Full Text of SB3032 99th General Assembly
SB3032eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 5 | | by adding Section 39.4 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/39.4 new) | 7 | | Sec. 39.4. Child Death Investigation Task Force. The | 8 | | Department of Children and Family Services may, from funds | 9 | | appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly to the Department | 10 | | of Children and Family Services, or from funds that may | 11 | | otherwise be provided for this purpose from other public or | 12 | | private sources, establish in the Southern Region of the State, | 13 | | as designated by the Department of Children and Family | 14 | | Services, a special Child Death Investigation Task Force to | 15 | | develop and implement a plan for the investigation of sudden, | 16 | | unexpected, or unexplained child fatalities or near fatalities | 17 | | for children under 18 years of age occurring within that | 18 | | region. The plan shall include a protocol to be followed. The | 19 | | plan must include provisions for local or State law enforcement | 20 | | agencies, hospitals, or coroners to promptly notify the Task | 21 | | Force of a sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child fatality or | 22 | | near fatality of a child, and for the Child Death Investigation | 23 | | Task Force to review the death and submit a report containing |
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| 1 | | findings and recommendations to the Child Death Review Teams | 2 | | Executive Council, the Director of Public Health, the Director | 3 | | of Children and Family Services, the Department of Children and | 4 | | Family Services Inspector General, the appropriate State's | 5 | | Attorney, and the State Representative and State Senator in | 6 | | whose legislative districts the case arose. The plan may | 7 | | include coordination with any investigation conducted under | 8 | | the Children's Advocacy Center Act. On July 1 of each year, the | 9 | | Task Force shall submit a report to the Director of Children | 10 | | and Family Services, the General Assembly, and the Governor | 11 | | summarizing the results of the program together with any | 12 | | recommendations for statewide implementation of a protocol for | 13 | | the investigation of all sudden, unexpected, or unexplained | 14 | | child fatalities or near fatalities. | 15 | | Section 5. The Child Death Review Team Act is amended by | 16 | | adding Section 50 as follows: | 17 | | (20 ILCS 515/50 new) | 18 | | Sec. 50. Child Death Review Team Transfer Task Force. | 19 | | (a) The Child Death Review Team Transfer Task Force is | 20 | | created within the Department of Children and Family Services | 21 | | to develop an implementation plan to effectuate the transfer of | 22 | | the administration of all child death review teams from the | 23 | | Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of | 24 | | Public Health. The implementation plan shall provide for the |
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| 1 | | complete transfer of all child death review teams to the | 2 | | Department of Public Health by July 1, 2018. | 3 | | (b) The Task Force shall be co-chaired by the Director of | 4 | | Children and Family Services and the Director of Public Health | 5 | | and shall consist of the following members appointed as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (1) One project manager appointed by the Director of | 8 | | Children and Family Services. | 9 | | (2) One pediatrician knowledgeable
about child abuse | 10 | | and neglect appointed by the Director of Children and | 11 | | Family Services. | 12 | | (3) One forensic pathologist appointed by the Director | 13 | | of Public Health. | 14 | | The Director of Children and Family Services and the | 15 | | Director of Public Health may each appoint additional members | 16 | | as necessary to carry out the functions of the Task Force. | 17 | | (c) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | 18 | | compensation. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the | 19 | | Task Force shall be filled in the same manner as the original | 20 | | appointment. | 21 | | (d) The Department of Children and Family Services shall | 22 | | provide administrative support to the Task Force. | 23 | | (e) The Task Force
is abolished and this Section is | 24 | | repealed on July 1, 2018. | 25 | | (20 ILCS 515/45 rep.) |
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| 1 | | Section 15. The Child Death Review Team Act is amended by | 2 | | repealing Section 45.
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