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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review Team Act.
 
6     Section 5. State policy. The following statements are the
7 policy of this State:
8         (1) Understanding that youth have different needs than
9     adults, it is the mission of the Illinois Department of
10     Juvenile Justice to preserve public safety by reducing
11     recidivism. Youth committed to the Department will receive
12     individualized services provided by qualified staff that
13     give them the skills to become productive citizens.
14         (2) When a youth dies while committed to the custody of
15     the Department of Juvenile Justice, the response by the
16     State and the community to the death must include an
17     accurate and complete determination of the cause of death
18     and the factors contributing to the death and the
19     development and implementation of measures where necessary
20     and appropriate to prevent future deaths from similar
21     causes.
22         (3) Professionals from diverse disciplines and
23     agencies who have responsibilities for youth and expertise

 

 

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1     that can promote youth safety and well-being, particularly
2     while in State custody, should share their expertise and
3     knowledge so that the goals of determining the causes of
4     youth deaths and preventing future youth deaths can be
5     achieved.
6         (4) A greater understanding of the incidence and causes
7     of deaths of youths in State custody is necessary to aid
8     the prevention of such deaths in the future.
9         (5) Multidisciplinary and multiagency reviews of youth
10     deaths can assist the Department of Juvenile Justice in (i)
11     developing a greater understanding of the incidence and
12     causes of youth deaths and the methods for preventing those
13     deaths, (ii) identifying any deficiencies in services and
14     systems within the Department of Juvenile Justice that may
15     place youth at greater risk for death while in the custody
16     of the Department, and (iii) identifying and implementing
17     improvements to the Department's systems for delivery of
18     such services.
19         (6) Access to information regarding deceased youth and
20     their families by multidisciplinary and multiagency
21     mortality review teams is necessary for those teams to
22     achieve their purposes and duties.
 
23     Section 10. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context
24 requires otherwise:
25     "Department" means the Department of Juvenile Justice.

 

 

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1     "Director" means the Director of Juvenile Justice.
2     "Mortality review team" or "team" means a Department of
3 Juvenile Justice mortality review team appointed pursuant to
4 this Act.
5     "Youth" means any person committed by court order to the
6 custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
 
7     Section 15. Mortality review teams; establishment.
8     (a) Upon the occurrence of the death of any youth in the
9 Department's custody, the Director shall appoint members and a
10 chairperson to a mortality review team. The Director shall make
11 the appointments within 30 days after the youth's death.
12     (b) Each mortality review team shall consist of at least
13 one member from each of the following categories:
14         (1) Pediatrician or other physician.
15         (2) Representative of the Department.
16         (3) State's Attorney or State's Attorney
17     representative.
18         (4) Representative of a local law enforcement agency.
19         (5) Psychologist or psychiatrist.
20         (6) Representative of a local health department.
21         (7) Designee of the Board of Education of the
22     Department of Juvenile Justice School District created
23     under Section 13-40 of the School Code.
24         (8) Coroner or forensic pathologist.
25         (9) Representative of a juvenile justice advocacy

 

 

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1     organization.
2         (10) Representative of a local hospital, trauma
3     center, or provider of emergency medical services.
4         (11) Representative of the Department of State Police.
5         (12) Representative of the Office of the Governor's
6     Executive Inspector General.
7     A mortality review team may make recommendations to the
8 Director concerning additional appointments.
9     (c) Each mortality review team member must have
10 demonstrated experience or an interest in welfare of youth in
11 State custody.
12     (d) The mortality review teams shall be funded in the
13 Department's annual budget to provide for the travel expenses
14 of team members and professional services engaged by the team.
15     (e) If a death of a youth in the Department's custody
16 occurs while a prior youth death is under review by a team
17 pursuant to this Act, the Director may request that the team
18 review the subsequent death.
19     (f) Upon the conclusion of all reporting required under
20 Sections 20, 25, and 30 with respect to a death reviewed by a
21 team, all appointments to the team shall expire.
 
