Bill Status of HB 4291   103rd General Assembly

Short Description:  CHILD ABUSE-MANDATED RPTS

House Sponsors
Rep. Dan Caulkins

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  4/5/2024HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
325 ILCS 5/4

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In a provision permitting 2 or more mandated reporters from the same workplace to designate one reporter to make a single report concerning the group's shared belief that a child may be abused or neglected, provides that the report made by the designated reporter shall include the name, business address, and telephone number of the mandated reporter; the capacity that makes the person a mandated reporter; and the information that gave rise to the knowledge or reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect and the source or sources of that information. Provides that the report shall also include, if known, certain information on the child, the child's parents and guardians, and the person or persons who the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects to have abused or neglected the child. Requires the designated mandated reporter to make a report even if some of the required information is not known or is uncertain to the reporter. Removes the requirement that the report include the names and contact information for the other mandated reporters. In a provision permitting any other person who is not a mandated reporter to make a child abuse or neglect report, provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall ask the reporter to provide in the report his or her name, telephone number, information that gave rise to the knowledge or reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect, and the source or sources of the information that gave rise to the knowledge or reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect. Provides that if the reporter refuses to provide his or her name or telephone number, the Department shall make efforts to determine the basis for that refusal and advise the reporter that the identifying information will remain confidential.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  12/20/2023HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Caulkins
  1/16/2024HouseFirst Reading
  1/16/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/14/2024HouseAssigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee
  2/21/2024HouseTo Investigations and Reporting Subcommittee
  4/5/2024HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  4/16/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
  4/16/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
  4/16/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
  4/16/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
  4/16/2024HouseRemove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
  4/16/2024HouseRemove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
  4/16/2024HouseRemove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
  4/16/2024HouseRemove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar

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