102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3137

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Suzanne Ness

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/3-6015.5 new
55 ILCS 5/5-1186 new

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a sheriff's department or a department of a county authorized by the county board or board of county commissioners is allowed to conduct independent investigations of abuse, neglect, or infectious disease within the county, even if another law enforcement agency or State agency is investigating, or already has investigated, the same abuse, neglect, or infectious disease. Provides that a county's investigative jurisdiction and authority is concurrent with any other entity investigating such abuse, neglect, or infectious disease, except that investigations of a sheriff's department or county department that are running concurrently with a law enforcement agency or State agency investigation is subordinate to the law enforcement agency or State agency with primary jurisdiction over the abuse, neglect, or infectious disease. Provides for sharing of information and documents between law enforcement agencies, State agencies and county investigators. Defines terms.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Sections
53-6015.5 and 5-1186 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-6015.5 new)
7    Sec. 3-6015.5. Investigation of abuse, neglect, or
8infectious disease. A sheriff and his or her deputies may
9investigate abuse, neglect, or infectious disease as provided
10in Section 5-1186.
 
11    (55 ILCS 5/5-1186 new)
12    Sec. 5-1186. Investigation of abuse, neglect, or
13infectious disease.
14    (a) As used in this Section:
15        "Infectious disease" has the meaning given to that
16    term in Section 2.01c of the Department of Veterans'
17    Affairs Act.
18        "Law enforcement agency" means a county, municipal, or
19    State law enforcement agency.
20    (b) A sheriff's department or a department of a county
21authorized by the county board or board of county
22commissioners is allowed to conduct independent investigations

 

 

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1of abuse, neglect, or infectious disease within the county,
2even if another law enforcement agency or State agency is
3investigating, or already has investigated, the same abuse,
4neglect, or infectious disease. A county's investigative
5jurisdiction and authority under this Section is concurrent
6with any other entity investigating such abuse, neglect, or
7infectious disease. However, investigations of a sheriff's
8department or county department that are running concurrently
9with a law enforcement agency or State agency investigation is
10subordinate to the law enforcement agency or State agency with
11primary jurisdiction over the abuse, neglect, or infectious
12disease.
13    (c) A law enforcement agency or State agency shall, as
14soon as is reasonably practicable, provide the sheriff's
15department or county department with any information or
16documentation requested by the sheriff's department or county
17department during an investigation authorized under this
18Section. Any information that is confidential, privileged, or
19otherwise not disclosable to the public shall be marked as
20such and shall not be disclosed outside of the investigation
21by the sheriff's department or county department without
22authorization from the agency that provided the information or
23unless otherwise provided by law.
24    (d) A sheriff's department or county department aware of a
25concurrent investigation by a law enforcement agency or State
26agency shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, share its

 

 

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1investigative discovery, findings, reports, and any relevant
2information obtained through the course of the concurrent
3investigation with law enforcement agency or State agency.
4    (e) The investigating agents of a sheriff's department or
5county department under this Section have the general power of
6subpoena, including the authority to issue a subpoena to a
7medical provider, pursuant to Section 8-802 of the Code of
8Civil Procedure.
9    (f) The provisions of this Section are notwithstanding any
10other provision of law.