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Public Act 099-0638
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| HB4425 Enrolled | LRB099 15994 KTG 40311 b |
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AN ACT concerning children.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is |
amended by adding Section 4.4b as follows:
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(325 ILCS 5/4.4b new) |
Sec. 4.4b. Department of Children and Family Services' duty |
to report to a Department of Defense Family Advocacy Program. |
Whenever the Department receives, by means of its statewide |
toll-free telephone number established under Section 7.6 for |
the purpose of reporting suspected child abuse or neglect or by |
any other means or from any mandated reporter under Section 4 |
of this Act, a report of suspected abuse or neglect of a child |
and the child's parent or guardian is named in the report as |
the alleged perpetrator of the child abuse or neglect, the |
Department shall make efforts as soon as practicable to |
determine the military status of the parent or guardian. If the |
Department determines that the parent or guardian is a service |
member, the Department shall notify the geographically closest |
Department of Defense Family Advocacy Program within the State |
that there is an allegation of abuse or neglect against the |
parent or guardian that is open for investigation. If the |
Department determines that a person or guardian is a member of |