 | | prosecution, the
person is guilty of a Class 4 felony for a | 26 | | first offense and a Class 3 felony
for a second or
subsequent |
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| 1 | | offense (regardless of whether the second or subsequent offense
| 2 | | involves any
of the same facts or persons as the first or other | 3 | | prior offense).
| 4 | | A child whose parent, guardian or custodian in good faith | 5 | | selects and depends
upon spiritual means through prayer alone | 6 | | for the treatment or cure of
disease or remedial care may be | 7 | | considered neglected or abused, but not for
the sole reason | 8 | | that his parent, guardian or custodian accepts and
practices | 9 | | such beliefs.
| 10 | | A child shall not be considered neglected or abused solely | 11 | | because the
child is not attending school in accordance with | 12 | | the requirements of
Article 26 of the School Code, as amended.
| 13 | | Nothing in this Act prohibits a mandated reporter who | 14 | | reasonably believes that an animal is being abused or neglected | 15 | | in violation of the Humane Care for Animals Act from reporting | 16 | | animal abuse or neglect to the Department of Agriculture's | 17 | | Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare. | 18 | | A home rule unit may not regulate the reporting of child | 19 | | abuse or neglect in a manner inconsistent with the provisions | 20 | | of this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection | 21 | | (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on | 22 | | the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and | 23 | | functions exercised by the State. | 24 | | For purposes of this Section "child abuse or neglect" | 25 | | includes abuse or neglect of an adult resident as defined in | 26 | | this Act. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 95-10, eff. 6-30-07; 95-461, eff. 8-27-07; | 2 | | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 95-908, eff. 8-26-08; 96-494, eff. | 3 | | 8-14-09; 96-1446, eff. 8-20-10.)
| 4 | | (325 ILCS 5/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 2057)
| 5 | | Sec. 7. Time and manner of making reports. All reports of | 6 | | suspected
child abuse or neglect made
under this Act shall be | 7 | | made immediately by telephone to the central register
| 8 | | established under Section 7.7 on the single, State-wide, | 9 | | toll-free telephone
number established in Section 7.6, or in | 10 | | person or by telephone through
the nearest Department office. | 11 | | The Department shall, in cooperation with
school officials, | 12 | | distribute
appropriate materials in school buildings
listing | 13 | | the toll-free telephone number established in Section 7.6,
| 14 | | including methods of making a report under this Act.
The | 15 | | Department may, in cooperation with appropriate members of the | 16 | | clergy,
distribute appropriate materials in churches, | 17 | | synagogues, temples, mosques, or
other religious buildings | 18 | | listing the toll-free telephone number
established in Section | 19 | | 7.6, including methods of making a report under this
Act.
| 20 | | Wherever the Statewide number is posted, there shall also | 21 | | be posted the
following notice:
| 22 | | "Any person who knowingly transmits a false report to the | 23 | | Department
commits the offense of disorderly conduct under | 24 | | subsection (a)(7) of
Section 26-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961. | 25 | | A first violation of this
subsection is a Class A misdemeanor, |
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| 1 | | punishable by a term of imprisonment
for up to one year, or by | 2 | | a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by both such term
and fine. A | 3 | | second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony."
| 4 | | The report required by this Act shall include, if known, | 5 | | the name
and address of the child and his parents or other | 6 | | persons having his
custody; the child's age; the nature of the | 7 | | child's condition including any
evidence of previous injuries | 8 | | or disabilities; and any other information
that the person | 9 | | filing the report believes might be helpful in
establishing the | 10 | | cause of such abuse or neglect and the identity of the
person | 11 | | believed to have caused such abuse or neglect. Reports made to | 12 | | the
central register through the State-wide, toll-free | 13 | | telephone number shall
be immediately transmitted by the | 14 | | Department to the appropriate Child Protective Service
Unit. | 15 | | All such reports alleging the death of a child,
serious injury | 16 | | to a child including, but not limited to, brain damage,
skull | 17 | | fractures, subdural hematomas, and internal injuries, torture | 18 | | of a
child, malnutrition of a child, and sexual abuse to a | 19 | | child, including, but
not limited to, sexual intercourse, | 20 | | sexual exploitation, sexual
molestation, and sexually | 21 | | transmitted disease in a child age
12 and under, shall also be | 22 | | immediately transmitted by the Department to the appropriate | 23 | | local law enforcement agency. The Department shall within 24 | 24 | | hours orally notify local law
enforcement personnel and the | 25 | | office of the State's Attorney of the
involved county of the | 26 | | receipt of any report alleging the death of a child,
serious |
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| 1 | | injury to a child including, but not limited to, brain damage,
| 2 | | skull fractures, subdural hematomas, and, internal injuries, | 3 | | torture of a
child, malnutrition of a child, and sexual abuse | 4 | | to a child, including, but
not limited to, sexual intercourse, | 5 | | sexual exploitation, sexual
molestation, and sexually | 6 | | transmitted disease in a child age
twelve and under. All
oral | 7 | | reports made by the Department to local law enforcement | 8 | | personnel and
the office of the State's Attorney of the | 9 | | involved county shall be
confirmed in writing within 24
hours | 10 | | of the oral report. All reports by
persons mandated to report | 11 | | under this Act shall be confirmed in writing to
the appropriate | 12 | | Child Protective Service Unit, which may be on forms
supplied | 13 | | by the Department, within 48 hours of any initial report.
| 14 | | Written confirmation reports from persons not required to | 15 | | report by this
Act may be made to the appropriate Child | 16 | | Protective Service Unit. Written
reports from persons required | 17 | | by this Act to report shall be admissible
in evidence in any | 18 | | judicial proceeding or administrative hearing relating to | 19 | | child abuse or neglect.
Reports involving known or suspected | 20 | | child abuse or neglect in public or
private residential | 21 | | agencies or institutions shall be made and received
in the same | 22 | | manner as all other reports made under this Act.
| 23 | | For purposes of this Section "child" includes an adult | 24 | | resident as defined in this Act. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 95-57, eff. 8-10-07; 96-1446, eff. 8-20-10.)
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| 1 | | (325 ILCS 5/10) (from Ch. 23, par. 2060)
| 2 | | Sec. 10.
Any person who makes a report or who investigates | 3 | | a report under
this Act shall testify fully in any judicial | 4 | | proceeding or administrative hearing resulting from such
| 5 | | report, as to any evidence of abuse or neglect, or the cause | 6 | | thereof. Any
person who is required to report a suspected case | 7 | | of abuse or neglect under
Section 4 of this Act shall testify | 8 | | fully in any administrative hearing
resulting from such report, | 9 | | as to any evidence of abuse or neglect or the
cause thereof. No | 10 | | evidence shall be excluded by reason of any common law
or | 11 | | statutory privilege relating to communications between the | 12 | | alleged
perpetrator of abuse or neglect, or the child subject | 13 | | of the report under
this Act and any person who is required to | 14 | | report a suspected case of abuse or neglect under Section 4 of | 15 | | this Act or the person making or investigating the report.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 86-904.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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