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90_SB1384
325 ILCS 5/7.14 from Ch. 23, par. 2057.14
Amends the Abused Neglected Child Reporting Act.
Provides that all reports of abused or neglected children
maintained in the central register, whether classified as
indicated, unfounded, or undetermined shall be maintained for
25 years, removing provisions that, with some exceptions, all
unfounded reports be expunged, and, with some exceptions, all
indicated reports be kept for 5 years.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
2 Act by changing Section 7.14.
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 changing Section 7.14 as follows:
7 (325 ILCS 5/7.14) (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.14)
8 Sec. 7.14. All reports in the central register shall be
9 classified in one of three categories: "indicated",
10 "unfounded" or "undetermined", as the case may be. After the
11 report is classified, the person making the classification
12 shall determine whether the child named in the report is the
13 subject of an action under Article II of the Juvenile Court
14 Act of 1987. If the child is the subject of an action under
15 Article II of the Juvenile Court Act, the Department shall
16 transmit a copy of the report to the guardian ad litem
17 appointed for the child under Section 2-17 of the Juvenile
18 Court Act. All information identifying the subjects of an
19 unfounded report shall be expunged from the register
20 forthwith, except as provided in Section 7.7. Unfounded
21 reports may only be made available to the Child Protective
22 Service Unit when investigating a subsequent report of
23 suspected abuse or maltreatment involving a child named in
24 the unfounded report; and to the subject of the report,
25 provided that the subject requests the report within 60 days
26 of being notified that the report was unfounded. The Child
27 Protective Service Unit shall not indicate the subsequent
28 report solely based upon the existence of the prior unfounded
29 report or reports. Notwithstanding any other provision of
30 law to the contrary, an unfounded report shall not be
31 admissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding or
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1 action. All reports of abused or neglected children
2 maintained in the central register, whether classified as
3 indicated, unfounded, or undetermined shall be maintained for
4 25 years. Identifying information on all other records shall
5 be removed from the register no later than 5 years after the
6 report is indicated. However, if another report is received
7 involving the same child, his sibling or offspring, or a
8 child in the care of the persons responsible for the child's
9 welfare, the identifying information may be maintained in the
10 register until 5 years after the subsequent case or report is
11 closed.
12 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
13 identifying information in indicated reports involving the
14 sexual abuse of a child, the death of a child, or serious
15 physical injury to a child as defined by the Department in
16 rules, may be retained longer than 5 years after the report
17 is indicated or after the subsequent case or report is
18 closed, and may not be removed from the register except as
19 provided by the Department in rules.
20 (Source: P.A. 90-15, eff. 6-13-97.)