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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 373

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 373,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning children."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
 8    Section 1.02 as follows:

 9        (5 ILCS 120/1.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 41.02)
10        Sec. 1.02.  For the purposes of this Act:
11        "Meeting" means any gathering of a majority of  a  quorum
12    of  the  members  of  a  public  body held for the purpose of
13    discussing public business.
14        "Public  body"  includes  all   legislative,   executive,
15    administrative  or  advisory  bodies  of the State, counties,
16    townships,  cities,  villages,  incorporated  towns,   school
17    districts  and  all  other  municipal  corporations,  boards,
18    bureaus,  committees  or  commissions  of this State, and any
19    subsidiary bodies of any of the foregoing including  but  not
20    limited  to  committees and subcommittees which are supported
21    in whole or in part by  tax  revenue,  or  which  expend  tax
 
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 1    revenue,  except  the  General  Assembly  and  committees  or
 2    commissions  thereof.   "Public body" includes tourism boards
 3    and convention or civic center  boards  located  in  counties
 4    that are contiguous to the Mississippi River with populations
 5    of  more  than  250,000 but less than 300,000.  "Public body"
 6    includes the Health Facilities Planning Board.  "Public body"
 7    does not include a child death review team  or  the  Illinois
 8    Child  Death Review Teams Executive Council established under
 9    the Child Death Review Team  Act  or  an  ethics  commission,
10    ethics  officer,  or ultimate jurisdictional authority acting
11    under the State Gift Ban Act as provided  by  Section  80  of
12    that Act.
13    (Source:  P.A.  90-517,  eff.  8-22-97;  90-737, eff. 1-1-99;
14    91-782, eff. 6-9-00.)

15        Section 10.  The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
16    changing Section 2 as follows:

17        (5 ILCS 140/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 202)
18        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 91-935)
19        Sec. 2.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
20        (a)  "Public  body"  means  any  legislative,  executive,
21    administrative,  or  advisory  bodies  of  the  State,  state
22    universities  and  colleges,  counties,  townships,   cities,
23    villages,  incorporated towns, school districts and all other
24    municipal  corporations,  boards,  bureaus,  committees,   or
25    commissions  of  this State, and any subsidiary bodies of any
26    of the foregoing including but not limited to committees  and
27    subcommittees  which are supported in whole or in part by tax
28    revenue, or which expend tax revenue. "Public body" does  not
29    include a child death review team or the Illinois Child Death
30    Review  Teams  Executive  Council established under the Child
31    Death Review Team Act.
32        (b)  "Person"   means   any   individual,    corporation,
 
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 1    partnership,   firm,   organization  or  association,  acting
 2    individually or as a group.
 3        (c)  "Public records" means all records, reports,  forms,
 4    writings,    letters,   memoranda,   books,   papers,   maps,
 5    photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
 6    data processing records, recorded information and  all  other
 7    documentary   materials,   regardless  of  physical  form  or
 8    characteristics, having been  prepared,  or  having  been  or
 9    being  used,  received, possessed or under the control of any
10    public body.  "Public records" includes, but is expressly not
11    limited to:  (i) administrative  manuals,  procedural  rules,
12    and instructions to staff, unless exempted by Section 7(p) of
13    this  Act;  (ii)  final  opinions  and  orders  made  in  the
14    adjudication  of  cases,  except an educational institution's
15    adjudication of student or employee grievance or disciplinary
16    cases;  (iii)  substantive   rules;   (iv)   statements   and
17    interpretations of policy which have been adopted by a public
18    body;  (v)  final  planning  policies,  recommendations,  and
19    decisions;  (vi)  factual  reports,  inspection  reports, and
20    studies whether prepared by or for the public body; (vii) all
21    information in any account, voucher, or contract dealing with
22    the receipt or expenditure of public or other funds of public
23    bodies; (viii) the names,  salaries,  titles,  and  dates  of
24    employment  of  all  employees and officers of public bodies;
25    (ix) materials containing opinions concerning the  rights  of
26    the  state,  the  public,  a  subdivision of state or a local
27    government, or of any private persons; (x) the name of  every
28    official  and  the final records of voting in all proceedings
29    of public bodies; (xi) applications for any contract, permit,
30    grant, or agreement except as  exempted  from  disclosure  by
31    subsection  (g)  of Section 7 of this Act; (xii) each report,
32    document,  study,  or  publication  prepared  by  independent
33    consultants or other independent contractors for  the  public
34    body; (xiii) all other information required by law to be made
 
