Public Act 098-0487
 
SB1207 EnrolledLRB098 02583 KTG 32588 b

    AN ACT concerning children.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
amended by changing Section 7.16 as follows:
 
    (325 ILCS 5/7.16)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.16)
    Sec. 7.16. For any investigation or appeal initiated on or
after, or pending on July 1, 1998, the following time frames
shall apply. Within 60 days after the notification of the
completion of the Child Protective Service Unit investigation,
determined by the date of the notification sent by the
Department, the perpetrator named in the notification a subject
of a report may request the Department to amend the record or
remove the record of the report from the register, except that
the 60-day deadline for filing a request to amend the record or
remove the record of the report from the State Central Register
shall be tolled until after the conclusion of any criminal
court action in the circuit court or after adjudication in any
juvenile court action concerning the circumstances that give
rise to an indicated report. Such request shall be in writing
and directed to such person as the Department designates in the
notification letter notifying the perpetrator of the indicated
finding. The perpetrator If the Department disregards any
request to do so or does not act within 10 days, the subject
shall have the right to a timely hearing within the Department
to determine whether the record of the report should be amended
or removed on the grounds that it is inaccurate or it is being
maintained in a manner inconsistent with this Act, except that
there shall be no such right to a hearing on the ground of the
report's inaccuracy if there has been a court finding of child
abuse or neglect or a criminal finding of guilt as to the
perpetrator. , the report's accuracy being conclusively
presumed on such finding. Such hearing shall be held within a
reasonable time after the perpetrator's subject's request and
at a reasonable place and hour. The appropriate Child
Protective Service Unit shall be given notice of the hearing.
If the minor, who is the victim named in the report sought to
be amended or removed from the State Central Register, is the
subject of a pending action under Article II of the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987, and the report was made while a guardian ad
litem was appointed for the minor under Section 2-17 of the
Juvenile Court Act, then the minor shall, through the minor's
attorney or guardian ad litem appointed under Section 2-17 of
the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, have the right to participate
and be heard in such hearing as defined under the Department's
rules. In such hearings, the burden of proving the accuracy and
consistency of the record shall be on the Department and the
appropriate Child Protective Service Unit. The hearing shall be
conducted by the Director or his designee, who is hereby
authorized and empowered to order the amendment or removal of
the record to make it accurate and consistent with this Act.
The decision shall be made, in writing, at the close of the
hearing, or within 60 45 days thereof, and shall state the
reasons upon which it is based. Decisions of the Department
under this Section are administrative decisions subject to
judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
    Should the Department grant the request of the perpetrator
subject of the report pursuant to this Section either on
administrative review or after an administrative hearing to
amend an indicated report to an unfounded report, the report
shall be released and expunged in accordance with the standards
set forth in Section 7.14 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 90-15, eff. 6-13-97; 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2014.