99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2588

 

Introduced , by Rep. Silvana Tabares

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
325 ILCS 5/3  from Ch. 23, par. 2053

    Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In the definition of "neglected child", provides that a child shall not be considered neglected or abused solely because the child is not attending school in accordance with the requirements of Article 26 of the School Code, as amended, "unless the school district has made efforts to bring about the child's attendance and those efforts have been unsuccessful because the parent or guardian has refused to cooperate" (rather than a child shall not be considered neglected or abused solely because the child is not attending school in accordance with the requirements of Article 26 of the School Code, as amended). Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning children.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (325 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2053)
7    Sec. 3. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise
8requires:
9    "Adult resident" means any person between 18 and 22 years
10of age who resides in any facility licensed by the Department
11under the Child Care Act of 1969. For purposes of this Act, the
12criteria set forth in the definitions of "abused child" and
13"neglected child" shall be used in determining whether an adult
14resident is abused or neglected.
15    "Blatant disregard" means an incident where the real,
16significant, and imminent risk of harm would be so obvious to a
17reasonable parent or caretaker that it is unlikely that a
18reasonable parent or caretaker would have exposed the child to
19the danger without exercising precautionary measures to
20protect the child from harm.
21    "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years, unless
22legally emancipated by reason of marriage or entry into a
23branch of the United States armed services.

 

 

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1    "Department" means Department of Children and Family
2Services.
3    "Local law enforcement agency" means the police of a city,
4town, village or other incorporated area or the sheriff of an
5unincorporated area or any sworn officer of the Illinois
6Department of State Police.
7    "Abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate
8family member, or any person responsible for the child's
9welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the
10child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
11        (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be
12    inflicted upon such child physical injury, by other than
13    accidental means, which causes death, disfigurement,
14    impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
15    impairment of any bodily function;
16        (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to
17    such child by other than accidental means which would be
18    likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
19    physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of any
20    bodily function;
21        (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense
22    against such child, as such sex offenses are defined in the
23    Criminal Code of 2012 or in the Wrongs to Children Act, and
24    extending those definitions of sex offenses to include
25    children under 18 years of age;
26        (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of

 

 

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1    torture upon such child;
2        (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment;
3        (f) commits or allows to be committed the offense of
4    female genital mutilation, as defined in Section 12-34 of
5    the Criminal Code of 2012, against the child;
6        (g) causes to be sold, transferred, distributed, or
7    given to such child under 18 years of age, a controlled
8    substance as defined in Section 102 of the Illinois
9    Controlled Substances Act in violation of Article IV of the
10    Illinois Controlled Substances Act or in violation of the
11    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
12    except for controlled substances that are prescribed in
13    accordance with Article III of the Illinois Controlled
14    Substances Act and are dispensed to such child in a manner
15    that substantially complies with the prescription; or
16        (h) commits or allows to be committed the offense of
17    involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
18    minor, or trafficking in persons as defined in Section 10-9
19    of the Criminal Code of 2012 against the child.
20    A child shall not be considered abused for the sole reason
21that the child has been relinquished in accordance with the
22Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
23    "Neglected child" means any child who is not receiving the
24proper or necessary nourishment or medically indicated
25treatment including food or care not provided solely on the
26basis of the present or anticipated mental or physical

 

 

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1impairment as determined by a physician acting alone or in
2consultation with other physicians or otherwise is not
3receiving the proper or necessary support or medical or other
4remedial care recognized under State law as necessary for a
5child's well-being, or other care necessary for his or her
6well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or
7who is subjected to an environment which is injurious insofar
8as (i) the child's environment creates a likelihood of harm to
9the child's health, physical well-being, or welfare and (ii)
10the likely harm to the child is the result of a blatant
11disregard of parent or caretaker responsibilities; or who is
12abandoned by his or her parents or other person responsible for
13the child's welfare without a proper plan of care; or who has
14been provided with interim crisis intervention services under
15Section 3-5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and whose parent,
16guardian, or custodian refuses to permit the child to return
17home and no other living arrangement agreeable to the parent,
18guardian, or custodian can be made, and the parent, guardian,
19or custodian has not made any other appropriate living
20arrangement for the child; or who is a newborn infant whose
21blood, urine, or meconium contains any amount of a controlled
22substance as defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the
23Illinois Controlled Substances Act or a metabolite thereof,
24with the exception of a controlled substance or metabolite
25thereof whose presence in the newborn infant is the result of
26medical treatment administered to the mother or the newborn

 

 

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1infant. A child shall not be considered neglected for the sole
2reason that the child's parent or other person responsible for
3his or her welfare has left the child in the care of an adult
4relative for any period of time. A child shall not be
5considered neglected for the sole reason that the child has
6been relinquished in accordance with the Abandoned Newborn
7Infant Protection Act. A child shall not be considered
8neglected or abused for the sole reason that such child's
9parent or other person responsible for his or her welfare
10depends upon spiritual means through prayer alone for the
11treatment or cure of disease or remedial care as provided under
12Section 4 of this Act. A child shall not be considered
13neglected or abused solely because the child is not attending
14school in accordance with the requirements of Article 26 of The
15School Code, as amended, unless the school district has made
16efforts to bring about the child's attendance and those efforts
17have been unsuccessful because the parent or guardian has
18refused to cooperate.
19    "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized
20State employees of the Department assigned by the Director to
21perform the duties and responsibilities as provided under
22Section 7.2 of this Act.
23    "Person responsible for the child's welfare" means the
24child's parent; guardian; foster parent; relative caregiver;
25any person responsible for the child's welfare in a public or
26private residential agency or institution; any person

 

 

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1responsible for the child's welfare within a public or private
2profit or not for profit child care facility; or any other
3person responsible for the child's welfare at the time of the
4alleged abuse or neglect, including any person that is the
5custodian of a child under 18 years of age who commits or
6allows to be committed, against the child, the offense of
7involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
8minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or services,
9as provided in Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012, or
10any person who came to know the child through an official
11capacity or position of trust, including but not limited to
12health care professionals, educational personnel, recreational
13supervisors, members of the clergy, and volunteers or support
14personnel in any setting where children may be subject to abuse
15or neglect.
16    "Temporary protective custody" means custody within a
17hospital or other medical facility or a place previously
18designated for such custody by the Department, subject to
19review by the Court, including a licensed foster home, group
20home, or other institution; but such place shall not be a jail
21or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile
22offenders.
23    "An unfounded report" means any report made under this Act
24for which it is determined after an investigation that no
25credible evidence of abuse or neglect exists.
26    "An indicated report" means a report made under this Act if

 

 

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1an investigation determines that credible evidence of the
2alleged abuse or neglect exists.
3    "An undetermined report" means any report made under this
4Act in which it was not possible to initiate or complete an
5investigation on the basis of information provided to the
6Department.
7    "Subject of report" means any child reported to the central
8register of child abuse and neglect established under Section
97.7 of this Act as an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect
10and the parent or guardian of the alleged victim or other
11person responsible for the alleged victim's welfare who is
12named in the report or added to the report as an alleged
13perpetrator of child abuse or neglect.
14    "Perpetrator" means a person who, as a result of
15investigation, has been determined by the Department to have
16caused child abuse or neglect.
17    "Member of the clergy" means a clergyman or practitioner of
18any religious denomination accredited by the religious body to
19which he or she belongs.
20(Source: P.A. 96-1196, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1446, eff. 8-20-10;
2196-1464, eff. 8-20-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-803, eff.
227-13-12; 97-897, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1063, eff. 8-24-12; 97-1150,
23eff. 1-25-13.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.