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 1    available for public inspection or copying; (xiv) information
 2    relating to any grant or contract made by or between a public
 3    body  and  another  public body or private organization; (xv)
 4    waiver documents  filed  with  the  State  Superintendent  of
 5    Education  or  the  president  of  the University of Illinois
 6    under Section 30-12.5 of the School Code, concerning nominees
 7    for General Assembly scholarships under Sections 30-9, 30-10,
 8    and 30-11 of the School Code and (xvi) complaints, results of
 9    complaints, and Department of Children  and  Family  Services
10    staff   findings   of   licensing   violations  at  day  care
11    facilities,   provided   that   personal   and    identifying
12    information is not released.
13        (d)  "Copying"  means  the  reproduction  of  any  public
14    record  by  means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical
15    or other process, device or means.
16        (e)  "Head of  the  public  body"  means  the  president,
17    mayor, chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
18    manager,  supervisor  or individual otherwise holding primary
19    executive and administrative authority for the  public  body,
20    or such person's duly authorized designee.
21        (f)  "News  media"  means a newspaper or other periodical
22    issued at regular intervals, a news service, a radio station,
23    a television station, a community antenna television service,
24    or a person or corporation engaged in making  news  reels  or
25    other motion picture news for public showing.
26    (Source:  P.A.  89-681,  eff. 12-13-96; 90-144, eff. 7-23-97;
27    90-670, eff. 7-31-98.)

28        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 91-935)
29        Sec. 2.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
30        (a)  "Public  body"  means  any  legislative,  executive,
31    administrative,  or  advisory  bodies  of  the  State,  state
32    universities  and  colleges,  counties,  townships,   cities,
33    villages,  incorporated towns, school districts and all other
34    municipal  corporations,  boards,  bureaus,  committees,   or
 
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 1    commissions  of  this State, and any subsidiary bodies of any
 2    of the foregoing including but not limited to committees  and
 3    subcommittees  which are supported in whole or in part by tax
 4    revenue, or which expend tax revenue. "Public body" does  not
 5    include a child death review team or the Illinois Child Death
 6    Review  Teams  Executive  Council established under the Child
 7    Death Review Team Act.
 8        (b)  "Person"   means   any   individual,    corporation,
 9    partnership,   firm,   organization  or  association,  acting
10    individually or as a group.
11        (c)  "Public records" means all records, reports,  forms,
12    writings,    letters,   memoranda,   books,   papers,   maps,
13    photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
14    data processing records, recorded information and  all  other
15    documentary   materials,   regardless  of  physical  form  or
16    characteristics, having been  prepared,  or  having  been  or
17    being  used,  received, possessed or under the control of any
18    public body.  "Public records" includes, but is expressly not
19    limited to:  (i) administrative  manuals,  procedural  rules,
20    and instructions to staff, unless exempted by Section 7(p) of
21    this  Act;  (ii)  final  opinions  and  orders  made  in  the
22    adjudication  of  cases,  except an educational institution's
23    adjudication of student or employee grievance or disciplinary
24    cases;  (iii)  substantive   rules;   (iv)   statements   and
25    interpretations of policy which have been adopted by a public
26    body;  (v)  final  planning  policies,  recommendations,  and
27    decisions;  (vi)  factual  reports,  inspection  reports, and
28    studies whether prepared by or for the public body; (vii) all
29    information in any account, voucher, or contract dealing with
30    the receipt or expenditure of public or other funds of public
31    bodies; (viii) the names,  salaries,  titles,  and  dates  of
32    employment  of  all  employees and officers of public bodies;
33    (ix) materials containing opinions concerning the  rights  of
34    the  state,  the  public,  a  subdivision of state or a local
 
