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1 | AN ACT in relation to children.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by
changing Sections 5, 6, and 7.5 as follows:
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6 | (325 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 2055)
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7 | Sec. 5. An officer of a local law enforcement agency, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | designated
employee of the Department, or a physician treating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | a child may take or
retain temporary protective custody of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | child without the consent of
the person responsible for the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | child's welfare, if (1) he has reason to
believe that the
child | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | is in imminent danger of injury or death if left
cannot be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | cared
for at home or in the
custody of the
person responsible | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | for the child's welfare without endangering the child's
health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | or safety; and (2) there is not time to apply
for a court order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for temporary
custody of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | the child . The person taking or retaining a child in temporary
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18 | protective custody shall immediately make every reasonable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | effort to
notify the person responsible for the child's welfare | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | and shall
immediately notify the Department.
If the officer, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | employee, or physician does not have the consent of the
person
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22 | responsible
for the child's welfare and does not have reason to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | believe that the child is
in imminent
danger of injury or death | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | if left at home or in the custody of the person
responsible for | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | the
child's welfare, then the officer, employee, or physician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | may take or retain
temporary
protective custody of the child | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | only if (i) a court issues a warrant to take
the child into
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28 | custody based on the officer's, employee's, or physician's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | belief and evidence
that the
child cannot be cared for at home | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | or in the custody of the person responsible
for the
child's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | welfare without endangering the child's health or safety and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | (ii) there
is not time to
apply for a court order for temporary |
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1 | custody of the child under the Juvenile
Court Act of
1987.
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2 | The Department shall provide to the
temporary caretaker of | ||||||
3 | a child any information in the Department's
possession | ||||||
4 | concerning the positive results of a test performed on the | ||||||
5 | child
to determine the presence of the antibody or antigen to | ||||||
6 | Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), or of HIV infection, as | ||||||
7 | well as any
communicable diseases or communicable infections | ||||||
8 | that the child has. The
temporary caretaker of a child shall | ||||||
9 | not disclose to another person any
information received by the | ||||||
10 | temporary caretaker from the Department
concerning the results | ||||||
11 | of a test performed on the child to determine the
presence of | ||||||
12 | the antibody or antigen to HIV, or of HIV infection, except
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13 | pursuant to Section 9 of the AIDS Confidentiality Act, as now | ||||||
14 | or hereafter
amended. The Department shall promptly
initiate | ||||||
15 | proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the
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16 | continued temporary custody of the child.
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17 | Where the physician keeping a child in his custody does so | ||||||
18 | in his
capacity as a member of the staff of a hospital or | ||||||
19 | similar institution,
he shall notify the person in charge of | ||||||
20 | the institution or his
designated agent, who shall then become | ||||||
21 | responsible for the further care
of such child in the hospital | ||||||
22 | or similar institution under the direction
of the Department.
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23 | Said care includes, but is not limited to the granting of | ||||||
24 | permission
to perform emergency medical treatment to a minor | ||||||
25 | where the treatment itself
does not involve a substantial risk | ||||||
26 | of harm to the minor and the failure
to render such treatment | ||||||
27 | will likely result in death or permanent harm to
the minor, and | ||||||
28 | there is not time to apply for a court order under the Juvenile
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29 | Court Act of 1987.
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30 | Any person authorized and acting in good faith in the | ||||||
31 | removal of a
child under this Section shall have immunity from | ||||||
32 | any liability, civil
or criminal that might otherwise be | ||||||
33 | incurred or imposed as a result of
such removal. Any physician | ||||||
34 | authorized and acting in good faith and in
accordance with | ||||||
35 | acceptable medical practice in the treatment of a child
under | ||||||
36 | this Section shall have immunity from any liability, civil or |
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1 | criminal,
that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a | ||||||
2 | result of granting permission
for emergency treatment.
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3 | With respect to any child taken into temporary protective | ||||||
4 | custody
pursuant to this Section, the Department of Children | ||||||
5 | and Family Services
Guardianship Administrator or his designee | ||||||
6 | shall be deemed the child's
legally authorized
representative | ||||||
7 | for purposes of consenting to an HIV test if deemed
necessary | ||||||
8 | and appropriate by the Department's Guardianship Administrator | ||||||
9 | or
designee and
obtaining and disclosing information | ||||||
10 | concerning such test
pursuant to the AIDS Confidentiality Act | ||||||
11 | if deemed necessary and
appropriate by the Department's | ||||||
12 | Guardianship Administrator or designee and
for purposes of
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13 | consenting to the release
of information pursuant to the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease
Control Act if deemed | ||||||
15 | necessary and appropriate by the Department's
Guardianship | ||||||
16 | Administrator or designee.