22     Section 20. Reviews of youth deaths.
23     (a) A mortality review team shall review every death of a
24 youth that occurs within a facility of the Department or as the
25 result of an act or incident occurring within a facility of the

 

 

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1 Department, including deaths resulting from suspected illness,
2 injury, or self-harm or from an unknown cause.
3     (b) If the coroner of the county in which a youth died
4 determines that the youth's death was the direct or proximate
5 result of alleged or suspected criminal activity, the mortality
6 review team's investigation shall be in addition to any
7 criminal investigation of the death but shall be limited to a
8 review of systems and practices of the Department. In the
9 course of conducting its review, the team shall obtain
10 assurance from law enforcement officials that acts taken in
11 furtherance of the review will not impair any criminal
12 investigation or prosecution.
13     (c) A mortality review team's purpose in conducting a
14 review of a youth death is to do the following:
15         (1) Assist in determining the cause and manner of the
16     youth’s death, if requested.
17         (2) Evaluate any means by which the death might have
18     been prevented, including, but not limited to, the
19     evaluation of the Department's systems for the following:
20             (A) Training.
21             (B) Assessment and referral for services.
22             (C) Communication.
23             (D) Housing.
24             (E) Supervision of youth.
25             (F) Intervention in critical incidents.
26             (G) Reporting.

 

 

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1             (H) Follow-up and mortality review following
2         critical incidents or youth deaths.
3         (3) Recommend continuing education and training for
4     Department staff.
5         (4) Make specific recommendations to the Director
6     concerning the prevention of deaths of youth in the
7     Department's custody.
8     (d) A mortality review team shall review a youth death as
9 soon as practicable and not later than within 90 days after a
10 law enforcement agency's completion of its investigation if the
11 death is the result of alleged or suspected criminal activity.
12 If there has been no investigation by a law enforcement agency,
13 the mortality review team shall review a youth's death within
14 90 days after obtaining the information necessary to complete
15 the review from the coroner, pathologist, medical examiner, or
16 law enforcement agency, depending on the nature of the case.
17 The team shall meet as needed in person or via teleconference
18 or video conference following appointment of the team members.
19 When necessary and upon request of the team, the Director may
20 extend the deadline for a review up to an additional 90 days.
 
21     Section 25. Director's reply and additional report.
22     (a) As soon as practicable, but not later than 90 days
23 after receipt of the recommendations made by a team pursuant to
24 subdivision (c)(4) of Section 20, the Director shall review and
25 reply to each such recommendation. With respect to each

 

 

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1 recommendation made by a team, the Director shall submit his or
2 her reply to the chairperson of that team. The Director's reply
3 to each recommendation must include a statement as to whether
4 the Director intends to implement the recommendation. The
5 Director shall implement a team's recommendations as feasible
6 and appropriate and shall respond in writing to explain the
7 implementation or non-implementation of each recommendation.
8     (b) Within 90 days after the Director submits a reply with
9 respect to a recommendation as required by subsection (a), the
10 Director must submit an additional report to the chairperson of
11 the team that sets forth in detail the way, if any, in which
12 the Director will implement the recommendation and the schedule
13 for implementing the recommendation.
 
14     Section 30. Report to Executive Inspector General. Within
15 180 days after the Director submits a reply under subsection
16 (a) of Section 25 concerning the implementation of a team's
17 recommendation, the Director shall submit a further report to
18 the chairperson of the team that made the recommendation and to
19 the Executive Inspector General appointed by the Governor under
20 Section 20-10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
21 The Director's report shall set forth any specific changes in
22 the Department's policies and procedures that have been made in
23 response to the team's recommendation.
 
24     Section 35. Team access to information.

 

 

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1     (a) The Department shall provide to a mortality review
2 team, on the request of the team's chairperson, all records and
3 information in the Department's possession that are relevant to
4 the team's review of a youth death.
5     (b) The mortality review team shall have access to all
6 records and information that are relevant to its review of a
7 youth death and in the possession of a State or local
8 governmental agency, including, without limitation, birth
9 certificates, all relevant medical and mental health records,
10 records of law enforcement agency investigations, records of
11 coroner or medical examiner investigations, records of a
12 probation and court services department regarding the youth,
13 and records of a social services agency that provided services
14 to the youth or the youth's family.
15     (c) Each appointed member of a mortality review team shall
16 sign an acknowledgement upon appointment and before
17 participating in meetings or review of records acknowledging
18 the confidentiality of information obtained in the course of
19 the team's review and containing the member's agreement not to
20 reproduce or distribute confidential information obtained in
21 the course of the review.
 
