SB2823 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2003 and 2004
SB2823

Introduced 2/5/2004, by Christine Radogno

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/33-6 new

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that an employee of the

Department of Children and Family Services or a foster parent licensed by

the
Department of Children and Family Services who knowingly falsifies a

Department
document
or who
knowingly makes a false statement in a

Department document as to a material
fact in relation to an
investigation

of alleged or suspected neglect or abuse of a minor or in
relation to an

investigation of an alleged dependent minor is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

Effective
immediately.

LRB093 14332 RLC 46905 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

SB2823

LRB093 14332 RLC 46905 b

1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding

5 Section 33-6 as follows:

6 (720 ILCS 5/33-6 new)

7 Sec. 33-6. Department of Children and Family Services

8 employees or foster parents falsifying records. An employee of

9 the Department of Children and Family Services or a foster

10 parent licensed by the Department of Children and Family

11 Services who knowingly falsifies a document required to be made

12 or kept by the Department or who knowingly makes a false

13 statement in a document required to be made or kept by the

14 Department as to a material fact in relation to an

15 investigation of alleged or suspected neglect or abuse of a

16 minor as defined in Section 2-3 of the Juvenile Court Act of

17 1987 or in relation to an investigation of an alleged dependent

18 minor as defined in Section 2-4 of the Juvenile Court Act of

19 1987 is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

21 becoming law.