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Public Act 100-0397
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| SB0320 Enrolled | LRB100 05105 MJP 15115 b |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Child Death Review Team Act is amended by |
changing Sections 15 and 45 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 515/15)
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Sec. 15. Child death review teams; establishment.
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(a) The Director, in consultation with the Executive |
Council, law
enforcement, and other
professionals who work in |
the field of investigating, treating, or preventing
child abuse |
or neglect in that subregion, shall appoint members to a child
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death review
team in each of the Department's administrative |
subregions of the State outside
Cook County and at least one |
child death review team in Cook County. The
members of a team |
shall be appointed for 2-year terms and
shall be eligible for |
reappointment upon the expiration of the terms. The Director |
must fill any vacancy in a team within 60 days after that |
vacancy occurs.
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(b) Each child death review team shall consist of at least |
one member from
each of the following categories:
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(1) Pediatrician or other physician knowledgeable |
about child abuse and
neglect.
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(2) Representative of the Department.
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(3) State's attorney or State's attorney's |
representative.
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(4) Representative of a local law enforcement agency.
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(5) Psychologist or psychiatrist.
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(6) Representative of a local health department.
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(7) Representative of a school district or other |
education or child care
interests.
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(8) Coroner or forensic pathologist.
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(9) Representative of a child welfare agency or child |
advocacy
organization.
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(10) Representative of a local hospital, trauma |
center, or provider of
emergency medical services.
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(11) Representative of the Department of State Police.
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(12) Representative of the Department of Public |
Health. |
Each child death review team may make recommendations to |
the Director
concerning additional appointments.
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Each child death review team member must have demonstrated |
experience and an
interest in investigating, treating, or |
preventing child abuse or neglect.
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(c) Each child death review team shall select a chairperson |
from among its
members.
The chairperson shall also serve on the |
Illinois Child Death Review Teams
Executive
Council. |
(d) The child death review teams shall be funded under a |
separate line item in the Department's annual budget.
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(Source: P.A. 95-527, eff. 6-1-08.)
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(20 ILCS 515/45)
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Sec. 45. Child Death Investigation Task Force; pilot |
program. The Child Death Review Teams Executive Council may, |
from funds appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly to the |
Department and provided to the Child Death Review Teams |
Executive Council for this purpose, or from funds that may |
otherwise be provided for this purpose from other public or |
private sources, establish an 18-month pilot program in the |
Southern Region of the State, as designated by the Department, |
under which a special Child Death Investigation Task Force will |
be created by the Child Death Review Teams Executive Council to |
develop and implement a plan for the investigation of sudden, |
unexpected, or unexplained deaths of children under 18 years of |
age occurring within that region. The plan shall include a |
protocol to be followed by child death review teams in the |
review of child deaths authorized under paragraph (a)(5) of |
Section 20 of this Act. The plan must include provisions for |
local or State law enforcement agencies, hospitals, or coroners |
to promptly notify the Task Force of a death or serious |
life-threatening injury to a child, and for the Child Death |
Investigation Task Force to review the death and submit a |
report containing findings and recommendations to the Child |
Death Review Teams Executive Council, the Director, the |
Department of Children and Family Services Inspector General, |
the appropriate State's Attorney, and the State Representative |
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and State Senator in whose legislative districts the case |
arose. The plan may include coordination with any investigation |
conducted under the Children's Advocacy Center Act. By July 1 |
of each year, By July 1, 2011, the Child Death Review Teams |
Executive Council shall submit a report to the Director, the |
General Assembly, and the Governor summarizing the results of |
the Child Death Investigation Task Force pilot program together |
with any recommendations for statewide implementation of a |
protocol for the investigation of all sudden, unexpected, or |
unexplained child deaths.
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(Source: P.A. 95-527, eff. 6-1-08; 96-955, eff. 6-30-10; |
96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
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