22     Section 40. Public access to information.
23     (a) Meetings of a mortality review team shall be closed to
24 the public. Meetings of the mortality review teams are not
25 subject to the Open Meetings Act, as provided in that Act.

 

 

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1     (b) Records and information provided to a mortality review
2 team and records maintained by a team are confidential and not
3 subject to inspection and copying under the Freedom of
4 Information Act, as provided in that Act.
5     (c) Members of a mortality review team are not subject to
6 examination, in any civil or criminal proceeding, concerning
7 information presented to members of the team or opinions formed
8 by members of the team based on that information. A team member
9 may, however, be examined concerning information provided to
10 the team that is otherwise available to the public.
11     (d) Records and information produced by a mortality review
12 team are not subject to discovery or subpoena and are not
13 admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.
14 Those records and information are, however, subject to
15 discovery or a subpoena, and are admissible as evidence, to the
16 extent they are otherwise available to the public.
 
17     Section 45. Indemnification of team members. The State
18 shall indemnify and hold harmless members of a mortality review
19 team for all their acts, omissions, decisions, or other conduct
20 arising out of the scope of their service on the team, except
21 for acts, omissions, decisions, or other conduct involving
22 willful or wanton misconduct. The method of providing
23 indemnification shall be as provided in the State Employee
24 Indemnification Act.
 

 

 

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1     Section 90. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
2 Section 2 as follows:
 
3     (5 ILCS 120/2)  (from Ch. 102, par. 42)
4     Sec. 2. Open meetings.
5     (a) Openness required. All meetings of public bodies shall
6 be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c) and
7 closed in accordance with Section 2a.
8     (b) Construction of exceptions. The exceptions contained
9 in subsection (c) are in derogation of the requirement that
10 public bodies meet in the open, and therefore, the exceptions
11 are to be strictly construed, extending only to subjects
12 clearly within their scope. The exceptions authorize but do not
13 require the holding of a closed meeting to discuss a subject
14 included within an enumerated exception.
15     (c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings to
16 consider the following subjects:
17         (1) The appointment, employment, compensation,
18     discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific
19     employees of the public body or legal counsel for the
20     public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint
21     lodged against an employee of the public body or against
22     legal counsel for the public body to determine its
23     validity.
24         (2) Collective negotiating matters between the public
25     body and its employees or their representatives, or

 

 

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1     deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more
2     classes of employees.
3         (3) The selection of a person to fill a public office,
4     as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public
5     office, when the public body is given power to appoint
6     under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or
7     removal of the occupant of a public office, when the public
8     body is given power to remove the occupant under law or
9     ordinance.
10         (4) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing, or
11     in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law, to
12     a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act, provided
13     that the body prepares and makes available for public
14     inspection a written decision setting forth its
15     determinative reasoning.
16         (5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use
17     of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose
18     of discussing whether a particular parcel should be
19     acquired.
20         (6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of
21     property owned by the public body.
22         (7) The sale or purchase of securities, investments, or
23     investment contracts.
24         (8) Security procedures and the use of personnel and
25     equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a
26     reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees,

 

 

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1     students, staff, the public, or public property.
2         (9) Student disciplinary cases.
3         (10) The placement of individual students in special
4     education programs and other matters relating to
5     individual students.
6         (11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or
7     on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and
8     is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or
9     when the public body finds that an action is probable or
10     imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be
11     recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed
12     meeting.
13         (12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of
14     claims as provided in the Local Governmental and
15     Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the
16     disposition of a claim or potential claim might be
17     prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or
18     risk management information, records, data, advice or
19     communications from or with respect to any insurer of the
20     public body or any intergovernmental risk management
21     association or self insurance pool of which the public body
22     is a member.
23         (13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination in
24     the sale or rental of housing, when closed meetings are
25     authorized by the law or ordinance prescribing fair housing
26     practices and creating a commission or administrative

