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      20 ILCS 515/10
      20 ILCS 515/20
      325 ILCS 5/3              from Ch. 23, par. 2053
      325 ILCS 5/7.21
      705 ILCS 405/2-3          from Ch. 37, par. 802-3
          Amends the Child Death Review Team  Act.   Provides  that
      "child"  means  any  person  under  18  years  of age and not
      emancipated by marriage or entry into the United States armed
      services and that a Child Death Review Team  shall  review  a
      child's death not later than 90 days following the completion
      of the DCFS investigation, the law enforcement investigation,
      the  inquest,  or the medical examiner's report, whichever is
      later, rather than  90  days  following  the  child's  death.
      Amends  the  Abused  and    Neglected  Child  Reporting  Act.
      Provides    that    multidisciplinary    review    committees
      established  to  review  "unfounded" reports where a mandated
      reporter has concerns about the investigation shall draw upon
      the expertise of the Child Death Review  Teams  as  necessary
      and  practicable,  rather  than  serve  under the auspices of
      those teams.  Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
      Act and the Juvenile Court Act of  1987  to  include  in  the
      definition  of  neglected  child  those newborn infants whose
      meconium contains any amount of  a  controlled  substance  as
      defined  in  the  Illinois  Controlled Substances Act.  Makes
      other changes. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT regarding abused and neglected children.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The Child Death Review Team Act is amended by
 5    changing Sections 10 and 20 as follows:
 6        (20 ILCS 515/10)
 7        Sec.  10.   Definitions.  As used in this Act, unless the
 8    context requires otherwise:
 9        "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years unless
10    legally emancipated by reason of marriage  or  entry  into  a
11    branch of the United States armed services.
12        "Department"  means the Department of Children and Family
13    Services.
14        "Director" means the  Director  of  Children  and  Family
15    Services.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-614, eff. 9-7-94.)
17        (20 ILCS 515/20)
18        Sec. 20.  Reviews of child deaths.
19        (a)  Every  child  death shall be reviewed by the team in
20    the   subregion   which   has   primary    case    management
21    responsibility.   The  deceased  child  must  be  one  of the
22    following A child death review team shall review every  death
23    of  a  child that occurs in the subregion served by that team
24    in which the deceased child was any of the following:
25             (1)  A ward of the Department.
26             (2)  The subject of an open service case  maintained
27        by the Department.
28             (3)  The subject of a pending child abuse or neglect
29        investigation.
30             (4)  A  child  who  was  the  subject of an abuse or
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 1        neglect investigation at any time during  the  12  months
 2        preceding the child's death.
 3        A  child death review team may, at its discretion, review
 4    other sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child deaths.
 5        (b)  A child death review team's  purpose  in  conducting
 6    reviews of child deaths is to do the following:
 7             (1)  Assist  in  determining the cause and manner of
 8        the child's death, when requested.
 9             (2)  Evaluate means by which the  death  might  have
10        been prevented.
11             (3)  Report its findings to appropriate agencies and
12        make  recommendations  that may help to reduce the number
13        of child deaths caused by abuse or neglect.
14             (4)  Promote continuing education for  professionals
15        involved in investigating, treating, and preventing child
16        abuse  and  neglect as a means of preventing child deaths
17        due to abuse or neglect.
18             (5)  Make specific recommendations to  the  Director
19        and  the  Inspector  General of the Department concerning
20        the prevention of child deaths due to  abuse  or  neglect
21        and  the  establishment  of  protocols  for investigating
22        child deaths.
23        (c)  A child death review team shall review a child death
24    as soon as practical and not later than 90 days following the
25    completion by the Department  of  the  investigation  of  the
26    death  under  the  Abused  and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
27    When there has been no investigation by the  Department,  the
28    child  death  review team shall review a child's death within
29    90 days after obtaining the information necessary to complete
30    the review from the coroner, pathologist,  medical  examiner,
31    or  law  enforcement  agency,  depending on the nature of the
32    case the child's death.  A child death review team shall meet
33    at least once in each calendar quarter.
34        (d)  The Director shall, within 90 days, review and reply
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 1    to  recommendations  made  by  a  team  under  item  (5)   of
 2    subsection (b).  The Director shall implement recommendations
 3    as  feasible  and appropriate and shall respond in writing to
 4    explain  the  implementation  or  nonimplementation  of   the
 5    recommendations.
