Full Text of SB1778 101st General Assembly
SB1778eng 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 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 and 11.5 as follows:
| 6 | | (325 ILCS 5/4)
| 7 | | Sec. 4. Persons required to report; privileged | 8 | | communications;
transmitting false report. | 9 | | (a) The following persons are required to immediately | 10 | | report to the Department when they have reasonable cause to | 11 | | believe that a child known to them in their professional or | 12 | | official capacities may be an abused child or a neglected | 13 | | child: | 14 | | (1) Medical personnel, including any: physician | 15 | | licensed to practice medicine in any of its branches | 16 | | (medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy); resident; | 17 | | intern; medical administrator or personnel engaged in the | 18 | | examination, care, and treatment of persons; psychiatrist; | 19 | | surgeon; dentist; dental hygienist; chiropractic | 20 | | physician; podiatric physician; physician assistant; | 21 | | emergency medical technician; acupuncturist; registered | 22 | | nurse; licensed practical nurse; advanced practice | 23 | | registered nurse; genetic counselor; respiratory care |
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| 1 | | practitioner; home health aide; or certified nursing | 2 | | assistant. | 3 | | (2) Social services and mental health personnel, | 4 | | including any: licensed professional counselor; licensed | 5 | | clinical professional counselor; licensed social worker; | 6 | | licensed clinical social worker; licensed psychologist or | 7 | | assistant working under the direct supervision of a | 8 | | psychologist; associate licensed marriage and family | 9 | | therapist; licensed marriage and family therapist; field | 10 | | personnel of the Departments of Healthcare and Family | 11 | | Services, Public Health, Human Services, Human Rights, or | 12 | | Children and Family Services; supervisor or administrator | 13 | | of the General Assistance program established under | 14 | | Article VI of the Illinois Public Aid Code; social services | 15 | | administrator; or substance abuse treatment personnel. | 16 | | (3) Crisis intervention personnel, including any: | 17 | | crisis line or hotline personnel; or domestic violence | 18 | | program personnel. | 19 | | (4)
Education personnel, including any: school | 20 | | personnel (including administrators and certified and | 21 | | non-certified school employees); personnel of institutions | 22 | | of higher education; educational advocate assigned to a | 23 | | child in accordance with the School Code; member of a | 24 | | school board or the Chicago Board of Education or the | 25 | | governing body of a private school (but only to the extent | 26 | | required under subsection (d)); or truant officer. |
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| 1 | | (5)
Recreation or athletic program or facility | 2 | | personnel. | 3 | | (6)
Child care personnel, including any: early | 4 | | intervention provider as defined in the Early Intervention | 5 | | Services System Act; director or staff assistant of a | 6 | | nursery school or a child day care center; or foster | 7 | | parent, homemaker, or child care worker. | 8 | | (7)
Law enforcement personnel, including any: law | 9 | | enforcement officer; field personnel of the Department of | 10 | | Juvenile Justice; field personnel of the Department of | 11 | | Corrections; probation officer; or animal control officer | 12 | | or field investigator of the Department of Agriculture's | 13 | | Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare. | 14 | | (8)
Any funeral home director; funeral home director | 15 | | and embalmer; funeral home employee; coroner; or medical | 16 | | examiner. | 17 | | (9)
Any member of the clergy. | 18 | | (10) Any physician, physician assistant, registered | 19 | | nurse, licensed practical nurse, medical technician, | 20 | | certified nursing assistant, licensed social worker, | 21 | | licensed clinical social worker, or licensed professional | 22 | | counselor of any office, clinic, or any other physical | 23 | | location that provides abortions, abortion referrals, or | 24 | | contraceptives. | 25 | | (b) When 2 or more persons who work within the same | 26 | | workplace and are required to report under this Act share a |
