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90_HB0066
325 ILCS 5/4.3 new
325 ILCS 40/3 from Ch. 23, par. 2253
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to
require the Department of Children and Family Services to
report the disappearance of children under its custody or
guardianship. Amends the Intergovernmental Missing Child
Recovery Act of 1984 to specify that the local I SEARCH unit
may coordinate the tracking and recovery of those children.
Also requires an annual report indicating the number of such
children reported missing and the number recovered.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT in relation to missing children, amending named
2 Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
6 is amended by adding Section 4.3 as follows:
7 (325 ILCS 5/4.3 new)
8 Sec. 4.3. DCFS duty to report. The Department shall
9 report the disappearance of any child under its custody or
10 guardianship to the local law enforcement agency working in
11 cooperation with the I SEARCH Unit located nearest the last
12 known whereabouts of the child.
13 Section 10. The Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery
14 Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
15 (325 ILCS 40/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2253)
16 Sec. 3. Each I SEARCH unit shall be established to
17 promote an immediate and effective community response to
18 missing children and may engage in, but shall not be limited
19 to, the following activities:
20 (a) To establish and conduct programs to educate
21 parents, children and communities in ways to prevent the
22 abduction of children.
23 (b) To conduct training programs and distribute
24 materials providing guidelines for children when dealing with
25 strangers, casual acquaintances, or non-custodial parents, in
26 order to avoid abduction or kidnapping situations.
27 (c) To compile, maintain and make available data upon
28 the request of law enforcement agencies and other entities
29 deemed appropriate by the Department to assist enforcement
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1 agencies in recovering missing children, including but not
2 limited to data regarding the places of shelter commonly used
3 by runaway children in the geographical area encompassed by
4 the I SEARCH Unit.
5 (d) To draft and implement plans for the most efficient
6 use of available resources to publicize and conduct searches
7 for missing children.
8 (e) To establish and maintain contacts with other I
9 SEARCH Units, law enforcement agencies, and the Department in
10 order to increase the probability of locating and returning
11 missing children, and to otherwise assist in the recovery and
12 tracking of missing children.
13 (f) To coordinate the tracking and recovery of children
14 under the custody or guardianship of the Department of
15 Children and Family Services whose disappearance has been
16 reported and to produce an annual report indicating the
17 number of children under the custody or guardianship of that
18 Department who have been reported missing and the number who
19 have been recovered.
20 (g) To conduct other activities as may be necessary to
21 achieve the goals established by this Act.
22 (Source: P.A. 83-1354.)
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.