 6    (Source: P.A. 88-614, eff. 9-7-94.)
 7        Section 10.  The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
 8    is amended by changing Sections 3 and 7.21 as follows:
 9        (325 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2053)
10        Sec. 3.  As used in this Act unless the context otherwise
11    requires:
12        "Child"  means  any  person  under  the  age of 18 years,
13    unless legally emancipated by reason  of  marriage  or  entry
14    into a branch of the United States armed services.
15        "Department"  means  Department  of  Children  and Family
16    Services.
17        "Local law enforcement agency"  means  the  police  of  a
18    city, town, village or other incorporated area or the sheriff
19    of  an  unincorporated  area  or  any  sworn  officer  of the
20    Illinois Department of State Police.
21        "Abused child" means a child whose  parent  or  immediate
22    family  member,  or  any  person  responsible for the child's
23    welfare,  or any individual residing in the same home as  the
24    child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
25             a.  inflicts,  causes  to be inflicted, or allows to
26        be inflicted upon such child physical  injury,  by  other
27        than accidental means, which causes death, disfigurement,
28        impairment  of  physical  or emotional health, or loss or
29        impairment of any bodily function;
30             b.  creates a substantial risk of physical injury to
31        such child by other than accidental means which would  be
32        likely  to  cause  death,  disfigurement,  impairment  of
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 1        physical  or  emotional  health, or loss or impairment of
 2        any bodily function;
 3             c.  commits  or  allows  to  be  committed  any  sex
 4        offense against such child,  as  such  sex  offenses  are
 5        defined  in  the  Criminal  Code of 1961, as amended, and
 6        extending those definitions of sex  offenses  to  include
 7        children under 18 years of age;
 8             d.  commits or allows to be committed an act or acts
 9        of torture upon such child; or
10             e.  inflicts excessive corporal punishment.
11        "Neglected  child"  means  any child who is not receiving
12    the proper or necessary nourishment  or  medically  indicated
13    treatment  including  food or care not provided solely on the
14    basis of  the  present  or  anticipated  mental  or  physical
15    impairment  as  determined  by a physician acting alone or in
16    consultation  with  other  physicians  or  otherwise  is  not
17    receiving the proper or necessary support or medical or other
18    remedial care recognized under State law as necessary  for  a
19    child's  well-being,  or  other care necessary for his or her
20    well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or
21    who is abandoned by  his  or  her  parents  or  other  person
22    responsible  for the child's welfare without a proper plan of
23    care; or who is a newborn infant whose blood,  or  urine,  or
24    meconium  contains  any  amount  of a controlled substance as
25    defined in subsection (f) of  Section  102  of  the  Illinois
26    Controlled  Substances  Act or a metabolite thereof, with the
27    exception of a controlled  substance  or  metabolite  thereof
28    whose presence in the newborn infant is the result of medical
29    treatment administered to the mother or the newborn infant. A
30    child  shall  not be considered neglected for the sole reason
31    that the child's parent or other person responsible  for  his
32    or  her  welfare  has  left the child in the care of an adult
33    relative for any  period  of  time.  A  child  shall  not  be
34    considered  neglected or abused for the sole reason that such
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 1    child's parent or other person responsible  for  his  or  her
 2    welfare depends upon spiritual means through prayer alone for
 3    the treatment or cure of disease or remedial care as provided
 4    under Section 4 of this Act.  A child shall not be considered
 5    neglected or abused solely because the child is not attending
 6    school  in  accordance with the requirements of Article 26 of
 7    The School Code, as amended.
 8        "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized
 9    State employees of the Department assigned by the Director to
10    perform the duties and  responsibilities  as  provided  under
11    Section 7.2 of this Act.
12        "Person  responsible  for  the child's welfare" means the
13    child's parent; guardian; foster parent; relative  caregiver;
14    any person responsible for the child's welfare in a public or
15    private   residential   agency  or  institution;  any  person
16    responsible for  the  child's  welfare  within  a  public  or
17    private  profit or not for profit child care facility; or any
18    other person responsible for the child's welfare at the  time
19    of  the  alleged  abuse or neglect, or any person who came to
20    know the child through an official capacity  or  position  of
21    trust,   including   but   not   limited   to   health   care
22    professionals,     educational     personnel,    recreational
23    supervisors, and  volunteers  or  support  personnel  in  any
24    setting where children may be subject to abuse or neglect.