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| 1 | | reasonable cause to believe that a child may be an abused or | 2 | | neglected child, one of those reporters may be designated to | 3 | | make a single report. The report shall include the names and | 4 | | contact information for the other mandated reporters sharing | 5 | | the reasonable cause to believe that a child may be an abused | 6 | | or neglected child. The designated reporter must provide | 7 | | written confirmation of the report to those mandated reporters | 8 | | within 48 hours. If confirmation is not provided, those | 9 | | mandated reporters are individually responsible for | 10 | | immediately ensuring a report is made. Nothing in this Section | 11 | | precludes or may be used to preclude any person from reporting | 12 | | child abuse or child neglect. | 13 | | (c)(1) As used in this Section, "a child known to them in | 14 | | their professional or official capacities" means: | 15 | | (A) the mandated reporter comes into contact with the | 16 | | child in the course of the reporter's employment or | 17 | | practice of a profession, or through a regularly scheduled | 18 | | program, activity, or service; | 19 | | (B) the mandated reporter is affiliated with an agency, | 20 | | institution, organization, school, school district, | 21 | | regularly established church or religious organization, or | 22 | | other entity that is directly responsible for the care, | 23 | | supervision, guidance, or training of the child; or | 24 | | (C) a person makes a specific disclosure to the | 25 | | mandated reporter that an identifiable child is the victim | 26 | | of child abuse or child neglect, and the disclosure happens |
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| 1 | | while the mandated reporter is engaged in his or her | 2 | | employment or practice of a profession, or in a regularly | 3 | | scheduled program, activity, or service. | 4 | | (2) Nothing in this Section requires a child to come before | 5 | | the mandated reporter in order for the reporter to make a | 6 | | report of suspected child abuse or child neglect. | 7 | | Any physician, resident, intern, hospital,
hospital | 8 | | administrator
and personnel engaged in examination, care and | 9 | | treatment of persons, surgeon,
dentist, dentist hygienist, | 10 | | osteopath, chiropractor, podiatric physician, physician
| 11 | | assistant, substance abuse treatment personnel, funeral home
| 12 | | director or employee, coroner, medical examiner, emergency | 13 | | medical technician,
acupuncturist, crisis line or hotline | 14 | | personnel, school personnel (including administrators and both | 15 | | certified and non-certified school employees), personnel of | 16 | | institutions of higher education, educational
advocate | 17 | | assigned to a child pursuant to the School Code, member of a | 18 | | school board or the Chicago Board of Education or the governing | 19 | | body of a private school (but only to the extent required in | 20 | | accordance with other provisions of this Section expressly | 21 | | concerning the duty of school board members to report suspected | 22 | | child abuse), truant officers,
social worker, social services | 23 | | administrator,
domestic violence program personnel, registered | 24 | | nurse, licensed
practical nurse, genetic counselor,
| 25 | | respiratory care practitioner, advanced practice registered | 26 | | nurse, home
health aide, director or staff
assistant of a |
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| 1 | | nursery school or a child day care center, recreational or | 2 | | athletic program
or facility personnel, early intervention | 3 | | provider as defined in the Early Intervention Services System | 4 | | Act, law enforcement officer, licensed professional
counselor, | 5 | | licensed clinical professional counselor, registered | 6 | | psychologist
and
assistants working under the direct | 7 | | supervision of a psychologist,
psychiatrist, or field | 8 | | personnel of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
| 9 | | Juvenile Justice, Public Health, Human Services (acting as | 10 | | successor to the Department of Mental
Health and Developmental | 11 | | Disabilities, Rehabilitation Services, or Public Aid),
| 12 | | Corrections, Human Rights, or Children and Family Services, | 13 | | supervisor and
administrator of general assistance under the | 14 | | Illinois Public Aid Code,
probation officer, animal control | 15 | | officer or Illinois Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal | 16 | | Health and Welfare field investigator, or any other foster | 17 | | parent, homemaker or child care worker
having reasonable cause | 18 | | to believe a child known to them in their professional
or | 19 | | official capacity may be an abused child or a neglected child | 20 | | shall
immediately report or cause a report to be made to the | 21 | | Department.
| 22 | | Any member of the clergy having reasonable cause to believe | 23 | | that a child
known to that member of the clergy in his or her | 24 | | professional capacity may be
an abused child as defined in item | 25 | | (c) of the definition of "abused child" in
Section 3 of this | 26 | | Act shall immediately report or cause a report to be made to
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| 1 | | the Department.
