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Public Act 095-0361 |
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AN ACT concerning children.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is | ||||
amended by adding Section 4.4 as follows: | ||||
(325 ILCS 5/4.4 new) | ||||
Sec. 4.4. DCFS duty to report to State's Attorney. Whenever | ||||
the Department receives, by means of its statewide toll-free | ||||
telephone number established under Section 7.6 for the purpose | ||||
of reporting suspected child abuse or neglect or by any other | ||||
means or from any mandated reporter under Section 4, a report | ||||
of a newborn infant whose blood, urine, or meconium contains | ||||
any amount of a controlled substance as defined in subsection | ||||
(f) of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or | ||||
a metabolite thereof,
with the exception of a controlled | ||||
substance or metabolite thereof whose
presence in the newborn | ||||
infant is the result of medical treatment administered
to the | ||||
mother or the newborn infant, the Department must immediately | ||||
report that information to the State's Attorney of the county | ||||
in which the infant was born.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law.
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