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 1    government, or of any private persons; (x) the name of  every
 2    official  and  the final records of voting in all proceedings
 3    of public bodies; (xi) applications for any contract, permit,
 4    grant, or agreement except as  exempted  from  disclosure  by
 5    subsection  (g)  of Section 7 of this Act; (xii) each report,
 6    document,  study,  or  publication  prepared  by  independent
 7    consultants or other independent contractors for  the  public
 8    body; (xiii) all other information required by law to be made
 9    available for public inspection or copying; (xiv) information
10    relating to any grant or contract made by or between a public
11    body  and  another  public body or private organization; (xv)
12    waiver documents  filed  with  the  State  Superintendent  of
13    Education  or  the  president  of  the University of Illinois
14    under Section 30-12.5 of the School Code, concerning nominees
15    for General Assembly scholarships under Sections 30-9, 30-10,
16    and 30-11 of the School Code; (xvi)  complaints,  results  of
17    complaints,  and  Department  of Children and Family Services
18    staff  findings  of  licensing   violations   at   day   care
19    facilities,    provided   that   personal   and   identifying
20    information is not released;  and  (xvii)  records,  reports,
21    forms, writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, and other
22    documentary  information,  regardless  of  physical  form  or
23    characteristics,  having  been  prepared,  or  having been or
24    being used, received, possessed, or under the control of  the
25    Illinois Sports Facilities Authority dealing with the receipt
26    or  expenditure  of  public  funds  or  other  funds  of  the
27    Authority  in connection with the reconstruction, renovation,
28    remodeling, extension, or improvement of all or substantially
29    all of an existing "facility" as that term is defined in  the
30    Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act.
31        (d)  "Copying"  means  the  reproduction  of  any  public
32    record  by  means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical
33    or other process, device or means.
34        (e)  "Head of  the  public  body"  means  the  president,
 
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 1    mayor, chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
 2    manager,  supervisor  or individual otherwise holding primary
 3    executive and administrative authority for the  public  body,
 4    or such person's duly authorized designee.
 5        (f)  "News  media"  means a newspaper or other periodical
 6    issued at regular intervals, a news service, a radio station,
 7    a television station, a community antenna television service,
 8    or a person or corporation engaged in making  news  reels  or
 9    other motion picture news for public showing.
10    (Source:  P.A.  90-144,  eff.  7-23-97; 90-670, eff. 7-31-98;
11    91-935, eff. 6-1-01.)

12        Section 15.  The Children  and  Family  Services  Act  is
13    amended by changing Section 5.15 as follows:

14        (20 ILCS 505/5.15)
15        Sec. 5.15.  Daycare; Department of Human Services.
16        (a)  For  the  purpose  of  ensuring  effective statewide
17    planning, development, and utilization of resources  for  the
18    day  care  of  children, operated under various auspices, the
19    Department of Human Services is designated to coordinate  all
20    day  care  activities  for  children  of  the State and shall
21    develop or continue, and shall update  every  year,  a  State
22    comprehensive  day-care  plan  for submission to the Governor
23    that identifies high-priority areas and groups, relating them
24    to available resources and  identifying  the  most  effective
25    approaches  to  the  use  of  existing day care services. The
26    State comprehensive day-care plan shall be made available  to
27    the  General  Assembly  following the Governor's approval  of
28    the plan.
29        The plan shall include methods  and  procedures  for  the
30    development  of additional day care resources for children to
31    meet the goal of reducing short-run and  long-run  dependency
32    and  to  provide  necessary enrichment and stimulation to the
 