The Guardianship Administrator has | ||||||
17 | no such authority to consent to an HIV
test or obtain
and | ||||||
18 | disclose information if the child has not been taken into | ||||||
19 | temporary
protective custody
as provided in this Section.
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20 | Any person who administers an HIV test upon the consent of | ||||||
21 | the Department
of Children and Family Services Guardianship | ||||||
22 | Administrator or his designee,
or who discloses the results of | ||||||
23 | such tests to the Department's Guardianship
Administrator or | ||||||
24 | his designee, shall have immunity from any liability,
civil, | ||||||
25 | criminal or otherwise, that might result by reason of such | ||||||
26 | actions.
For the purpose of any proceedings, civil or criminal, | ||||||
27 | the good faith of
any persons required to administer or | ||||||
28 | disclose the results of tests, or
permitted to take such | ||||||
29 | actions, shall be presumed.
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30 | (Source: P.A. 90-28, eff. 1-1-98.)
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31 | (325 ILCS 5/6) (from Ch. 23, par. 2056)
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32 | Sec. 6. Any person required to investigate cases of | ||||||
33 | suspected child
abuse or neglect may take or cause to be taken, | ||||||
34 | at Department expense,
color photographs and x-rays of the | ||||||
35 | child who is the subject of a report,
and color photographs of |
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1 | the physical environment in which the alleged
abuse or neglect | ||||||
2 | has taken place. The person seeking to take such
photographs or | ||||||
3 | x-rays
must first obtain the consent of the parent, guardian, | ||||||
4 | or other person
responsible for the
child's welfare, unless the | ||||||
5 | person has reason to believe that the child is in
imminent
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6 | danger of injury or death. If the person has such a reasonable | ||||||
7 | belief, the
person must
shall make every reasonable effort to | ||||||
8 | notify the
person responsible for the child's welfare.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 84-611.)
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10 | changing
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11 | (325 ILCS 5/7.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.5)
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12 | Sec. 7.5. If the Child Protective Service Unit is denied | ||||||
13 | reasonable access
to a child by the parents or other persons | ||||||
14 | and it deems that the health,
safety, and best interests of the | ||||||
15 | child so require, it shall request the
intervention of a local | ||||||
16 | law enforcement agency
for the purpose of examining and | ||||||
17 | interviewing the child if it has reason to
believe that the
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18 | child is in imminent danger of injury or death. If the Child | ||||||
19 | Protective Service
Unit does
not have reason to believe that | ||||||
20 | the child is in imminent danger of injury or
death, it must
or | ||||||
21 | seek an appropriate court
order to
examine and interview the | ||||||
22 | child.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 90-28, eff. 1-1-98.)
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24 | Section 10. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | ||||||
25 | changing
Section 2-5 as follows:
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26 | (705 ILCS 405/2-5) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-5)
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27 | Sec. 2-5. Taking into custody.
(1) A law enforcement | ||||||
28 | officer may, without a warrant, take into
temporary custody a | ||||||
29 | minor (a) whom the officer with reasonable cause
believes to be | ||||||
30 | a person described in Section 2-3 or 2-4 , but only if the
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31 | officer also has reasonable cause to believe that the minor
is | ||||||
32 | in imminent
danger of injury or death ;
(b) who has been
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33 | adjudged a ward of the court and has escaped from any |
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1 | commitment ordered by
the court under this Act; or (c) who is | ||||||
2 | found in any street or public place
suffering from any sickness | ||||||
3 | or injury which requires care, medical
treatment or | ||||||
4 | hospitalization.
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5 | (2) Whenever a petition has been filed under Section 2-13 | ||||||
6 | and the
court finds that the conduct and behavior of the minor | ||||||
7 | may endanger the
health, person, welfare, or property of | ||||||
8 | himself or others or that the
circumstances of his home | ||||||
9 | environment may endanger his health, person,
welfare or | ||||||
10 | property, a warrant may be issued immediately to take the minor
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11 | into custody.
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12 | (3) The taking of a minor into temporary custody under this | ||||||
13 | Section is
not an arrest nor does it constitute a police | ||||||
14 | record.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 85-601.)
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