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91_HB2966
LRB9109661DJcd
1 AN ACT to amend the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
2 Act by changing Section 7.21.
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 7.21 as follows:
7 (325 ILCS 5/7.21)
8 Sec. 7.21. Multidisciplinary Review Committee.
9 (a) The Department may establish multidisciplinary
10 review committees in each region of the State to assure that
11 mandated reporters have the ability to have a review
12 conducted on any situation where a child abuse or neglect
13 report made by them was "unfounded", and they have concerns
14 about the adequacy of the investigation. These committees
15 shall draw upon the expertise of the Child Death Review Teams
16 as necessary and practicable. Each committee will be
17 composed of the following: a health care professional, a
18 Department employee, a law enforcement official, a licensed
19 social worker, and a representative of the State's attorney's
20 office. In appointing members of a committee, primary
21 consideration shall be given to a prospective member's prior
22 experience in dealing with cases of suspected child abuse or
23 neglect.
24 (b) Whenever the Department determines that a reported
25 incident of child abuse or neglect from a mandated reporter
26 is "unfounded", the mandated reporter may request a review of
27 the investigation within 10 days of the notification of the
28 final finding. Whenever the Department determines that a
29 reported incident of child abuse or neglect from a mandated
30 reporter or any other reporter is "unfounded", the minor's
31 guardian ad litem appointed under the Juvenile Court Act of
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1 1987 may request a review of the investigation within 10 days
2 of the notification of the final finding if the subject of
3 the report is also the minor for whom the guardian ad litem
4 has been appointed.
5 A This review under this subsection will be conducted by
6 the 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 (c-5) On or before October 1 of each year, the Department
18 shall prepare a report setting forth (i) the number of
19 investigations reviewed by each committee during the previous
20 fiscal year and (ii) the number of those investigations that
21 the committee found to be inadequate. The report shall also
22 include a summary of the committee's comments and a summary
23 of the corrective action, if any, that was taken in response
24 to the committee's recommendations. The report shall be a
25 public record. The Department shall submit the report to the
26 General Assembly and shall make the report available to the
27 public upon request.
28 (d) The Department shall adopt rules to implement this
29 Section.
30 (Source: P.A. 89-269, eff. 1-1-96; 90-239, eff. 7-28-97.)
31 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.