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 1    education of young children.  Recommendations shall  be  made
 2    for State policy on optimum use of private and public, local,
 3    State  and  federal  resources,  including an estimate of the
 4    resources needed for the licensing and regulation of day care
 5    facilities.
 6        A written report shall be submitted to the  Governor  and
 7    the  General  Assembly annually on April 15. The report shall
 8    include an evaluation  of  developments  over  the  preceding
 9    fiscal  year,  including  cost-benefit  analyses  of  various
10    arrangements.  Beginning with the report in 1990 submitted by
11    the   Department's  predecessor  agency  and  every  2  years
12    thereafter, the report shall also include the following:
13             (1)  An assessment of the child care services, needs
14        and available  resources  throughout  the  State  and  an
15        assessment   of  the  adequacy  of  existing  child  care
16        services,  including,  but  not  limited   to,   services
17        assisted  under  this  Act  and  under  any other program
18        administered by other State agencies.
19             (2)  A survey of day care  facilities  to  determine
20        the  number  of qualified caregivers, as defined by rule,
21        attracted  to   vacant   positions   and   any   problems
22        encountered  by  facilities  in  attracting and retaining
23        capable  caregivers.   The  report   shall   include   an
24        assessment,  based  on  the  survey,  of  improvements in
25        employee benefits that may attract capable caregivers.
26             (3)  The  average  wages  and  salaries  and  fringe
27        benefit packages paid to caregivers throughout the State,
28        computed on  a  regional  basis,  compared  to  similarly
29        qualified employees in other but related fields.
30             (4)  The  qualifications  of new caregivers hired at
31        licensed day care facilities during the  previous  2-year
32        period.
33             (5)  Recommendations  for increasing caregiver wages
34        and salaries to ensure quality care for children.
 
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 1             (6)  Evaluation of  the  fee  structure  and  income
 2        eligibility for child care subsidized by the State.
 3        The  requirement  for  reporting  to the General Assembly
 4    shall be satisfied by filing copies of the  report  with  the
 5    Speaker,  the  Minority Leader, and the Clerk of the House of
 6    Representatives, the President, the Minority Leader, and  the
 7    Secretary  of  the Senate, and the Legislative Research Unit,
 8    as  required  by  Section  3.1  of   the   General   Assembly
 9    Organization  Act, and filing such additional copies with the
10    State Government Report Distribution Center for  the  General
11    Assembly  as  is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of
12    the State Library Act.
13        (b)  The Department of  Human  Services  shall  establish
14    policies  and  procedures  for  developing  and  implementing
15    interagency  agreements  with  other  agencies  of  the State
16    providing child  care  services  or  reimbursement  for  such
17    services.  The  plans shall be annually reviewed and modified
18    for the purpose of addressing  issues  of  applicability  and
19    service system barriers.
20        (c)  In   cooperation  with  other  State  agencies,  the
21    Department of Human Services shall  develop and implement, or
22    shall continue, a resource and referral system for the  State
23    of  Illinois either within the Department or by contract with
24    local or regional agencies.  Funding  for  implementation  of
25    this system may be provided through Department appropriations
26    or  other inter-agency funding arrangements. The resource and
27    referral  system  shall  provide  at  least   the   following
28    services:
29             (1)  Assembling  and  maintaining a data base on the
30        supply of child care services.
31             (2)  Providing   information   and   referrals   for
32        parents.
33             (3)  Coordinating the development of new child  care
34        resources.
 
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 1             (4)  Providing  technical assistance and training to
 2        child care service providers.
 3             (5)  Recording and analyzing the  demand  for  child
 4        care services.
 5        (d)  The  Department  of Human Services shall conduct day
 6    care planning activities with the following priorities:
 7             (1)  Development of  voluntary  day  care  resources
 8        wherever  possible,  with the provision for grants-in-aid
 9        only where demonstrated to be  useful  and  necessary  as
10        incentives   or   supports.   By  January  1,  2002,  the
11        Department shall design a plan to create more child  care
12        slots  as well as goals and timetables to improve quality
13        and accessibility of child care.
14             (2)  Emphasis on service to children  of  recipients
15        of   public  assistance  when  such  service  will  allow
16        training or employment of the parent toward achieving the
17        goal of independence.
18             (3)  (Blank). Maximum employment  of  recipients  of
19        public assistance in day care centers and day care homes,
20        operated  in  conjunction  with  short-term work training
21        programs.
22             (4)  Care of children from families  in  stress  and
23        crises  whose  members  potentially may become, or are in
24        danger of becoming, non-productive and dependent.
25             (5)  Expansion  of  family   day   care   facilities
26        wherever possible.
27             (6)  Location  of  centers in economically depressed
28        neighborhoods, preferably in multi-service  centers  with
29        cooperation  of  other  agencies.  The  Department  shall
30        coordinate  the  provision  of  grants,  but  only to the
31        extent  funds  are  specifically  appropriated  for  this
32        purpose,  to encourage  the  creation  and  expansion  of
33        child  care centers in high need communities to be issued
34        by the State, business, and local governments.
 
