Bill Text: IL HB2942 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Permits a reporting source, whether mandated or not, to appeal a finding by the Child Protective Service Unit that his or her report of abuse or neglect is unfounded. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall establish by rule the appeal process and that if upon appeal a determination is made that there is no credible evidence of abuse or neglect, the reporting source, whether mandated or not, may petition the Attorney General or the appropriate State's Attorney to review his or her report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2942 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2942-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Permits a reporting source, whether mandated or not, to appeal a finding by the Child Protective Service Unit that his or her report of abuse or neglect is unfounded. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall establish by rule the appeal process and that if upon appeal a determination is made that there is no credible evidence of abuse or neglect, the reporting source, whether mandated or not, may petition the Attorney General or the appropriate State's Attorney to review his or her report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2942 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2942-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2942
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2942 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 7.21 as follows:
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6 | (325 ILCS 5/7.21)
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7 | Sec. 7.21. Review of unfounded reports. Multidisciplinary | ||||||
8 | Review Committee.
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9 | (a) Whenever the Department determines that a reported | ||||||
10 | incident of child abuse or neglect from a reporter is | ||||||
11 | "unfounded", the reporter may request an appeal of the | ||||||
12 | investigation within 10 days of the notification of the final | ||||||
13 | finding. Whenever the Department determines that any reported
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14 | incident of child abuse or neglect is "unfounded", the minor's | ||||||
15 | guardian ad litem appointed under the
Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
16 | 1987 may request an appeal of the investigation within 10
days |
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1 | of the notification of the final finding and receipt of the | ||||||
2 | investigative packet, if the subject of the report is
also the | ||||||
3 | minor for whom the guardian ad litem has been appointed. | ||||||
4 | Appeals under this subsection will be conducted by a neutral | ||||||
5 | third party. The neutral third party shall make recommendations | ||||||
6 | to the Department as to the adequacy of the investigation and | ||||||
7 | the accuracy of the final finding determination. The Department | ||||||
8 | may establish multidisciplinary review committees in each
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9 | region of the State to assure that mandated reporters have the | ||||||
10 | ability to have
a review conducted on any situation where a | ||||||
11 | child abuse or neglect report made
by them was "unfounded", and | ||||||
12 | they have concerns about the adequacy of the
investigation.
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13 | These committees shall draw upon the expertise of the Child | ||||||
14 | Death Review
Teams as necessary and practicable. Each committee | ||||||
15 | will be composed of the
following: a
health care professional, | ||||||
16 | a Department employee, a law enforcement official, a
licensed | ||||||
17 | social
worker, and a representative of the State's attorney's | ||||||
18 | office. In appointing
members of a committee, primary | ||||||
19 | consideration shall be given to a prospective
member's prior | ||||||
20 | experience in dealing with cases of suspected child abuse or
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21 | neglect.
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22 | (b) (Blank). Whenever the Department determines that a | ||||||
23 | reported incident of child
abuse or neglect from a mandated | ||||||
24 | reporter is "unfounded", the mandated reporter
may request a | ||||||
25 | review of the investigation within 10 days of the notification | ||||||
26 | of
the final finding. Whenever the Department determines that a |
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1 | reported
incident of child abuse or neglect from a mandated | ||||||
2 | reporter or any other
reporter is "unfounded", the minor's | ||||||
3 | guardian ad litem appointed under the
Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
4 | 1987 may request a review of the investigation within 10
days | ||||||
5 | of the notification of the final finding if the subject of the | ||||||
6 | report is
also the minor for whom the guardian ad litem has | ||||||
7 | been appointed. The review
of the investigation requested by | ||||||
8 | the guardian ad litem may be conducted by
the Regional Child | ||||||
9 | Protection Manager.
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10 | A review under this subsection will be conducted by the
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11 | committee, except those requests for review that are made by | ||||||
12 | the guardian
ad litem, which shall be conducted by the Regional | ||||||
13 | Child Protection Manager.
The
Department shall make available | ||||||
14 | to the committee all information in the
Department's possession | ||||||
15 | concerning the case. The committee shall make
recommendations | ||||||
16 | to the Department as to the adequacy of the investigation and
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17 | of the accuracy of the final finding determination. These | ||||||
18 | findings shall be
forwarded to the Regional Child Protection | ||||||
19 | Manager.
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20 | (c) The Department shall provide complete records of these | ||||||
21 | investigations to
the committee. Records provided to the | ||||||
22 | committee and recommendation reports
generated by the | ||||||
23 | committee shall not be public record.
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24 | (c-5) On or before October 1 of each year, the Department | ||||||
25 | shall prepare a
report setting forth (i) the number of | ||||||
26 | investigations
appealed reviewed by each committee during the |
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1 | previous fiscal year and (ii) the number
of those | ||||||
2 | investigations that the committee found to be
inadequate , and | ||||||
3 | (iii) the number of recommendations to reverse final findings . | ||||||
4 | The report shall also include a summary of the committee's
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5 | comments and a summary of the corrective action, if any, that
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6 | was taken in response to the committee's recommendations. The | ||||||
7 | report shall be
a public record. The Department shall submit | ||||||
8 | the
report to the General Assembly and shall make the report | ||||||
9 | available to the
public upon request.
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10 | (d) The Department shall adopt rules to implement this | ||||||
11 | Section by October 1, 2011. The rules may limit the rights of a | ||||||
12 | reporter to appeal unfounded cases when the reporter has been | ||||||
13 | determined to be engaging in harassing conduct .
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14 | (Source: P.A. 90-239, eff. 7-28-97; 91-812, eff. 6-13-00.)".
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