Full Text of SB3032 99th General Assembly
SB3032sam002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Julie A. Morrison Filed: 4/14/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3032
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3032, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 1. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 6 | | by adding Section 39.4 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 505/39.4 new) | 8 | | Sec. 39.4. Child Death Investigation Task Force. The | 9 | | Department of Children and Family Services may, from funds | 10 | | appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly to the Department | 11 | | of Children and Family Services, or from funds that may | 12 | | otherwise be provided for this purpose from other public or | 13 | | private sources, establish in the Southern Region of the State, | 14 | | as designated by the Department of Children and Family | 15 | | Services, a special Child Death Investigation Task Force to | 16 | | develop and implement a plan for the investigation of sudden, |
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| 1 | | unexpected, or unexplained child fatalities or near fatalities | 2 | | for children under 18 years of age occurring within that | 3 | | region. The plan shall include a protocol to be followed. The | 4 | | plan must include provisions for local or State law enforcement | 5 | | agencies, hospitals, or coroners to promptly notify the Task | 6 | | Force of a sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child fatality or | 7 | | near fatality of a child, and for the Child Death Investigation | 8 | | Task Force to review the death and submit a report containing | 9 | | findings and recommendations to the Child Death Review Teams | 10 | | Executive Council, the Director of Public Health, the Director | 11 | | of Children and Family Services, the Department of Children and | 12 | | Family Services Inspector General, the appropriate State's | 13 | | Attorney, and the State Representative and State Senator in | 14 | | whose legislative districts the case arose. The plan may | 15 | | include coordination with any investigation conducted under | 16 | | the Children's Advocacy Center Act. On July 1 of each year, the | 17 | | Task Force shall submit a report to the Director of Children | 18 | | and Family Services, the General Assembly, and the Governor | 19 | | summarizing the results of the program together with any | 20 | | recommendations for statewide implementation of a protocol for | 21 | | the investigation of all sudden, unexpected, or unexplained | 22 | | child fatalities or near fatalities. | 23 | | Section 5. The Child Death Review Team Act is amended by | 24 | | adding Section 50 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 515/50 new) | 2 | | Sec. 50. Child Death Review Team Transfer Task Force. | 3 | | (a) The Child Death Review Team Transfer Task Force is | 4 | | created within the Department of Children and Family Services | 5 | | to develop an implementation plan to effectuate the transfer of | 6 | | the administration of all child death review teams from the | 7 | | Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of | 8 | | Public Health. The implementation plan shall provide for the | 9 | | complete transfer of all child death review teams to the | 10 | | Department of Public Health by July 1, 2018. | 11 | | (b) The Task Force shall be co-chaired by the Director of | 12 | | Children and Family Services and the Director of Public Health | 13 | | and shall consist of the following members appointed as | 14 | | follows: | 15 | | (1) One project manager appointed by the Director of | 16 | | Children and Family Services. | 17 | | (2) One pediatrician knowledgeable
about child abuse | 18 | | and neglect appointed by the Director of Children and | 19 | | Family Services. | 20 | | (3) One forensic pathologist appointed by the Director | 21 | | of Public Health. | 22 | | The Director of Children and Family Services and the | 23 | | Director of Public Health may each appoint additional members | 24 | | as necessary to carry out the functions of the Task Force. | 25 | | (c) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | 26 | | compensation. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the |
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| 1 | | Task Force shall be filled in the same manner as the original | 2 | | appointment. | 3 | | (d) The Department of Children and Family Services shall | 4 | | provide administrative support to the Task Force. | 5 | | (e) The Task Force
is abolished and this Section is | 6 | | repealed on July 1, 2018. | 7 | | (20 ILCS 515/45 rep.) | 8 | | Section 15. The Child Death Review Team Act is amended by | 9 | | repealing Section 45.".
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