| 2 | | Any physician, physician's assistant, registered nurse, | 3 | | licensed practical nurse, medical technician, certified | 4 | | nursing assistant, social worker, or licensed professional | 5 | | counselor of any office, clinic, or any other physical location | 6 | | that provides abortions, abortion referrals, or contraceptives | 7 | | having reasonable cause to believe a child known to him or her | 8 | | in his or her professional
or official capacity may be an | 9 | | abused child or a neglected child shall
immediately report or | 10 | | cause a report to be made to the Department. | 11 | | (d) If an allegation is raised to a school board member | 12 | | during the course of an open or closed school board meeting | 13 | | that a child who is enrolled in the school district of which he | 14 | | or she is a board member is an abused child as defined in | 15 | | Section 3 of this Act, the member shall direct or cause the | 16 | | school board to direct the superintendent of the school | 17 | | district or other equivalent school administrator to comply | 18 | | with the requirements of this Act concerning the reporting of | 19 | | child abuse. For purposes of this paragraph, a school board | 20 | | member is granted the authority in his or her individual | 21 | | capacity to direct the superintendent of the school district or | 22 | | other equivalent school administrator to comply with the | 23 | | requirements of this Act concerning the reporting of child | 24 | | abuse.
| 25 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if an | 26 | | employee of a school district has made a report or caused a |
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| 1 | | report to be made to the Department under this Act involving | 2 | | the conduct of a current or former employee of the school | 3 | | district and a request is made by another school district for | 4 | | the provision of information concerning the job performance or | 5 | | qualifications of the current or former employee because he or | 6 | | she is an applicant for employment with the requesting school | 7 | | district, the general superintendent of the school district to | 8 | | which the request is being made must disclose to the requesting | 9 | | school district the fact that an employee of the school | 10 | | district has made a report involving the conduct of the | 11 | | applicant or caused a report to be made to the Department, as | 12 | | required under this Act. Only the fact that an employee of the | 13 | | school district has made a report involving the conduct of the | 14 | | applicant or caused a report to be made to the Department may | 15 | | be disclosed by the general superintendent of the school | 16 | | district to which the request for information concerning the | 17 | | applicant is made, and this fact may be disclosed only in cases | 18 | | where the employee and the general superintendent have not been | 19 | | informed by the Department that the allegations were unfounded. | 20 | | An employee of a school district who is or has been the subject | 21 | | of a report made pursuant to this Act during his or her | 22 | | employment with the school district must be informed by that | 23 | | school district that if he or she applies for employment with | 24 | | another school district, the general superintendent of the | 25 | | former school district, upon the request of the school district | 26 | | to which the employee applies, shall notify that requesting |
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| 1 | | school district that the employee is or was the subject of such | 2 | | a report.
| 3 | | (e) Whenever
such person is required to report under this | 4 | | Act in his capacity as a member of
the staff of a medical or | 5 | | other public or private institution, school, facility
or | 6 | | agency, or as a member of the clergy, he shall
make report | 7 | | immediately to the Department in accordance
with the provisions | 8 | | of this Act and may also notify the person in charge of
such | 9 | | institution, school, facility or agency, or church, synagogue, | 10 | | temple,
mosque, or other religious institution, or his
| 11 | | designated agent that such
report has been made. Under no | 12 | | circumstances shall any person in charge of
such institution, | 13 | | school, facility or agency, or church, synagogue, temple,
| 14 | | mosque, or other religious institution, or his
designated agent | 15 | | to whom
such notification has been made, exercise any control, | 16 | | restraint, modification
or other change in the report or the | 17 | | forwarding of such report to the
Department.
| 18 | | (f) In addition to the persons required to report suspected | 19 | | cases of child abuse or child neglect under this Section, any | 20 | | other person may make a report if such person has reasonable | 21 | | cause to believe a child may be an abused child or a neglected | 22 | | child. | 23 | | (g) The privileged quality of communication between any | 24 | | professional
person required to report
and his patient or | 25 | | client shall not apply to situations involving abused or
| 26 | | neglected children and shall not constitute grounds for failure |
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| 1 | | to report
as required by this Act or constitute grounds for | 2 | | failure to share information or documents with the Department | 3 | | during the course of a child abuse or neglect investigation. If | 4 | | requested by the professional, the Department shall confirm in | 5 | | writing that the information or documents disclosed by the | 6 | | professional were gathered in the course of a child abuse or | 7 | | neglect investigation.
