101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4899

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Joyce Mason

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
750 ILCS 60/222  from Ch. 40, par. 2312-22

    Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that if the respondent to a petition for an order of protection was not present in court when the order was issued, the sheriff, other law enforcement official, or special process server shall promptly serve the order upon the respondent and file proof of service or attempt of service within 72 hours after the order is issued.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning domestic violence.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is
5amended by changing Section 222 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 60/222)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-22)
7    Sec. 222. Notice of orders.
8    (a) Entry and issuance. Upon issuance of any order of
9protection, the clerk shall immediately (i) enter the order on
10the record and file it in accordance with the circuit court
11procedures and (ii) provide a file stamped copy of the order to
12respondent, if present, and to petitioner.
13    (b) Filing with sheriff. The clerk of the issuing judge
14shall, or the petitioner may, on the same day that an order of
15protection is issued, file a certified copy of that order with
16the sheriff or other law enforcement officials charged with
17maintaining Department of State Police records or charged with
18serving the order upon respondent. If the respondent, at the
19time of the issuance of the order, is committed to the custody
20of the Illinois Department of Corrections or Illinois
21Department of Juvenile Justice or is on parole, aftercare
22release, or mandatory supervised release, the sheriff or other
23law enforcement officials charged with maintaining Department

 

 

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1of State Police records shall notify the Department of
2Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice within 48 hours
3of receipt of a copy of the order of protection from the clerk
4of the issuing judge or the petitioner. Such notice shall
5include the name of the respondent, the respondent's IDOC
6inmate number or IDJJ youth identification number, the
7respondent's date of birth, and the LEADS Record Index Number.
8    (c) Service by sheriff. Unless respondent was present in
9court when the order was issued, the sheriff, other law
10enforcement official or special process server shall promptly
11serve that order upon respondent and file proof of such service
12or attempt of service within 72 hours after the order is
13issued, in the manner provided for service of process in civil
14proceedings. Instead of serving the order upon the respondent,
15however, the sheriff, other law enforcement official, special
16process server, or other persons defined in Section 222.10 may
17serve the respondent with a short form notification as provided
18in Section 222.10. If process has not yet been served upon the
19respondent, it shall be served with the order or short form
20notification if such service is made by the sheriff, other law
21enforcement official, or special process server. A single fee
22may be charged for service of an order obtained in civil court,
23or for service of such an order together with process, unless
24waived or deferred under Section 210.
25    (c-5) If the person against whom the order of protection is
26issued is arrested and the written order is issued in

 

 

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1accordance with subsection (c) of Section 217 and received by
2the custodial law enforcement agency before the respondent or
3arrestee is released from custody, the custodial law
4enforcement agent shall promptly serve the order upon the
5respondent or arrestee before the respondent or arrestee is
6released from custody. In no event shall detention of the
7respondent or arrestee be extended for hearing on the petition
8for order of protection or receipt of the order issued under
9Section 217 of this Act.
10    (d) Extensions, modifications and revocations. Any order
11extending, modifying or revoking any order of protection shall
12be promptly recorded, issued and served as provided in this
13Section.
14    (e) Notice to schools. Upon the request of the petitioner,
15within 24 hours of the issuance of an order of protection, the
16clerk of the issuing judge shall send a certified copy of the
17order of protection to the day-care facility, pre-school or
18pre-kindergarten, or private school or the principal office of
19the public school district or any college or university in
20which any child who is a protected person under the order of
21protection or any child of the petitioner is enrolled as
22requested by the petitioner at the mailing address provided by
23the petitioner. If the child transfers enrollment to another
24day-care facility, pre-school, pre-kindergarten, private
25school, public school, college, or university, the petitioner
26may, within 24 hours of the transfer, send to the clerk written

 

 

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1notice of the transfer, including the name and address of the
2institution to which the child is transferring. Within 24 hours
3of receipt of notice from the petitioner that a child is
4transferring to another day-care facility, pre-school,
5pre-kindergarten, private school, public school, college, or
6university, the clerk shall send a certified copy of the order
7to the institution to which the child is transferring.
8    (f) Disclosure by schools. After receiving a certified copy
9of an order of protection that prohibits a respondent's access
10to records, neither a day-care facility, pre-school,
11pre-kindergarten, public or private school, college, or
12university nor its employees shall allow a respondent access to
13a protected child's records or release information in those
14records to the respondent. The school shall file the copy of
15the order of protection in the records of a child who is a
16protected person under the order of protection. When a child
17who is a protected person under the order of protection
18transfers to another day-care facility, pre-school,
19pre-kindergarten, public or private school, college, or
20university, the institution from which the child is
21transferring may, at the request of the petitioner, provide,
22within 24 hours of the transfer, written notice of the order of
23protection, along with a certified copy of the order, to the
24institution to which the child is transferring.
25    (g) Notice to health care facilities and health care
26practitioners. Upon the request of the petitioner, the clerk of

 

 

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1the circuit court shall send a certified copy of the order of
2protection to any specified health care facility or health care
3practitioner requested by the petitioner at the mailing address
4provided by the petitioner.
5    (h) Disclosure by health care facilities and health care
6practitioners. After receiving a certified copy of an order of
7protection that prohibits a respondent's access to records, no
8health care facility or health care practitioner shall allow a
9respondent access to the records of any child who is a
10protected person under the order of protection, or release
11information in those records to the respondent, unless the
12order has expired or the respondent shows a certified copy of
13the court order vacating the corresponding order of protection
14that was sent to the health care facility or practitioner.
15Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require health
16care facilities or health care practitioners to alter
17procedures related to billing and payment. The health care
18facility or health care practitioner may file the copy of the
19order of protection in the records of a child who is a
20protected person under the order of protection, or may employ
21any other method to identify the records to which a respondent
22is prohibited access. No health care facility or health care
23practitioner shall be civilly or professionally liable for
24reliance on a copy of an order of protection, except for
25willful and wanton misconduct.
26(Source: P.A. 101-508, eff. 1-1-20.)