25        "Temporary  protective  custody"  means  custody within a
26    hospital or other medical  facility  or  a  place  previously
27    designated  for  such  custody  by the Department, subject to
28    review by the Court, including a licensed foster home,  group
29    home,  or  other  institution;  but such place shall not be a
30    jail or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile
31    offenders.
32        "An unfounded report" means any report  made  under  this
33    Act for which it is determined after an investigation that no
34    credible evidence of abuse or neglect exists.
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 1        "An  indicated report" means a report made under this Act
 2    if an investigation determines that credible evidence of  the
 3    alleged abuse or neglect exists.
 4        "An undetermined report" means any report made under this
 5    Act  in  which it was not possible to initiate or complete an
 6    investigation on the basis of  information  provided  to  the
 7    Department.
 8        "Subject  of  report"  means  any  child  reported to the
 9    central register of child abuse and neglect established under
10    Section 7.7 of this Act and his or her  parent,  guardian  or
11    other person responsible who is also named in the report.
12        "Perpetrator"   means  a  person  who,  as  a  result  of
13    investigation, has been determined by the Department to  have
14    caused child abuse or neglect.
15    (Source: P.A. 88-85; 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)
16        (325 ILCS 5/7.21)
17        Sec. 7.21.  Multidisciplinary Review Committee.
18        (a)  The   Department   may  establish  multidisciplinary
19    review committees in each region of the State to assure  that
20    mandated   reporters  have  the  ability  to  have  a  review
21    conducted on any situation where a  child  abuse  or  neglect
22    report  made  by them was "unfounded", and they have concerns
23    about the adequacy of  the  investigation.  These  committees
24    shall draw upon the expertise of the Child Death Review Teams
25    as  necessary  and  practicable.  These committees will serve
26    under the auspices of the Child  Death  Review  Teams.   Each
27    committee  will  be composed of the following:  a health care
28    professional,  a  Department  employee,  a  law   enforcement
29    official,  a  licensed social worker, and a representative of
30    the State's attorney's office.  In appointing  members  of  a
31    committee,   primary   consideration  shall  be  given  to  a
32    prospective member's prior experience in dealing  with  cases
33    of suspected child abuse or neglect.
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 1        (b)  Whenever  the  Department determines that a reported
 2    incident of child abuse or neglect from a  mandated  reporter
 3    is "unfounded", the mandated reporter may request a review of
 4    the  investigation  within 10 days of the notification of the
 5    final  finding.   This  review  will  be  conducted  by   the
 6    committee.   The  Department  shall  make  available  to  the
 7    committee  all  information  in  the  Department's possession
 8    concerning   the   case.    The    committee    shall    make
 9    recommendations  to  the Department as to the adequacy of the
10    investigation and  of  the  accuracy  of  the  final  finding
11    determination.   These  findings  shall  be  forwarded to the
12    Regional Child Protection Manager.
13        (c)  The Department shall  provide  complete  records  of
14    these  investigations  to the committee.  Records provided to
15    the committee and recommendation  reports  generated  by  the
16    committee shall not be public record.
17        (d)  The  Department  shall adopt rules to implement this
18    Section.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-269, eff. 1-1-96.)
20        Section 15.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
21    changing Section 2-3 as follows:
22        (705 ILCS 405/2-3) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-3)
23        Sec. 2-3.  Neglected or abused minor.
24        (1)  Those who are neglected include:
25             (a)  any minor under 18 years  of  age  who  is  not
26        receiving  the  proper or necessary support, education as
27        required by  law,  or  medical  or  other  remedial  care
28        recognized  under  State  law  as necessary for a minor's
29        well-being, or  other  care  necessary  for  his  or  her
30        well-being,   including   adequate   food,  clothing  and
31        shelter, or who is abandoned by his  or  her  parents  or
32        other  person responsible for the minor's welfare, except
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 1        that a minor shall not be considered  neglected  for  the
 2        sole  reason  that  the  minor's  parent  or other person
 3        responsible for the minor's welfare has left the minor in
 4        the care of an adult relative for any period of time; or
 5             (b)  any  minor  under  18  years   of   age   whose
 6        environment is injurious to his or her welfare; or
 7             (c)  any  newborn  infant  whose blood, or urine, or
 8        meconium contains any amount of a controlled substance as
 9        defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the  Illinois
10        Controlled  Substances  Act, as now or hereafter amended,
11        or a metabolite  of  a  controlled  substance,  with  the
12        exception of controlled substances or metabolites of such
13        substances,  the  presence of which in the newborn infant
14        is the result of medical treatment  administered  to  the
15        mother or the newborn infant; or
16             (d)  any  minor  under  the  age  of  14 years whose
17        parent  or  other  person  responsible  for  the  minor's
18        welfare leaves  the  minor  without  supervision  for  an
19        unreasonable period of time without regard for the mental
20        or physical health, safety, or welfare of that minor.
