94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5219

 

Introduced 01/24/06, by Rep. David R. Leitch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2630/3.2   from Ch. 38, par. 206-3.2
325 ILCS 5/7   from Ch. 23, par. 2057
325 ILCS 5/7.3   from Ch. 23, par. 2057.3

    Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Expands the circumstances under which medical personnel must notify local law enforcement of injuries. Requires notification for injuries that reasonably appear to have resulted from stabbing. Provides that injuries that must be reported by medical personnel if sustained in the commission of or as a victim of a criminal offense, include, but are not limited to: death, head injury (skull fracture, brain damage, or bleeding in the brain, such as subdural hematoma or shaken-baby syndrome), internal injury, burning, scalding, poison or noxious substance exposure, bone fracture, sexual penetration, and any other physical injury suggestive of or related to sexual molestation or sexual exploitation. Provides that any hospital, physician, or nurse who willfully fails to notify the local law enforcement agency as required shall be reported to the appropriate professional organizations and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for disciplinary action and, for a first offense, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Sets forth that any person who violates this reporting requirement a second or subsequent time commits a Class 4 felony. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that reports of suspected child abuse or neglect made to the central register through the State-wide, toll-free telephone number shall be immediately transmitted to the appropriate local law enforcement agency. Provides that all oral reports made by the Department of Children and Family Services to local law enforcement personnel and the office of the State's Attorney of the involved county shall be confirmed in writing within 24 (instead of 48) hours of the oral report. Provides that the Department may adopt rules expressly allowing law enforcement personnel to investigate reports of suspected child abuse or neglect concurrently with the Department, without regard to whether the Department determines a report to be "indicated" or "unfounded" or deems a report to be "undetermined". Effective immediately.


LRB094 19234 RSP 54801 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5219 LRB094 19234 RSP 54801 b

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 Criminal Identification Act is amended by
5 changing Section 3.2 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 2630/3.2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 206-3.2)
7     Sec. 3.2. It is the duty of any person conducting or
8 operating a medical facility, or any physician or nurse as soon
9 as treatment permits to notify the local law enforcement agency
10 of that jurisdiction upon the application for treatment of a
11 person (adult or minor) who is not accompanied by a law
12 enforcement officer, when it reasonably appears that the person
13 requesting treatment has received:
14         (1) any injury resulting from the discharge of a
15     firearm or stabbing; or
16         (2) any injury sustained in the commission of or as a
17     victim of a criminal offense, including, but not limited
18     to: death, head injury (skull fracture, brain damage, or
19     bleeding in the brain, such as subdural hematoma or
20     shaken-baby syndrome), internal injury, burning, scalding,
21     poison or noxious substance exposure, bone fracture,
22     sexual penetration, and any other physical injury
23     suggestive of or related to sexual molestation or sexual
24     exploitation.
25     Any hospital, physician or nurse shall be forever held
26 harmless from any civil liability for their reasonable
27 compliance with the provisions of this Section.
28     Any hospital, physician, or nurse who willfully fails to
29 notify the local law enforcement agency as required by this
30 Section shall be reported to the appropriate professional
31 organizations and the Department of Financial and Professional
32 Regulation for disciplinary action and, for a first offense, is

 

 

HB5219 - 2 - LRB094 19234 RSP 54801 b

1 guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Any person who violates this
2 Section a second or subsequent time is guilty of a Class 4
3 felony.
4 (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
 
5     Section 10. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
6 amended by changing Sections 7 and 7.3 as follows:
 
7     (325 ILCS 5/7)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2057)
8     Sec. 7. Time and manner of making reports. All reports of
9 suspected child abuse or neglect made under this Act shall be
10 made immediately by telephone to the central register
11 established under Section 7.7 on the single, State-wide,
12 toll-free telephone number established in Section 7.6, or in
13 person or by telephone through the nearest Department office.
14 The Department shall, in cooperation with school officials,
15 distribute appropriate materials in school buildings listing
16 the toll-free telephone number established in Section 7.6,
17 including methods of making a report under this Act. The
18 Department may, in cooperation with appropriate members of the
19 clergy, distribute appropriate materials in churches,
20 synagogues, temples, mosques, or other religious buildings
21 listing the toll-free telephone number established in Section
22 7.6, including methods of making a report under this Act.
23     Wherever the Statewide number is posted, there shall also
24 be posted the following notice:
25     "Any person who knowingly transmits a false report to the
26 Department commits the offense of disorderly conduct under
27 subsection (a)(7) of Section 26-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
28 A first violation of this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor,
29 punishable by a term of imprisonment for up to one year, or by
30 a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by both such term and fine. A
31 second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony."
32     The report required by this Act shall include, if known,
33 the name and address of the child and his parents or other
34 persons having his custody; the child's age; the nature of the

 

 

HB5219 - 3 - LRB094 19234 RSP 54801 b

1 child's condition including any evidence of previous injuries
2 or disabilities; and any other information that the person
3 filing the report believes might be helpful in establishing the
4 cause of such abuse or neglect and the identity of the person
5 believed to have caused such abuse or neglect. Reports made to
6 the central register through the State-wide, toll-free
7 telephone number shall be immediately transmitted to the
8 appropriate Child Protective Service Unit and to the
9 appropriate local law enforcement agency. The Department shall
10 within 24 hours orally notify local law enforcement personnel
11 and the office of the State's Attorney of the involved county
12 of the receipt of any report alleging the death of a child,
13 serious injury to a child including, but not limited to, brain
14 damage, skull fractures, subdural hematomas, and, internal
15 injuries, torture of a child, malnutrition of a child, and
16 sexual abuse to a child, including, but not limited to, sexual
17 intercourse, sexual exploitation, sexual molestation, and
18 sexually transmitted disease in a child age twelve and under.
19 All oral reports made by the Department to local law
20 enforcement personnel and the office of the State's Attorney of
21 the involved county shall be confirmed in writing within 24 48
22 hours of the oral report. All reports by persons mandated to
23 report under this Act shall be confirmed in writing to the
24 appropriate Child Protective Service Unit, which may be on
25 forms supplied by the Department, within 48 hours of any
26 initial report.
27     Written confirmation reports from persons not required to
28 report by this Act may be made to the appropriate Child
29 Protective Service Unit. Written reports from persons required
30 by this Act to report shall be admissible in evidence in any
31 judicial proceeding relating to child abuse or neglect. Reports
32 involving known or suspected child abuse or neglect in public
33 or private residential agencies or institutions shall be made
34 and received in the same manner as all other reports made under
35 this Act.
36 (Source: P.A. 92-801, eff. 8-16-02.)
 

 

 

HB5219 - 4 - LRB094 19234 RSP 54801 b

1     (325 ILCS 5/7.3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.3)
2     Sec. 7.3.
3     (a) The Department shall be the sole agency responsible for
4 receiving and investigating reports of child abuse or neglect
5 made under this Act, except where investigations by other
6 agencies may be required with respect to reports alleging the
7 death of a child, serious injury to a child or sexual abuse to
8 a child made pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 7 of this Act, and
9 except that the Department may delegate the performance of the
10 investigation to the Department of State Police, a law
11 enforcement agency and to those private social service agencies
12 which have been designated for this purpose by the Department
13 prior to July 1, 1980.
14     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
15 Department may adopt rules expressly allowing law enforcement
16 personnel to investigate reports of suspected child abuse or
17 neglect concurrently with the Department, without regard to
18 whether the Department determines a report to be "indicated" or
19 "unfounded" or deems a report to be "undetermined".
20 (Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
 
21     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.