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 1             (7)  Use of existing facilities free  of  charge  or
 2        for  reasonable  rental  whenever  possible  in  lieu  of
 3        construction.
 4             (8)  Development  of  strategies for assuring a more
 5        complete range of day care options,  including  provision
 6        of day care services in homes, in schools, or in centers,
 7        which  will  enable  a  parent  or  parents to complete a
 8        course of education or obtain or maintain employment  and
 9        the  creation of more child care options for swing shift,
10        evening, and weekend workers and for working  women  with
11        sick  children.  The Department shall encourage companies
12        to provide child care in their  own  offices  or  in  the
13        building  in  which  the  corporation  is located so that
14        employees of all the building's tenants can benefit  from
15        the facility.
16             (9)   Development   of  strategies  for  subsidizing
17        students pursuing degrees in the child care field.
18             (10)  Continuation and expansion of service programs
19        that assist teen parents to continue and  complete  their
20        education.
21        Emphasis  shall  be  given  to support services that will
22    help to ensure such parents' graduation from high school  and
23    to  services  for  participants  in  any programs the Project
24    Chance program of job training conducted by the Department.
25        (e)  The Department  of  Human  Services  shall  actively
26    stimulate  the development of public and private resources at
27    the local level. It shall also seek the  fullest  utilization
28    of  federal  funds  directly  or  indirectly available to the
29    Department.
30        Where appropriate, existing non-governmental agencies  or
31    associations shall be involved in planning by the Department.
32        (f)  To  better  accommodate  the child care needs of low
33    income  working  families,  especially  those   who   receive
34    Temporary  Assistance  for  Needy  Families (TANF) or who are
 
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 1    transitioning from TANF to  work,  or  who  are  at  risk  of
 2    depending   on  TANF  in  the  absence  of  child  care,  the
 3    Department  shall  complete  a  study   using   outcome-based
 4    assessment measurements to analyze the various types of child
 5    care  needs,  including but not limited to: child care homes;
 6    child care facilities; before  and  after  school  care;  and
 7    evening  and  weekend  care.   Based upon the findings of the
 8    study, the Department shall develop a plan by April 15, 1998,
 9    that identifies the various types of child care needs  within
10    various  geographic  locations.   The plan shall include, but
11    not be limited to, the special needs of parents and guardians
12    in need of non-traditional child care services such as  early
13    mornings,  evenings,  and  weekends;  the  needs  of very low
14    income families and children and how  they  might  be  better
15    served; and strategies to assist child care providers to meet
16    the needs and schedules of low income families.
17    (Source:  P.A.  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-236, eff. 7-28-97;
18    90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

19        Section 20.  The Child Death Review Team Act  is  amended
20    by changing Sections 10, 15, 30, and 35 and by adding Section
21    40 as follows:

22        (20 ILCS 515/10)
23        Sec.  10.   Definitions.  As used in this Act, unless the
24    context requires otherwise:
25        "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years unless
26    legally emancipated by reason of marriage  or  entry  into  a
27    branch of the United States armed services.
28        "Department"  means the Department of Children and Family
29    Services.
30        "Director" means the  Director  of  Children  and  Family
31    Services.
32        "Executive Council" means the Illinois Child Death Review
 
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 1    Teams Executive Council.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-239, eff. 7-28-97.)