21        Whether  the minor was left without regard for the mental
22    or physical health, safety, or welfare of that minor  or  the
23    period  of  time  was  unreasonable  shall  be  determined by
24    considering the following factors, including but not  limited
25    to:
26             (1)  the age of the minor;
27             (2)  the number of minors left at the location;
28             (3)  special  needs  of the minor, including whether
29        the minor  is  physically  or  mentally  handicapped,  or
30        otherwise in need of ongoing prescribed medical treatment
31        such as periodic doses of insulin or other medications;
32             (4)  the  duration  of  time  in which the minor was
33        left without supervision;
34             (5)  the condition and location of the  place  where
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 1        the minor was left without supervision;
 2             (6)  the  time  of  day  or night when the minor was
 3        left without supervision;
 4             (7)  the weather conditions, including  whether  the
 5        minor  was  left  in  a location with adequate protection
 6        from the natural elements such as adequate heat or light;
 7             (8)  the location of the parent or guardian  at  the
 8        time the minor was left without supervision, the physical
 9        distance the minor was from the parent or guardian at the
10        time the minor was without supervision;
11             (9)  whether the minor's movement was restricted, or
12        the  minor  was  otherwise  locked within a room or other
13        structure;
14             (10)  whether the minor was given a phone number  of
15        a person or location to call in the event of an emergency
16        and  whether the minor was capable of making an emergency
17        call;
18             (11)  whether there was  food  and  other  provision
19        left for the minor;
20             (12)  whether  any of the conduct is attributable to
21        economic hardship or illness and the parent, guardian  or
22        other  person  having  physical custody or control of the
23        child made a good faith effort to provide for the  health
24        and safety of the minor;
25             (13)  the  age  and physical and mental capabilities
26        of the person or persons who provided supervision for the
27        minor;
28             (14)  whether  the  minor   was   left   under   the
29        supervision of another person;
30             (15)  any  other  factor  that  would  endanger  the
31        health and safety of that particular minor.
32        (2)  Those  who  are  abused  include  any minor under 18
33    years of age whose parent or immediate family member, or  any
34    person responsible for the minor's welfare, or any person who
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 1    is  in  the  same  family  or  household as the minor, or any
 2    individual residing in the same  home  as  the  minor,  or  a
 3    paramour of the minor's parent:
 4                  (i)  inflicts,   causes  to  be  inflicted,  or
 5             allows to be  inflicted  upon  such  minor  physical
 6             injury, by other than accidental means, which causes
 7             death,  disfigurement,  impairment  of  physical  or
 8             emotional  health,  or  loss  or  impairment  of any
 9             bodily function;
10                  (ii)  creates a substantial  risk  of  physical
11             injury  to such minor by other than accidental means
12             which would be likely to cause death, disfigurement,
13             impairment  of  emotional   health,   or   loss   or
14             impairment of any bodily function;
15                  (iii)  commits  or  allows  to be committed any
16             sex offense against such minor, as such sex offenses
17             are  defined  in  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961,  as
18             amended, and  extending  those  definitions  of  sex
19             offenses to include minors under 18 years of age;
20                  (iv)  commits  or allows to be committed an act
21             or acts of torture upon such minor; or
22                  (v)  inflicts excessive corporal punishment.
23        (3)  This Section does not apply to a minor who would  be
24    included  herein  solely  for  the  purpose of qualifying for
25    financial assistance for himself, his  parents,  guardian  or
26    custodian.
27    (Source:  P.A.  88-85;  88-479;  88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-21,
28    eff. 7-1-95.)
29        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
30    becoming law.

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