| 8 | | The reporting requirements of this Act shall not apply to | 9 | | the contents of a privileged communication between an attorney | 10 | | and his or her client or to confidential information within the | 11 | | meaning of Rule 1.6 of the Illinois Rules of Professional | 12 | | Conduct relating to the legal representation of an individual | 13 | | client. | 14 | | A member of the clergy may claim the privilege under | 15 | | Section 8-803 of the
Code of Civil Procedure.
| 16 | | (h) Any office, clinic, or any other physical location that | 17 | | provides abortions, abortion referrals, or contraceptives | 18 | | shall provide to all office personnel copies of written | 19 | | information and training materials about abuse and neglect and | 20 | | the requirements of this Act that are provided to employees of | 21 | | the office, clinic, or physical location who are required to | 22 | | make reports to the Department under this Act, and instruct | 23 | | such office personnel to bring to the attention of an employee | 24 | | of the office, clinic, or physical location who is required to | 25 | | make reports to the Department under this Act any reasonable | 26 | | suspicion that a child known to him or her in his or her |
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| 1 | | professional or official capacity may be an abused child or a | 2 | | neglected child. In addition to the above persons required to
| 3 | | report suspected cases of abused or neglected children, any | 4 | | other person
may make a report if such person has reasonable | 5 | | cause to believe a child
may be an abused child or a neglected | 6 | | child.
| 7 | | (i) Any person who enters into
employment on and after July | 8 | | 1, 1986 and is mandated by virtue of that
employment to report | 9 | | under this Act, shall sign a statement on a form
prescribed by | 10 | | the Department, to the effect that the employee has knowledge
| 11 | | and understanding of the reporting requirements of this Act. On | 12 | | and after January 1, 2019, the statement
shall also include | 13 | | information about available mandated reporter training | 14 | | provided by the Department. The statement
shall be signed prior | 15 | | to commencement of the employment. The signed
statement shall | 16 | | be retained by the employer. The cost of printing,
| 17 | | distribution, and filing of the statement shall be borne by the | 18 | | employer.
| 19 | | (j) Persons Within one year of initial employment and at | 20 | | least every 5 years thereafter, school personnel required to | 21 | | report child abuse or child neglect as provided under this | 22 | | Section must complete mandated reporter training within 3 | 23 | | months of their date of engagement in a professional or | 24 | | official capacity as a mandated reporter, and at least every 3 | 25 | | years thereafter. The initial 3-month requirement only applies | 26 | | to the first time they engage in their professional or official |
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| 1 | | capacity and may be extended to 6 months pursuant to any other | 2 | | applicable State law that governs training requirements for a | 3 | | specific profession. In lieu of training every 3 years, medical | 4 | | personnel, as listed in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), must | 5 | | meet the requirements described in subsection (k). | 6 | | The trainings shall be in-person or web-based, and shall | 7 | | include, at a minimum, information on the following topics: (i) | 8 | | indicators for recognizing child abuse and child neglect, as | 9 | | defined under this Act; (ii) the process for reporting | 10 | | suspected child abuse and child neglect in Illinois as required | 11 | | by this Act and the required documentation; (iii) responding to | 12 | | a child in a trauma-informed manner; and (iv) understanding the | 13 | | response of child protective services and the role of the | 14 | | reporter after a call has been made. Child-serving | 15 | | organizations are encouraged to provide in-person annual | 16 | | trainings. | 17 | | The mandated reporter training shall be provided through | 18 | | the Department, through an entity authorized to provide | 19 | | continuing education for professionals licensed through the | 20 | | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the State | 21 | | Board of Education, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training | 22 | | Standards Board, or the Department of State Police, or through | 23 | | an organization approved by the Department to provide mandated | 24 | | reporter training. The Department must make available a free | 25 | | web-based training for reporters. | 26 | | Each mandated reporter shall report to his or her employer |
