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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5614 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 105 ILCS 5/22-89 new | | 325 ILCS 2/7.5a new | |
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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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| | HB5614 | | LRB101 17747 KTG 67175 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning children.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 22-89 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-89 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 22-89. Child Protective Investigator in-school |
| 8 | | interview. In any investigation conducted by the Department of |
| 9 | | Children and Family Services concerning an allegation of abuse |
| 10 | | or neglect of a child by the child's custodial parent or |
| 11 | | guardian, the principal of the school that the child attends |
| 12 | | shall grant a Child Protective Investigator reasonable access |
| 13 | | to the child for the purpose of interviewing the child at the |
| 14 | | school without first obtaining the consent of the child's |
| 15 | | custodial parent or guardian or notifying the custodial parent |
| 16 | | or guardian of the interview.
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| 17 | | Section 10. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is |
| 18 | | amended by adding Section 7.5a as follows:
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| 19 | | (325 ILCS 2/7.5a new) |
| 20 | | Sec. 7.5a. Child Protective Investigator in-school |
| 21 | | interview. In any investigation of a report of suspected abuse |