 

 

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1     agency for their enforcement.
2         (14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of
3     undercover personnel or equipment, or ongoing, prior or
4     future criminal investigations, when discussed by a public
5     body with criminal investigatory responsibilities.
6         (15) Professional ethics or performance when
7     considered by an advisory body appointed to advise a
8     licensing or regulatory agency on matters germane to the
9     advisory body's field of competence.
10         (16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or
11     professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of
12     a statewide association of which the public body is a
13     member.
14         (17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or
15     formal peer review of physicians or other health care
16     professionals for a hospital, or other institution
17     providing medical care, that is operated by the public
18     body.
19         (18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner
20     Review Board.
21         (19) Review or discussion of applications received
22     under the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures
23     Act.
24         (20) The classification and discussion of matters
25     classified as confidential or continued confidential by
26     the State Government Suggestion Award Board.

 

 

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1         (21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed
2     under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the
3     body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as
4     mandated by Section 2.06.
5         (22) Deliberations for decisions of the State
6     Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board.
7         (23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal
8     utility or the operation of a municipal power agency or
9     municipal natural gas agency when the discussion involves
10     (i) contracts relating to the purchase, sale, or delivery
11     of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results or
12     conclusions of load forecast studies.
13         (24) Meetings of a residential health care facility
14     resident sexual assault and death review team or the
15     Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review Team
16     Act.
17         (25) Meetings of a mortality review team appointed
18     under the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review
19     Team Act.
20     (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
21     "Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose
22 relationship with the public body constitutes an
23 employer-employee relationship under the usual common law
24 rules, and who is not an independent contractor.
25     "Public office" means a position created by or under the
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1 charged with the exercise of some portion of the sovereign
2 power of this State. The term "public office" shall include
3 members of the public body, but it shall not include
4 organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether
5 established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to
6 assist the body in the conduct of its business.
7     "Quasi-adjudicative body" means an administrative body
8 charged by law or ordinance with the responsibility to conduct
9 hearings, receive evidence or testimony and make
10 determinations based thereon, but does not include local
11 electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition
12 challenges.
13     (e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed
14 meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of
15 the nature of the matter being considered and other information
16 that will inform the public of the business being conducted.
17 (Source: P.A. 94-931, eff. 6-26-06; 95-185, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
18     Section 92. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
19 changing Section 7 as follows:
 
20     (5 ILCS 140/7)  (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
21     (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-736)
22     Sec. 7. Exemptions.
23     (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
24 record that contains information that is exempt from disclosure

 

 

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1 under this Section, but also contains information that is not
2 exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect to redact the
3 information that is exempt. The public body shall make the
4 remaining information available for inspection and copying.
5 Subject to this requirement, the following shall be exempt from
6 inspection and copying:
7         (a) Information specifically prohibited from
8     disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
9     implementing federal or State law.
10         (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
11     by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law or
12     a court order.
13         (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
14     maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
15     specifically designed to provide information to one or more
16     law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or mental
17     status of one or more individual subjects.
18         (c) Personal information contained within public
19     records, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly
20     unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless the
21     disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
22     subjects of the information. "Unwarranted invasion of
23     personal privacy" means the disclosure of information that
24     is highly personal or objectionable to a reasonable person
25     and in which the subject's right to privacy outweighs any
26     legitimate public interest in obtaining the information.

