(210 ILCS 28/30)
Sec. 30.
Public access to information.
(a) Meetings of the review
teams and the Executive Council shall be closed to the public. Meetings of the
review teams and the Executive Council are not subject to the Open Meetings
Act, as provided in that Act.
(b) Records and information provided to a
review team and the Executive Council, and records
maintained by a review team or the Executive Council, are confidential and not
subject
to the Freedom of Information Act, as provided in that Act.
Nothing contained in this subsection (b) prevents the sharing or disclosure of
records, other than those produced by a review team or the
Executive Council, relating or pertaining to the sexual assault or death of a
resident.
(c) Members of a review team
and the Executive Council are not subject to examination, in any civil or
criminal
proceeding, concerning information presented to members of the review team or
the
Executive Council or opinions formed by members of the review team or the
Executive
Council based on that information. A person may, however, be examined
concerning information provided to a review team or the Executive Council that
is
otherwise available to the public.
(d) Records and information produced by a
review team and the Executive Council are not subject to
discovery or subpoena and are not admissible as evidence in any civil or
criminal
proceeding. Those records and information are, however, subject to discovery or
a subpoena, and are admissible as evidence, to the extent they are otherwise
available to the public.
(Source: P.A. 93-577, eff. 8-21-03.)
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