(730 ILCS 5/3-2.7-55) Sec. 3-2.7-55. Access to information of governmental entities. The Department of Juvenile Justice and county-operated juvenile detention centers shall provide the Independent Juvenile Ombudsperson unrestricted access to all master record files of youth under Section 3-5-1 of this Code or any other files of youth in the custody of county-operated juvenile detention centers, or both. Access to educational, social, psychological, mental health, substance abuse, and medical records shall not be disclosed except as provided in Section 5-910 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act, the School Code, and any applicable federal laws that govern access to those records.(Source: P.A. 103-22, eff. 8-8-23; 103-397, eff. 1-1-25; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.) |