 

 

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1     The disclosure of information that bears on the public
2     duties of public employees and officials shall not be
3     considered an invasion of personal privacy.
4         (d) Records in the possession of any public body
5     created in the course of administrative enforcement
6     proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
7     agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent
8     that disclosure would:
9             (i) interfere with pending or actually and
10         reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
11         conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
12         agency that is the recipient of the request;
13             (ii) interfere with active administrative
14         enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
15         that is the recipient of the request;
16             (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
17         person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
18         hearing;
19             (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
20         confidential source, confidential information
21         furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
22         who file complaints with or provide information to
23         administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
24         penal agencies; except that the identities of
25         witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
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1         agencies of local government, except when disclosure
2         would interfere with an active criminal investigation
3         conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
4         request;
5             (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
6         techniques other than those generally used and known or
7         disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
8         related to detection, observation or investigation of
9         incidents of crime or misconduct, and disclosure would
10         result in demonstrable harm to the agency or public
11         body that is the recipient of the request;
12             (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
13         enforcement personnel or any other person; or
14             (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
15         by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
16         (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
17     correctional institutions and detention facilities.
18         (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
19     memoranda and other records in which opinions are
20     expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
21     that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
22     shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
23     identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
24     provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
25     of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
26     pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.

 

 

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1         (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
2     information obtained from a person or business where the
3     trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
4     furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
5     privileged or confidential, and that disclosure of the
6     trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
7     cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
8     insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
9     requested.
10         The information included under this exemption includes
11     all (i) All trade secrets and commercial or financial
12     information obtained by a public body, including a public
13     pension fund, from a private equity fund or a privately
14     held company within the investment portfolio of a private
15     equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating a
16     potential investment of public funds in a private equity
17     fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
18     to the aggregate financial performance information of a
19     private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
20     managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
21     this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
22     held company within the investment portfolio of a private
23     equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
24     privately held company may cause competitive harm.
25         Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
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1     to disclosure.
2         (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
3     agreement, including information which if it were
4     disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
5     to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
6     agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
7     is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
8     preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
9     award or final selection is made.
10         (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
11     designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by
12     any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
13     expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
14     exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
15     this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news
16     media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
17     requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
18     purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
19     information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
20     legal rights of the general public.
21         (j) The following information pertaining to
22     educational matters:
23             (i) test questions, scoring keys and other
24         examination data used to administer an academic
25         examination;
26             (ii) information received by a primary or

 

 

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1         secondary school, college, or university under its
2         procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
3         their academic peers;
4             (iii) information concerning a school or
5         university's adjudication of student disciplinary
6         cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
7         unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
8             (iv) course materials or research materials used
9         by faculty members.
10         (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
11     submissions, and other construction related technical
12     documents for projects not constructed or developed in
13     whole or in part with public funds and the same for
14     projects constructed or developed with public funds,
15     including but not limited to power generating and
16     distribution stations and other transmission and
17     distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
18     airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
19     and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
20     but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
21     security.
22         (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
23     public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
24     public body makes the minutes available to the public under
25     Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
26         (m) Communications between a public body and an

 

 

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1     attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
2     not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
3     prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
4     anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
5     proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
6     public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
7     respect to internal audits of public bodies.
8         (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication of
9     employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however, this
10     exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of cases in
11     which discipline is imposed.
12         (o) Administrative or technical information associated
13     with automated data processing operations, including but
14     not limited to software, operating protocols, computer
15     program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
16     modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
17     pertaining to all logical and physical design of
18     computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
19     information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
20     security of the system or its data or the security of
21     materials exempt under this Section.
22         (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
23     between public bodies and their employees or
24     representatives, except that any final contract or
25     agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
26         (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other

 

 

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1     examination data used to determine the qualifications of an
2     applicant for a license or employment.
3         (r) The records, documents, and information relating
4     to real estate purchase negotiations until those
5     negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
6     With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
7     and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
8     under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents and
9     information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
10     as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
11     Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents and
12     information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
13     until a sale is consummated.
14         (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
15     related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
16     management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
17     self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
18     Insurance or self insurance (including any
19     intergovernmental risk management association or self
20     insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
21     information, records, data, advice or communications.
22         (t) Information contained in or related to
23     examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
24     on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
25     for the regulation or supervision of financial
26     institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is

 

 

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1     otherwise required by State law.
2         (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
3     the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
4     codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to be
5     used to create electronic or digital signatures under the
6     Electronic Commerce Security Act.
7         (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
8     response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
9     prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's
10     population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
11     destruction or contamination of which would constitute a
12     clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
13     community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
14     reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
15     the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement
16     them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
17     include such things as details pertaining to the
18     mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
19     the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
20     tactical operations.
21         (w) (Blank).
22         (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
23     security of generation, transmission, distribution,
24     storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
25     owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
26     Illinois Power Agency.

