Bill Text: IL SB2992 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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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]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB2992-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality
Review Team Act is amended by changing Sections 20, 25, and 30
as follows:
(730 ILCS 195/20)
Sec. 20. Reviews of youth deaths.
(a) A mortality review team shall review every death of a
youth that occurs within a facility of the Department or as the
result of an act or incident occurring within a facility of the
Department, including deaths resulting from suspected illness,
injury, or self-harm or from an unknown cause.
(b) If the coroner of the county in which a youth died
determines that the youth's death was the direct or proximate
result of alleged or suspected criminal activity, the mortality
review team's investigation shall be in addition to any
criminal investigation of the death but shall be limited to a
review of systems and practices of the Department. In the
course of conducting its review, the team shall obtain
assurance from law enforcement officials that acts taken in
furtherance of the review will not impair any criminal
investigation or prosecution.

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(c) A mortality review team's purpose in conducting a
review of a youth death is to do the following:
(1) Assist in determining the cause and manner of the
youth's death, if requested.
(2) Evaluate any means by which the death might have
been prevented, including, but not limited to, the
evaluation of the Department's systems for the following:
(A) Training.
(B) Assessment and referral for services.
(C) Communication.
(D) Housing.
(E) Supervision of youth.
(F) Intervention in critical incidents.
(G) Reporting.
(H) Follow-up and mortality review following
critical incidents or youth deaths.
(3) Recommend continuing education and training for
Department staff.
(4) Make specific recommendations to the Director
concerning the prevention of deaths of youth in the
Department's custody.
(d) A mortality review team shall review a youth death as
soon as practicable and not later than within 60 90 days after
a law enforcement agency's completion of its investigation if
the death is the result of alleged or suspected criminal
activity. If there has been no investigation by a law

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enforcement agency, the mortality review team shall review a
youth's death within 60 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. The team shall meet as needed in person or
via teleconference or video conference following appointment
of the team members. When necessary and upon request of the
team, the Director may extend the deadline for a review up to
an additional 90 days.
(Source: P.A. 96-1378, eff. 7-29-10.)
(730 ILCS 195/25)
Sec. 25. Director's reply and additional report.
(a) As soon as practicable, but not later than 90 days
after receipt of the recommendations made by a team pursuant to
subdivision (c)(4) of Section 20, the Director shall review and
reply to each such recommendation. With respect to each
recommendation made by a team, the Director shall submit his or
her reply to the chairperson of that team. The Director's reply
to each recommendation must include a statement as to whether
the Director intends to implement the recommendation. The
Director shall implement a team's recommendations as feasible
and appropriate and shall respond in writing to explain the
implementation or non-implementation of each recommendation.
(b) Within 60 90 days after the Director submits a reply
with respect to a recommendation as required by subsection (a),

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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.
(Source: P.A. 96-1378, eff. 7-29-10.)
(730 ILCS 195/30)
Sec. 30. Report to Executive Inspector General. Within 120
180 days after the Director submits a reply under subsection
(a) of Section 25 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 appointed by the Governor under
Section 20-10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
The Director's report shall set forth any specific changes in
the Department's policies and procedures that have been made in
response to the team's recommendation.
(Source: P.A. 96-1378, eff. 7-29-10.)