Public Act 90-0684 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0684

SB1384 Enrolled                                LRB9008905SMdv

    AN ACT concerning children.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  2.   The  Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
adding Sections 9A-11.5 and 12-4.7d as follows:

    (305 ILCS 5/9A-11.5 new)
    Sec. 9A-11.5.   Investigate  child  care  providers.  Any
child  care  provider  receiving  funds  from  the child care
assistance program under this Code who is not required to  be
licensed  under  the  Child  Care  Act  of  1969  shall, as a
condition of eligibility to participate  in  the  child  care
assistance program under this Code, authorize in writing on a
form  prescribed  by  the  Department  of Children and Family
Services,  an  investigation  of  the  Central  Register,  as
defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting  Act,  to
ascertain  if  the child care provider has been determined to
be a perpetrator in an indicated report  of  child  abuse  or
neglect.
    The  Department  of  Children  and  Family Services shall
conduct an investigation  of  the  Central  Register  at  the
request  of the Department.  The Department shall request the
Department of Children and  Family  Services  to  conduct  an
investigation  of the Central Register.  The Department shall
by rule determine when payment to an  unlicensed  child  care
provider  may  be  withheld  if there is an indicated finding
against the provider in the Central Register.

    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7d new)
    Sec.   12-4.7d.     Interagency    agreement    regarding
investigation  of child care providers.  The Department shall
enter  into  a  written  agreement  with  the  Department  of
Children  and  Family  Services  which  shall   provide   for
interagency  procedures  regarding requests by the Department
that the Department of Children and Family  Services  conduct
an  investigation  of the Central Register, as defined in the
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, to ascertain  if  a
child  care provider who is not required to be licensed under
the Child Care Act of 1969 and who is  participating  in  the
child  care  assistance  program  under  this  Code  has been
determined to be a perpetrator  in  an  indicated  report  of
child abuse or neglect.

    Section  5.  The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

    (325 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2053)
    Sec. 3.  As used in this Act unless the context otherwise
requires:
    "Child" means any person  under  the  age  of  18  years,
unless  legally  emancipated  by  reason of marriage or entry
into a branch of the United States armed services.
    "Department" means  Department  of  Children  and  Family
Services.
    "Local  law  enforcement  agency"  means  the police of a
city, town, village or other incorporated area or the sheriff
of an  unincorporated  area  or  any  sworn  officer  of  the
Illinois Department of State Police.
    "Abused  child"  means  a child whose parent or immediate
family member, or any  person  responsible  for  the  child's
welfare,   or any individual residing in the same home as the
child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
         a.  inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or  allows  to
    be  inflicted  upon  such child physical injury, by other
    than accidental means, which causes death, disfigurement,
    impairment of physical or emotional health,  or  loss  or
    impairment of any bodily function;
         b.  creates a substantial risk of physical injury to
    such  child by other than accidental means which would be
    likely  to  cause  death,  disfigurement,  impairment  of
    physical or emotional health, or loss  or  impairment  of
    any bodily function;
         c.  commits  or  allows  to  be  committed  any  sex
    offense  against  such  child,  as  such sex offenses are
    defined in the Criminal Code of  1961,  as  amended,  and
    extending  those  definitions  of sex offenses to include
    children under 18 years of age;
         d.  commits or allows to be committed an act or acts
    of torture upon such child; or
         e.  inflicts excessive corporal punishment; or.
         f.  commits or allows to be committed the offense of
    female genital mutilation, as defined in Section 12-34 of
    the Criminal Code of 1961, against the child.
    "Neglected child" means any child who  is  not  receiving
the  proper  or  necessary nourishment or medically indicated
treatment including food or care not provided solely  on  the
basis  of  the  present  or  anticipated  mental  or physical
impairment as determined by a physician acting  alone  or  in
consultation  with  other  physicians  or  otherwise  is  not
receiving the proper or necessary support or medical or other
remedial  care  recognized under State law as necessary for a
child's well-being, or other care necessary for  his  or  her
well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or
who  is  abandoned  by  his  or  her  parents or other person
responsible for the child's welfare without a proper plan  of
care;  or  who  is  a  newborn  infant whose blood, urine, or
meconium contains any amount of  a  controlled  substance  as
defined  in  subsection  (f)  of  Section 102 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act or a metabolite thereof,  with  the
exception  of  a  controlled  substance or metabolite thereof
whose presence in the newborn infant is the result of medical
treatment administered to the mother or the newborn infant. A
child shall not be considered neglected for the  sole  reason
that  the  child's parent or other person responsible for his
or her welfare has left the child in the  care  of  an  adult
relative  for  any  period  of  time.  A  child  shall not be
considered neglected or abused for the sole reason that  such
child's  parent  or  other  person responsible for his or her
welfare depends upon spiritual means through prayer alone for
the treatment or cure of disease or remedial care as provided
under Section 4 of this Act.  A child shall not be considered
neglected or abused solely because the child is not attending
school in accordance with the requirements of Article  26  of
The School Code, as amended.
    "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized
State employees of the Department assigned by the Director to
perform  the  duties  and  responsibilities as provided under
Section 7.2 of this Act.
    "Person responsible for the child's  welfare"  means  the
child's  parent; guardian; foster parent; relative caregiver;
any person responsible for the child's welfare in a public or
private  residential  agency  or  institution;   any   person
responsible  for  the  child's  welfare  within  a  public or
private profit or not for profit child care facility; or  any
other  person responsible for the child's welfare at the time
of the alleged abuse or neglect, or any person  who  came  to
know  the  child  through an official capacity or position of
trust,   including   but   not   limited   to   health   care
professionals,    educational     personnel,     recreational
supervisors,  and  volunteers  or  support  personnel  in any
setting where children may be subject to abuse or neglect.
    "Temporary protective custody"  means  custody  within  a
hospital  or  other  medical  facility  or a place previously
designated for such custody by  the  Department,  subject  to
review  by the Court, including a licensed foster home, group
home, or other institution; but such place  shall  not  be  a
jail or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile
offenders.
    "An  unfounded  report"  means any report made under this
Act for which it is determined after an investigation that no
credible evidence of abuse or neglect exists.
    "An indicated report" means a report made under this  Act
if  an investigation determines that credible evidence of the
alleged abuse or neglect exists.
    "An undetermined report" means any report made under this
Act in which it was not possible to initiate or  complete  an
investigation  on  the  basis  of information provided to the
Department.
    "Subject of report"  means  any  child  reported  to  the
central register of child abuse and neglect established under
Section  7.7  of  this Act and his or her parent, guardian or
other person responsible who is also named in the report.
    "Perpetrator"  means  a  person  who,  as  a  result   of
investigation,  has been determined by the Department to have
caused child abuse or neglect.
(Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95; 90-239, eff. 7-28-97.)

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

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