 

 

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1         (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
2     bids, or negotiations related to electric power
3     procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
4     Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act that
5     is determined to be confidential and proprietary by the
6     Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
7     Commission.
8         (z) (tt) Information about students exempted from
9     disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
10     School Code, and information about undergraduate students
11     enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
12     from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
13     Card Marketing Act of 2009.
14         (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
15     review team and records maintained by a mortality review
16     team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
17     Mortality Review Team Act.
18     (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
19 public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
20 agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
21 behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
22 governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
23 Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
24 for purposes of this Act.
25     (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
26 information or limit the availability of records to the public,

 

 

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1 except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
2 Act.
3 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07;
4 95-941, eff. 8-29-08; 95-988, eff. 6-1-09; 96-261, eff. 1-1-10;
5 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-542, eff. 1-1-10; 96-558, eff. 1-1-10;
6 revised 9-25-09.)
 
7     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-736)
8     Sec. 7. Exemptions.
9     (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
10 record that contains information that is exempt from disclosure
11 under this Section, but also contains information that is not
12 exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect to redact the
13 information that is exempt. The public body shall make the
14 remaining information available for inspection and copying.
15 Subject to this requirement, the following shall be exempt from
16 inspection and copying:
17         (a) Information specifically prohibited from
18     disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
19     implementing federal or State law.
20         (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
21     by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law or
22     a court order.
23         (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
24     maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
25     specifically designed to provide information to one or more

 

 

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1     law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or mental
2     status of one or more individual subjects.
3         (c) Personal information contained within public
4     records, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly
5     unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless the
6     disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
7     subjects of the information. "Unwarranted invasion of
8     personal privacy" means the disclosure of information that
9     is highly personal or objectionable to a reasonable person
10     and in which the subject's right to privacy outweighs any
11     legitimate public interest in obtaining the information.
12     The disclosure of information that bears on the public
13     duties of public employees and officials shall not be
14     considered an invasion of personal privacy.
15         (d) Records in the possession of any public body
16     created in the course of administrative enforcement
17     proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
18     agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent
19     that disclosure would:
20             (i) interfere with pending or actually and
21         reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
22         conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
23         agency that is the recipient of the request;
24             (ii) interfere with active administrative
25         enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
26         that is the recipient of the request;

 

 

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1             (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
2         person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
3         hearing;
4             (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
5         confidential source, confidential information
6         furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
7         who file complaints with or provide information to
8         administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
9         penal agencies; except that the identities of
10         witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
11         reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
12         agencies of local government, except when disclosure
13         would interfere with an active criminal investigation
14         conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
15         request;
16             (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
17         techniques other than those generally used and known or
18         disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
19         related to detection, observation or investigation of
20         incidents of crime or misconduct, and disclosure would
21         result in demonstrable harm to the agency or public
22         body that is the recipient of the request;
23             (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
24         enforcement personnel or any other person; or
25             (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
26         by the agency that is the recipient of the request.

 

 

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1         (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
2     correctional institutions and detention facilities.
3         (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
4     memoranda and other records in which opinions are
5     expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
6     that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
7     shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
8     identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
9     provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
10     of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
11     pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
12         (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
13     information obtained from a person or business where the
14     trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
15     furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
16     privileged or confidential, and that disclosure of the
17     trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
18     cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
19     insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
20     requested.
21         The information included under this exemption includes
22     all (i) All trade secrets and commercial or financial
23     information obtained by a public body, including a public
24     pension fund, from a private equity fund or a privately
25     held company within the investment portfolio of a private
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1     potential investment of public funds in a private equity
2     fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
3     to the aggregate financial performance information of a
4     private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
5     managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
6     this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
7     held company within the investment portfolio of a private
8     equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
9     privately held company may cause competitive harm.
10         Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
11     construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
12     to disclosure.
13         (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
14     agreement, including information which if it were
15     disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
16     to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
17     agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
18     is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
19     preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
20     award or final selection is made.
21         (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
22     designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by
23     any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
24     expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
25     exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
26     this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news

