Bill Title: Amends the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review Team Act. Provides that a mortality review team shall review a youth death as soon as practicable and not later than within 60 (rather than 90) days after a law enforcement agency's completion of its investigation if the death is the result of alleged or suspected criminal activity. Provides that if there has been no investigation by a law enforcement agency, the mortality review team shall review a youth's death within 60 (rather than 90) days after obtaining the information necessary to complete the review from the coroner, pathologist, medical examiner, or law enforcement agency, depending on the nature of the case. Provides that within 60 (rather than 90) days after the Director of Juvenile Justice submits a reply with respect to a recommendation concerning the prevention of deaths of youth in the Department of Juvenile Justice's custody, the Director must submit an additional report to the chairperson of the team that sets forth in detail the way, if any, in which the Director will implement the recommendation and the schedule for implementing the recommendation. Provides that within 120 (rather than 180) days after the Director submits a reply concerning the implementation of a team's recommendation, the Director shall submit a further report to the chairperson of the team that made the recommendation and to the Executive Inspector General.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1146 [SB2992 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Don Harmon [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dale Righter [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-055	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barbara Currie [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Cabello [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-090	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Flowers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Norine Hammond [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-094	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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