Date	Chamber	Action
7/29/2010	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1378

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

5 ILCS 120/2

from Ch. 102, par. 42

5 ILCS 140/7

from Ch. 116, par. 207

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review Team Act and amends the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that upon the occurrence of the death of any youth in the Department of Juvenile Justice's custody, the Director of Juvenile Justice shall appoint members and a chairperson to a mortality review team. Provides for membership of the teams. Provides for a team's review of every death of a youth that occurs within a facility of the Department or as the result of an act or incident occurring within a facility of the Department, including as the result of suspected illness, injury, self-harm, or unknown cause. Provides for a team's recommendations to the Director of Juvenile Justice and for the Director's reply; also requires the Director to submit a report to the Executive Inspector General appointed by the Governor under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that team meetings are not subject to the Open Meetings Act and that records and information provided to or maintained by a team are not subject to inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides for indemnification of team members. Effective immediately.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Provides that State policy includes a requirement that the response to the death of a youth committed to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice must include a determination of the factors contributing to the death. Adds, as a member of a mortality review team, a representative of the Office of the Governor's Executive Inspector General. Provides that the Director of Juvenile Justice may (instead of shall) request that a team review a subsequent death if the death occurs while a prior youth death is under review. Provides that a mortality review team's evaluation of means by which a death might have been prevented is not limited to the evaluation of specified "systems" of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Provides that one of a mortality review team's purposes is to recommend (instead of promote) continuing education and training for Department of Juvenile Justice staff.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/20/2010	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Arthur L. Turner
1/21/2010	House	First Reading
1/21/2010	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2010	House	Assigned to Juvenile Justice Reform Committee
3/10/2010	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Juvenile Justice Reform Committee
3/10/2010	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Juvenile Justice Reform Committee; by Voice Vote
3/10/2010	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Juvenile Justice Reform Committee; 008-000-000
3/10/2010	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/25/2010	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/25/2010	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/26/2010	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-001-000
3/26/2010	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
4/6/2010	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/6/2010	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/6/2010	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
4/6/2010	Senate	First Reading
4/6/2010	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/13/2010	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
4/22/2010	Senate	Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000
4/22/2010	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010
4/27/2010	Senate	Second Reading
4/27/2010	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
5/4/2010	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
5/4/2010	House	Passed Both Houses
6/2/2010	House	Sent to the Governor
7/29/2010	House	Governor Approved
7/29/2010	House	Effective Date July 29, 2010
7/29/2010	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1378

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