Full Text of HB0772 96th General Assembly
HB0772eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
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| Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section | 6 |
| 2605-485 as follows: | 7 |
| (20 ILCS 2605/2605-485 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 2605-485. Statewide Silver Alert program; Silver | 9 |
| Alert Coordinator. | 10 |
| (a) A coordinated program known as the Silver Alert System | 11 |
| is established within the Department of State Police. The | 12 |
| purpose of the Silver Alert System is to provide a statewide | 13 |
| system for the rapid dissemination of information regarding a | 14 |
| missing person who is believed to be suffering from dementia or | 15 |
| a similar cognitive impairment. | 16 |
| (b) If the Department of State Police receives a report | 17 |
| that involves a missing person who is believed to be suffering | 18 |
| from dementia or a similar cognitive impairment, for the | 19 |
| protection of the missing person from potential abuse or other | 20 |
| physical harm, neglect, or exploitation, the Department of | 21 |
| State Police shall issue an alert providing for the rapid | 22 |
| dissemination of information statewide regarding the missing | 23 |
| person. The Department of State Police shall make every effort |
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| to disseminate the information as quickly as possible when (i) | 2 |
| the missing person is at least 55 years old or the missing | 3 |
| person is less than 55 years old and a law enforcement officer | 4 |
| determines that an alert is necessary and (ii) the person's | 5 |
| status as missing has been reported to a law enforcement | 6 |
| agency. | 7 |
| (c) The Department of State Police shall adopt guidelines | 8 |
| and develop procedures for issuing an alert for missing persons | 9 |
| believed to be suffering from dementia or a similar cognitive | 10 |
| impairment. The Department of State Police, in coordination | 11 |
| with the Illinois Department on Aging, shall develop and | 12 |
| implement a community outreach program to promote awareness | 13 |
| among the State's healthcare facilities, nursing homes, | 14 |
| assisted living facilities, and other senior centers. The | 15 |
| guidelines and procedures shall ensure that specific health | 16 |
| information about the missing person is not made public through | 17 |
| the alert or otherwise. | 18 |
| (d) The Department of State Police, in consultation with | 19 |
| the Illinois Department of Transportation, shall develop a | 20 |
| procedure for the use of electronic message signs on roads and | 21 |
| highways to provide information on a missing person that meets | 22 |
| the criteria provided under this Section. The system shall | 23 |
| include, but is not limited to, the use of Illinois Department | 24 |
| of Transportation electronic message signs to immediately | 25 |
| provide critical information to the public. | 26 |
| (e) The Department of State Police shall appoint a Silver |
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| Alert Coordinator to assist in the establishment of State | 2 |
| standards and to monitor the availability of federal funding | 3 |
| that may become available to further the objectives of the | 4 |
| Silver Alert System. The Silver Alert Coordinator shall have | 5 |
| the qualifications and experience that the Department of State | 6 |
| Police shall require by rule. The Silver Alert Coordinator | 7 |
| shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for his | 8 |
| or her expenses from the Department's operations budget. No | 9 |
| funds shall be appropriated solely for the expenses of the | 10 |
| Silver Alert Coordinator. The Department may in its discretion | 11 |
| have the Child Safety Coordinator, created under Section | 12 |
| 2605-480 of the Department of State Police Law, act in the dual | 13 |
| capacity of Child Safety Coordinator and Silver Alert | 14 |
| Coordinator. The Department shall provide technical assistance | 15 |
| for the Silver Alert Coordinator from its existing resources. | 16 |
| (f) The Department shall establish a Silver Alert System | 17 |
| Task Force to monitor and review the implementation and | 18 |
| operation of the system developed under subsection (a), | 19 |
| including procedures, budgetary requirements, and response | 20 |
| protocols. The Task Force shall also develop additional network | 21 |
| resources for use in the system. The Department of State Police | 22 |
| may in its discretion have the AMBER Plan Task Force, | 23 |
| established under Section 2605-480 of the Department of State | 24 |
| Police Law, serve in a dual capacity as the Silver Alert System | 25 |
| Task Force. | 26 |
| (g) Any person who intentionally or knowingly files a false |
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| report that a missing person is believed to be suffering from | 2 |
| dementia or a similar cognitive impairment is guilty of a Class | 3 |
| C misdemeanor. | 4 |
| Section 10. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | 6 |
| Section 2705-505.5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-505.5)
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| Sec. 2705-505.5. Child abduction and silver alert message | 9 |
| signs. The Department of
Transportation
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| the Department of State Police in the use of electronic
message
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| signs on roads and highways in the vicinity of a child | 12 |
| abduction , or near the location where a person believed to be | 13 |
| suffering from dementia or a similar cognitive impairment was | 14 |
| last seen, as provided under Section 2605-485 of the Department | 15 |
| of State Police Law, to immediately
provide
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| information to the public.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-310, eff. 7-23-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 |
| becoming law.
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