 

 

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1     media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
2     requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
3     purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
4     information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
5     legal rights of the general public.
6         (j) The following information pertaining to
7     educational matters:
8             (i) test questions, scoring keys and other
9         examination data used to administer an academic
10         examination;
11             (ii) information received by a primary or
12         secondary school, college, or university under its
13         procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
14         their academic peers;
15             (iii) information concerning a school or
16         university's adjudication of student disciplinary
17         cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
18         unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
19             (iv) course materials or research materials used
20         by faculty members.
21         (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
22     submissions, and other construction related technical
23     documents for projects not constructed or developed in
24     whole or in part with public funds and the same for
25     projects constructed or developed with public funds,
26     including but not limited to power generating and

 

 

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1     distribution stations and other transmission and
2     distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
3     airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
4     and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
5     but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
6     security.
7         (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
8     public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
9     public body makes the minutes available to the public under
10     Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
11         (m) Communications between a public body and an
12     attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
13     not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
14     prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
15     anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
16     proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
17     public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
18     respect to internal audits of public bodies.
19         (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication of
20     employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however, this
21     exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of cases in
22     which discipline is imposed.
23         (o) Administrative or technical information associated
24     with automated data processing operations, including but
25     not limited to software, operating protocols, computer
26     program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object

 

 

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1     modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
2     pertaining to all logical and physical design of
3     computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
4     information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
5     security of the system or its data or the security of
6     materials exempt under this Section.
7         (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
8     between public bodies and their employees or
9     representatives, except that any final contract or
10     agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
11         (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
12     examination data used to determine the qualifications of an
13     applicant for a license or employment.
14         (r) The records, documents, and information relating
15     to real estate purchase negotiations until those
16     negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
17     With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
18     and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
19     under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents and
20     information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
21     as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
22     Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents and
23     information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
24     until a sale is consummated.
25         (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
26     related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk

 

 

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1     management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
2     self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
3     Insurance or self insurance (including any
4     intergovernmental risk management association or self
5     insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
6     information, records, data, advice or communications.
7         (t) Information contained in or related to
8     examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
9     on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
10     for the regulation or supervision of financial
11     institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
12     otherwise required by State law.
13         (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
14     the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
15     codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to be
16     used to create electronic or digital signatures under the
17     Electronic Commerce Security Act.
18         (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
19     response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
20     prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's
21     population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
22     destruction or contamination of which would constitute a
23     clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
24     community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
25     reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
26     the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement

 

 

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1     them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
2     include such things as details pertaining to the
3     mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
4     the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
5     tactical operations.
6         (w) (Blank).
7         (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
8     security of generation, transmission, distribution,
9     storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
10     owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
11     Illinois Power Agency.
12         (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
13     bids, or negotiations related to electric power
14     procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
15     Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act that
16     is determined to be confidential and proprietary by the
17     Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
18     Commission.
19         (z) (tt) Information about students exempted from
20     disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
21     School Code, and information about undergraduate students
22     enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
23     from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
24     Card Marketing Act of 2009.
25         (aa) (tt) Information the disclosure of which is
26     exempted under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.

 

 

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1         (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
2     review team and records maintained by a mortality review
3     team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
4     Mortality Review Team Act.
5     (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
6 public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
7 agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
8 behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
9 governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
10 Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
11 for purposes of this Act.
12     (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
13 information or limit the availability of records to the public,
14 except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
15 Act.
16 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07;
17 95-941, eff. 8-29-08; 95-988, eff. 6-1-09; 96-261, eff. 1-1-10;
18 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-542, eff. 1-1-10; 96-558, eff. 1-1-10;
19 96-736, eff. 7-1-10; revised 9-25-09.)
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.