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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality | ||||||
| 5 | Review Team Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (730 ILCS 195/15)
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| 7 | Sec. 15. Mortality review teams; establishment. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Upon the occurrence of the death of any youth in the | ||||||
| 9 | Department's custody, the Director shall appoint members and a | ||||||
| 10 | chairperson to a mortality review team. The Director shall make | ||||||
| 11 | the appointments within 30 days after the youth's death. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) Each mortality review team shall consist of at least | ||||||
| 13 | one member from each of the following categories:
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| 14 | (1) Pediatrician or other physician. | ||||||
| 15 | (2) Representative of the Department. | ||||||
| 16 | (3) State's Attorney or State's Attorney | ||||||
| 17 | representative. | ||||||
| 18 | (4) Representative of a local law enforcement agency. | ||||||
| 19 | (5) Psychologist or psychiatrist. | ||||||
| 20 | (6) Representative of a local health department. | ||||||
| 21 | (7) Designee of the Board of Education of the | ||||||
| 22 | Department of Juvenile Justice School District created | ||||||
| 23 | under Section 13-40 of the School Code. | ||||||
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| 1 | (8) Coroner or forensic pathologist. | ||||||
| 2 | (9) Representative of a juvenile justice advocacy | ||||||
| 3 | organization. | ||||||
| 4 | (10) Representative of a local hospital, trauma | ||||||
| 5 | center, or provider of emergency medical services. | ||||||
| 6 | (11) Representative of the Department of State Police. | ||||||
| 7 | (12) Representative of the Office of the Governor's | ||||||
| 8 | Executive Inspector General. | ||||||
| 9 | (13) Representative of a bar association, law school, | ||||||
| 10 | legal academic organization, legal society, or not for | ||||||
| 11 | profit legal organization. | ||||||
| 12 | A mortality review team may make recommendations to the | ||||||
| 13 | Director concerning additional appointments.
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| 14 | (c) Each mortality review team member must have | ||||||
| 15 | demonstrated experience or an interest in welfare of youth in | ||||||
| 16 | State custody.
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| 17 | (d) The mortality review teams shall be funded in the | ||||||
| 18 | Department's annual budget to provide for the travel expenses | ||||||
| 19 | of team members and professional services engaged by the team.
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| 20 | (e) If a death of a youth in the Department's custody | ||||||
| 21 | occurs while a prior youth death is under review by a team | ||||||
| 22 | pursuant to this Act, the Director may request that the team | ||||||
| 23 | review the subsequent death. | ||||||
| 24 | (f) Upon the conclusion of all reporting required under | ||||||
| 25 | Sections 20, 25, and 30 with respect to a death reviewed by a | ||||||
| 26 | team, all appointments to the team shall expire.
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 96-1378, eff. 7-29-10.)
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