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| 1 | | and, when applicable, to his or her licensing or certification | 2 | | board that he or she received the mandated reporter training. | 3 | | The mandated reporter shall maintain records of completion. | 4 | | Beginning January 1, 2021, if a mandated reporter receives | 5 | | licensure from the Department of Financial and Professional | 6 | | Regulation or the State Board of Education, and his or her | 7 | | profession has continuing education requirements, the training | 8 | | mandated under this Section shall count toward meeting the | 9 | | licensee's required continuing education hours. | 10 | | by a provider or agency with expertise in recognizing and | 11 | | reporting child abuse. | 12 | | (k)(1) Medical personnel, as listed in paragraph (1) of | 13 | | subsection (a), who work with children in their professional or | 14 | | official capacity, must complete mandated reporter training at | 15 | | least every 6 years. Such medical personnel, if licensed, must | 16 | | attest at each time of licensure renewal on their renewal form | 17 | | that they understand they are a mandated reporter of child | 18 | | abuse and neglect, that they are aware of the process for | 19 | | making a report, that they know how to respond to a child in a | 20 | | trauma-informed manner, and that they are aware of the role of | 21 | | child protective services and the role of a reporter after a | 22 | | call has been made. | 23 | | (2) In lieu of repeated training, medical personnel, as | 24 | | listed in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), who do not work with | 25 | | children in their professional or official capacity, may | 26 | | instead attest each time at licensure renewal on their renewal |
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| 1 | | form that they understand they are a mandated reporter of child | 2 | | abuse and neglect, that they are aware of the process for | 3 | | making a report, that they know how to respond to a child in a | 4 | | trauma-informed manner, and that they are aware of the role of | 5 | | child protective services and the role of a reporter after a | 6 | | call has been made. Nothing in this paragraph precludes medical | 7 | | personnel from completing mandated reporter training and | 8 | | receiving continuing education credits for that training. | 9 | | (l) The Department shall provide copies of this Act, upon | 10 | | request, to all
employers employing persons who shall be | 11 | | required under the provisions of
this Section to report under | 12 | | this Act.
| 13 | | (m) Any person who knowingly transmits a false report to | 14 | | the Department
commits the offense of disorderly conduct under | 15 | | subsection (a)(7) of
Section 26-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012. | 16 | | A violation of this provision is a Class 4 felony.
| 17 | | Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any | 18 | | provision of this
Section other than a second or subsequent | 19 | | violation of transmitting a
false report as described in the
| 20 | | preceding paragraph, is guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor for
a | 21 | | first violation and a Class
4 felony for a
second or subsequent | 22 | | violation; except that if the person acted as part
of a plan or | 23 | | scheme having as its object the
prevention of discovery of an | 24 | | abused or neglected child by lawful authorities
for the
purpose | 25 | | of protecting or insulating any person or entity from arrest or
| 26 | | prosecution, the
person is guilty of a Class 4 felony for a |
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| 1 | | first offense and a Class 3 felony
for a second or
subsequent | 2 | | offense (regardless of whether the second or subsequent offense
| 3 | | involves any
of the same facts or persons as the first or other | 4 | | prior offense).
| 5 | | (n) A child whose parent, guardian or custodian in good | 6 | | faith selects and depends
upon spiritual means through prayer | 7 | | alone for the treatment or cure of
disease or remedial care may | 8 | | be considered neglected or abused, but not for
the sole reason | 9 | | that his parent, guardian or custodian accepts and
practices | 10 | | such beliefs.
| 11 | | (o) A child shall not be considered neglected or abused | 12 | | solely because the
child is not attending school in accordance | 13 | | with the requirements of
Article 26 of the School Code, as | 14 | | amended.
