97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4073

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 515/10
20 ILCS 515/20

    Amends the Child Death Review Team Act. Provides that a deceased child that is the subject of a child death review by the Department of Children and Family Services must be part of a family with (rather than the subject of) an open service case maintained by the Department; part of a family with (rather than the subject of) a pending child abuse or neglect investigation; part of a family with a family member who was the subject of an abuse or neglect investigation at any time during the 12 months preceding the child's death; or a subject who dies in a day care center, day care facility, or day care home licensed or unlicensed by the Department. Defines "family member" to mean a parent, grandparent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, great-aunt, or great-uncle, whether by whole blood, half-blood, or adoption and includes step-children, step-parents, step-grandparents, paramour, or any party responsible for the immediate care of the child. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Child Death Review Team Act is amended by
5changing Sections 10 and 20 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 515/10)
7    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
8context requires otherwise:
9    "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years unless
10legally emancipated by reason of marriage or entry into a
11branch of the United States armed services.
12    "Department" means the Department of Children and Family
13Services.
14    "Director" means the Director of Children and Family
15Services.
16    "Executive Council" means the Illinois Child Death Review
17Teams Executive Council.
18    "Family member" means a parent, grandparent, child,
19sibling, aunt, uncle, great-aunt, or great-uncle, whether by
20whole blood, half-blood, or adoption and includes
21step-children, step-parents, step-grandparents, paramour, or
22any party responsible for the immediate care of the child.
23(Source: P.A. 92-468, eff. 8-22-01.)
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 515/20)
2    Sec. 20. Reviews of child deaths.
3    (a) Every child death shall be reviewed by the team in the
4subregion which has primary case management responsibility.
5The deceased child must be one of the following:
6        (1) A ward of the Department.
7        (2) Part of a family with The subject of an open
8    service case maintained by the Department.
9        (3) Part of a family with The subject of a pending
10    child abuse or neglect investigation.
11        (4) A child who was the subject of an abuse or neglect
12    investigation at any time during the 12 months preceding
13    the child's death.
14        (4.5) Part of a family with a family member who was the
15    subject of an abuse or neglect investigation at any time
16    during the 12 months preceding the child's death.
17        (5) Any other child whose death is reported to the
18    State central register as a result of alleged child abuse
19    or neglect which report is subsequently indicated or
20    unfounded.
21        (6) A subject who died in a day care center, day care
22    facility, or day care home licensed or unlicensed by the
23    Department.
24    A child death review team may, at its discretion, review
25other sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child deaths, and

 

 

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1cases of serious or fatal injuries to a child identified under
2the Children's Advocacy Center Act.
3    (b) A child death review team's purpose in conducting
4reviews of child deaths is to do the following:
5        (1) Assist in determining the cause and manner of the
6    child's death, when requested.
7        (2) Evaluate means by which the death might have been
8    prevented.
9        (3) Report its findings to appropriate agencies and
10    make recommendations that may help to reduce the number of
11    child deaths caused by abuse or neglect.
12        (4) Promote continuing education for professionals
13    involved in investigating, treating, and preventing child
14    abuse and neglect as a means of preventing child deaths due
15    to abuse or neglect.
16        (5) Make specific recommendations to the Director and
17    the Inspector General of the Department concerning the
18    prevention of child deaths due to abuse or neglect and the
19    establishment of protocols for investigating child deaths.
20    (c) A child death review team shall review a child death as
21soon as practical and not later than 90 days following the
22completion by the Department of the investigation of the death
23under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. When there
24has been no investigation by the Department, the child death
25review team shall review a child's death within 90 days after
26obtaining the information necessary to complete the review from

 

 

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1the coroner, pathologist, medical examiner, or law enforcement
2agency, depending on the nature of the case. A child death
3review team shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter.
4    (d) The Director shall, within 90 days, review and reply to
5recommendations made by a team under item (5) of subsection
6(b). With respect to each recommendation made by a team, the
7Director shall submit his or her reply both to the chairperson
8of that team and to the chairperson of the Executive Council.
9The Director's reply to each recommendation must include a
10statement as to whether the Director intends to implement the
11recommendation.
12    The Director shall implement recommendations as feasible
13and appropriate and shall respond in writing to explain the
14implementation or nonimplementation of the recommendations.
15    (e) Within 90 days after the Director submits a reply with
16respect to a recommendation as required by subsection (d), the
17Director must submit an additional report that sets forth in
18detail the way, if any, in which the Director will implement
19the recommendation and the schedule for implementing the
20recommendation. The Director shall submit this report to the
21chairperson of the team that made the recommendation and to the
22chairperson of the Executive Council.
23    (f) Within 180 days after the Director submits a report
24under subsection (e) concerning the implementation of a
25recommendation, the Director shall submit a further report to
26the chairperson of the team that made the recommendation and to

 

 

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1the chairperson of the Executive Council. This report shall set
2forth the specific changes in the Department's policies and
3procedures that have been made in response to the
4recommendation.
5(Source: P.A. 95-405, eff. 6-1-08; 95-527, eff. 6-1-08; 95-876,
6eff. 8-21-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.