 3        (20 ILCS 515/15)
 4        Sec. 15.  Child death review teams; establishment.
 5        (a)  The  Director,  in  consultation  with the Executive
 6    Council, law enforcement, and other professionals who work in
 7    the field of investigating,  treating,  or  preventing  child
 8    abuse  or neglect in that subregion, shall appoint members to
 9    a child  death  review  team  in  each  of  the  Department's
10    administrative  subregions  of  the State outside Cook County
11    and at least one child death review team in Cook County.  The
12    members of a team shall be appointed  for  2-year  terms  and
13    shall  be  eligible  for reappointment upon the expiration of
14    the terms.
15        (b)  Each child death review team  shall  consist  of  at
16    least one member from each of the following categories:
17             (1)  Pediatrician  or  other physician knowledgeable
18        about child abuse and neglect.
19             (2)  Representative of the Department.
20             (3)  State's   attorney   or   State's    attorney's
21        representative.
22             (4)  Representative   of  a  local  law  enforcement
23        agency.
24             (5)  Psychologist or psychiatrist.
25             (6)  Representative of a local health department.
26             (7)  Representative of a school  district  or  other
27        education or child care interests.
28             (8)  Coroner or forensic pathologist.
29             (9)  Representative  of  a  child  welfare agency or
30        child advocacy organization.
31             (10)  Representative of  a  local  hospital,  trauma
32        center, or provider of emergency medical services.
33        Each  child death review team may make recommendations to
 
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 1    the Director concerning additional appointments.
 2        Each  child  death   review   team   member   must   have
 3    demonstrated  experience  and  an  interest in investigating,
 4    treating, or preventing child abuse or neglect.
 5        (c)  Each  child  death  review  team  shall   select   a
 6    chairperson  from  among  its  members. The chairperson shall
 7    also serve on the Illinois Child Death Review Teams Executive
 8    Council.
 9    (Source: P.A. 88-614, eff. 9-7-94.)

10        (20 ILCS 515/30)
11        Sec. 30.  Public access to information.
12        (a)  Meetings of the child death  review  teams  and  the
13    Executive Council shall be closed to the public.  Meetings of
14    the  child  death  review teams and the Executive Council are
15    not subject to the Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/1 et  seq.),
16    as provided in that Act.
17        (b)  Records  and  information  provided to a child death
18    review team and the Executive Council, and records maintained
19    by a team or the Executive Council, are confidential and  not
20    subject  to  the  Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/1 et
21    seq.), as provided in that Act.
22        Nothing contained in this  subsection  (b)  prevents  the
23    sharing  or  disclosure of records, other than those produced
24    by a Child  Death  Review  Team  or  the  Executive  Council,
25    relating or pertaining to the death of a minor under the care
26    of  or receiving services from the Department of Children and
27    Family Services and under the jurisdiction  of  the  juvenile
28    court  with the juvenile court, the State's Attorney, and the
29    minor's attorney.
30        (c)  Members  of  a  child  death  review  team  and  the
31    Executive Council are not  subject  to  examination,  in  any
32    civil   or   criminal   proceeding,   concerning  information
33    presented to members of the team or the Executive Council  or
 
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 1    opinions  formed  by  members  of  the  team or the Executive
 2    Council based on that information.  A person may, however, be
 3    examined concerning information provided  to  a  child  death
 4    review  team  or  the  Executive  Council  that  is otherwise
 5    available to the public.
 6        (d)  Records and information produced by  a  child  death
 7    review  team  and  the  Executive  Council are not subject to
 8    discovery or subpoena and are not admissible as  evidence  in
 9    any   civil   or  criminal  proceeding.   Those  records  and
10    information are, however, subject to discovery or a subpoena,
11    and are admissible  as  evidence,  to  the  extent  they  are
12    otherwise available to the public.
13    (Source: P.A. 90-15, eff. 6-13-97)

14        (20 ILCS 515/35)
15        Sec. 35.  Indemnification.  The State shall indemnify and
16    hold  harmless  members  of a child death review team and the
17    Executive Council for all their acts,  omissions,  decisions,
18    or other conduct arising out of the scope of their service on
19    the team or Executive Council, except those involving willful
20    or    wanton    misconduct.     The   method   of   providing
21    indemnification shall be as provided in  the  State  Employee
22    Indemnification Act (5 ILCS 350/1 et seq.).
23    (Source: P.A. 88-614, eff. 9-7-94.)