| 15 | | (p) Nothing in this Act prohibits a mandated reporter who | 16 | | reasonably believes that an animal is being abused or neglected | 17 | | in violation of the Humane Care for Animals Act from reporting | 18 | | animal abuse or neglect to the Department of Agriculture's | 19 | | Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare. | 20 | | (q) A home rule unit may not regulate the reporting of | 21 | | child abuse or neglect in a manner inconsistent with the | 22 | | provisions of this Section. This Section is a limitation under | 23 | | subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois | 24 | | Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of | 25 | | powers and functions exercised by the State. | 26 | | (r) For purposes of this Section "child abuse or neglect" |
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| 1 | | includes abuse or neglect of an adult resident as defined in | 2 | | this Act. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-1071, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 4 | | (325 ILCS 5/11.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 2061.5)
| 5 | | Sec. 11.5. Public awareness program. | 6 | | (a) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this | 7 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Department of | 8 | | Children and Family Services shall develop culturally | 9 | | sensitive materials on child abuse and child neglect, the | 10 | | statewide toll-free telephone number established under Section | 11 | | 7.6, and the process for reporting any reasonable suspicion of | 12 | | child abuse or child neglect. | 13 | | The Department shall reach out to businesses and | 14 | | organizations to seek assistance in raising awareness about | 15 | | child abuse and child neglect and the statewide toll-free | 16 | | telephone number established under Section 7.6, including | 17 | | posting notices. The Department shall make a model notice | 18 | | available for download on the Department's website. The model | 19 | | notice shall: | 20 | | (1) be available in English, Spanish, and the 2 other | 21 | | languages most widely spoken in the State; | 22 | | (2) be at least 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size and | 23 | | written in a 16-point font; | 24 | | (3) include the following statement: | 25 | | "Protecting children is a responsibility we all |
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| 1 | | share. It is important for every person to take child | 2 | | abuse and child neglect seriously, to be able to | 3 | | recognize when it happens, and to know what to do next. | 4 | | If you have reason to believe a child you know is being | 5 | | abused or neglected, call the State's child abuse | 6 | | hotline; and | 7 | | (4) include the statewide toll-free telephone number | 8 | | established under Section 7.6, and the Department's | 9 | | website address where more information about child abuse | 10 | | and child neglect is available. | 11 | | (b) Within the appropriation available, the Department | 12 | | shall conduct
a continuing education and training program for | 13 | | State and local staff,
persons and officials required to | 14 | | report, the general public, and other
persons engaged in or | 15 | | intending to engage in the prevention, identification,
and | 16 | | treatment of child abuse and neglect. The program shall be | 17 | | designed
to encourage the fullest degree of reporting of known | 18 | | and suspected child
abuse and neglect, and to improve | 19 | | communication, cooperation, and coordination
among all | 20 | | agencies in the identification, prevention, and treatment of | 21 | | child
abuse and neglect. The program shall inform the general | 22 | | public and
professionals of the nature and extent of child | 23 | | abuse and neglect and their
responsibilities, obligations, | 24 | | powers and immunity from liability under
this Act. It may | 25 | | include information on the diagnosis of child abuse and
neglect | 26 | | and the roles and procedures of the Child Protective Service |
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| 1 | | Unit,
the Department and central register, the courts and of | 2 | | the protective,
treatment, and ameliorative
services available | 3 | | to children and their families. Such information may
also | 4 | | include special needs of mothers at risk of delivering a child | 5 | | whose
life or development may be threatened by a disabling | 6 | | condition, to ensure
informed consent to treatment of the | 7 | | condition and understanding of the
unique child care | 8 | | responsibilities required for such a child. The program
may | 9 | | also encourage parents and other persons
having responsibility | 10 | | for the welfare of children to seek assistance on
their own in | 11 | | meeting their child care responsibilities and encourage the
| 12 | | voluntary acceptance of available services when they are | 13 | | needed. It may
also include publicity and dissemination of | 14 | | information on the existence
and number of the 24 hour, | 15 | | State-wide, toll-free telephone service to assist
persons | 16 | | seeking assistance and to receive reports of known and | 17 | | suspected
abuse and neglect.
| 18 | | (c) Within the appropriation available, the Department | 19 | | also shall conduct
a continuing education and training program | 20 | | for State and local staff
involved in investigating reports of | 21 | | child abuse or neglect made under this
Act. The program shall | 22 | | be designed to train such staff in the necessary
and | 23 | | appropriate procedures to be followed in investigating cases | 24 | | which it
appears may result in civil or criminal charges being | 25 | | filed against a
person. Program subjects shall include but not | 26 | | be limited to the gathering
of evidence with a view toward |
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| 1 | | presenting such evidence in court and the
involvement of State | 2 | | or local law enforcement agencies in the investigation.
The | 3 | | program shall be conducted in cooperation with State or local | 4 | | law
enforcement agencies, State's Attorneys and other | 5 | | components of the
criminal justice system as the Department | 6 | | deems appropriate.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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