Bill Text: IL HB5614 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that in any investigation conducted by the Department of Children and Family Services concerning an allegation of abuse or neglect of a child by the child's custodial parent or guardian, the principal of the school that the child attends shall provide a Child Protective Investigator with reasonable access to the child for the purpose of interviewing the child at the school without first obtaining the consent of the child's custodial parent or guardian or notifying the custodial parent or guardian of the interview. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that in any investigation of a report of suspected abuse or neglect of a child by the child's custodial parent or guardian, a Child Protective Investigator must be afforded reasonable access to the child at the child's school for the purpose of interviewing the child at the school without first obtaining the consent of the child's custodial parent or guardian or notifying the custodial parent or guardian of the interview. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5614 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5614-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5614 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/22-89 new
325 ILCS 2/7.5a new
Amends the School Code. Provides that in any investigation conducted by the Department of Children and Family Services concerning an allegation of abuse or neglect of a child by the child's custodial parent or guardian, the principal of the school that the child attends shall provide a Child Protective Investigator with reasonable access to the child for the purpose of interviewing the child at the school without first obtaining the consent of the child's custodial parent or guardian or notifying the custodial parent or guardian of the interview. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that in any investigation of a report of suspected abuse or neglect of a child by the child's custodial parent or guardian, a Child Protective Investigator must be afforded reasonable access to the child at the child's school for the purpose of interviewing the child at the school without first obtaining the consent of the child's custodial parent or guardian or notifying the custodial parent or guardian of the interview. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning children.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
22-89 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/22-89 new)
Sec. 22-89. Child Protective Investigator in-school
interview. In any investigation conducted by the Department of
Children and Family Services concerning an allegation of abuse
or neglect of a child by the child's custodial parent or
guardian, the principal of the school that the child attends
shall grant a Child Protective Investigator reasonable access
to the child for the purpose of interviewing the child at the
school without first obtaining the consent of the child's
custodial parent or guardian or notifying the custodial parent
or guardian of the interview.
Section 10. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
amended by adding Section 7.5a as follows:
(325 ILCS 2/7.5a new)
Sec. 7.5a. Child Protective Investigator in-school
interview. In any investigation of a report of suspected abuse

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or neglect of a child by the child's custodial parent or
guardian, a Child Protective Investigator must be afforded
reasonable access to the child at the child's school for the
purpose of interviewing the child at the school without first
obtaining the consent of the child's custodial parent or
guardian or notifying the custodial parent or guardian of the
interview.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.