24        (20 ILCS 515/40 new)
25        Sec.  40.  Illinois  Child  Death  Review Teams Executive
26    Council.
27        (a)  The Illinois  Child  Death  Review  Teams  Executive
28    Council,  consisting of the chairpersons of the 9 child death
29    review teams in Illinois, is the coordinating  and  oversight
30    body for child death review teams and activities in Illinois.
31    The  vice-chairperson  of  a  child  death  review  team,  as
32    designated  by the chairperson, may serve as a back-up member
 
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 1    or an alternate member  of  the  Executive  Council,  if  the
 2    chairperson  of the child death review team is unavailable to
 3    serve on the Executive Council. The Inspector General of  the
 4    Department,  ex  officio,  is  a  non-voting  member  of  the
 5    Executive Council.  The Director may appoint to the Executive
 6    Council  any  ex-officio  members  deemed necessary.  Persons
 7    with expertise needed by the Executive Council may be invited
 8    to meetings.  The Executive  Council  must  select  from  its
 9    members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson, each to serve a
10    2-year, renewable term.
11        The  Executive  Council must meet at least 4 times during
12    each calendar year.
13        (b)  The Department must provide or arrange for the staff
14    support necessary for the Executive Council to carry out  its
15    duties.  The  Director,  in cooperation and consultation with
16    the Executive Council, shall appoint, reappoint,  and  remove
17    team members.
18        (c)  The  Executive  Council  has, but is not limited to,
19    the following duties:
20             (1)  To serve as the voice  of  child  death  review
21        teams in Illinois.
22             (2)  To  oversee  the  regional  teams  in  order to
23        ensure  that  the  teams'  work  is  coordinated  and  in
24        compliance with the statutes and the operating protocol.
25             (3)  To ensure that the data, results, findings, and
26        recommendations of the teams are adequately used to  make
27        any  necessary  changes  in the policies, procedures, and
28        statutes in order to protect children in a timely manner.
29             (4)  To collaborate with the General  Assembly,  the
30        Department,   and   others   in   order  to  develop  any
31        legislation needed to prevent  child  fatalities  and  to
32        protect children.
33             (5)  To  assist  in the development of quarterly and
34        annual reports based on the work and the findings of  the
 
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 1        teams.
 2             (6)  To  ensure  that  the  regional  teams'  review
 3        processes  are  standardized  in  order  to  convey data,
 4        findings, and recommendations in a usable format.
 5             (7)  To serve as a  link  with  child  death  review
 6        teams  throughout  the  country  and  to  participate  in
 7        national child death review team activities.
 8             (8)  To  develop  an  annual  statewide symposium to
 9        update the knowledge and skills  of  child  death  review
10        team  members  and to promote the exchange of information
11        between teams.
12             (9)  To provide the child death  review  teams  with
13        the  most  current  information  and practices concerning
14        child death review and related topics.
15             (10)  To perform any other  functions  necessary  to
16        enhance the capability of the child death review teams to
17        reduce and prevent child injuries and fatalities.
18        (d)  In  any instance when a child death review team does
19    not operate in  accordance  with  established  protocol,  the
20    Director,  in consultation and cooperation with the Executive
21    Council, must take any necessary actions to  bring  the  team
22    into compliance with the protocol.

23        Section  25.   The  Department of State Police Law of the
24    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is  amended  by  adding
25    Section 2605-480 as follows:

26        (20 ILCS 2605/2605-480 new)
27        Sec.  2605-480.  Statewide kidnapping alert program.  The
28    Department  of  State  Police  shall  develop  a  coordinated
29    program for a statewide emergency alert system when  a  child
30    is missing or kidnapped.

31        Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
 
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 1    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
 2    text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
 3    Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
 4    text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
 5    the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
 6    any other Public Act.

 7        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 8    becoming law.".

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