Public Act 100-0690
 
HB5267 EnrolledLRB100 18506 HEP 36185 b

    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-512 and
100-517)
    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt
from inspection and copying:
        (a) All information determined to be confidential
    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
    Development Act.
        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
    library users with specific materials under the Library
    Records Confidentiality Act.
        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
    prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
    has received.
        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
    Disease Control Act.
        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
    Tuition Act.
        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
    general's office that would be exempt if created or
    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
    that Act.
        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
    emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
    Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
    or driver identification information compiled by a law
    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
    Prevention Review Team Act.
        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
    authorized under that Article.
        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
    Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply
    until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
    prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
    to trial or sentencing.
        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
    Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
    the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
    Act.
        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
    Personnel Records Review Act.
        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
    Illinois School Student Records Act.
        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
        (t) All identified or deidentified health information
    in the form of health data or medical records contained in,
    stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from
    the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified
    or deidentified health information in the form of health
    data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information
    Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health
    Information Exchange Authority due to its administration
    of the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms
    "identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same
    meaning as in the Health Insurance Portability and
    Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any
    subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations
    promulgated thereunder.
        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
    team of experts under Brian's Law.
        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry
    Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry
    Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
    information about the identity and administrative finding
    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an
    eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
    Act.
        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
    authorized under that Act.
        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
        (gg) (ff) Information that is prohibited from being
    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
    Code.
        (hh) (ff) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
        (ii) (ff) Information which is exempted from
    disclosure under Section 2505-800 of the Department of
    Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-298, eff. 8-6-15; 99-352,
eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-776, eff. 8-12-16;
99-863, eff. 8-19-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-22, eff. 1-1-18;
100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18; 100-464, eff.
8-28-17; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; revised 11-2-17.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-517 but before
amendment by P.A. 100-512)
    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt
from inspection and copying:
        (a) All information determined to be confidential
    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
    Development Act.
        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
    library users with specific materials under the Library
    Records Confidentiality Act.
        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
    prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
    has received.
        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
    Disease Control Act.
        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
    Tuition Act.
        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
    general's office that would be exempt if created or
    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
    that Act.
        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
    emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
    Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
    or driver identification information compiled by a law
    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
    Prevention Review Team Act.
        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
    authorized under that Article.
        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
    Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply
    until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
    prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
    to trial or sentencing.
        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
    Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
    the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
    Act.
        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
    Personnel Records Review Act.
        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
    Illinois School Student Records Act.
        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
        (t) All identified or deidentified health information
    in the form of health data or medical records contained in,
    stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from
    the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified
    or deidentified health information in the form of health
    data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information
    Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health
    Information Exchange Authority due to its administration
    of the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms
    "identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same
    meaning as in the Health Insurance Portability and
    Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any
    subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations
    promulgated thereunder.
        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
    team of experts under Brian's Law.
        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry
    Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry
    Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
    information about the identity and administrative finding
    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an
    eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
    Act.
        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
    authorized under that Act.
        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
        (gg) (ff) Information that is prohibited from being
    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
    Code.
        (hh) (ff) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
        (ii) (ff) Information which is exempted from
    disclosure under Section 2505-800 of the Department of
    Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
        (jj) (ff) Information and reports that are required to
    be submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-298, eff. 8-6-15; 99-352,
eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-776, eff. 8-12-16;
99-863, eff. 8-19-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-22, eff. 1-1-18;
100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18; 100-464, eff.
8-28-17; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-517, eff. 6-1-18; revised
11-2-17.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-512)
    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt
from inspection and copying:
        (a) All information determined to be confidential
    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
    Development Act.
        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
    library users with specific materials under the Library
    Records Confidentiality Act.
        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
    prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
    has received.
        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
    Disease Control Act.
        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
    Tuition Act.
        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
    general's office that would be exempt if created or
    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
    that Act.
        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
    emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
    Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
    or driver identification information compiled by a law
    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
    Prevention Review Team Act.
        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
    authorized under that Article.
        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
    Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply
    until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
    prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
    to trial or sentencing.
        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
    Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
    the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
    Act.
        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
    Personnel Records Review Act.
        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
    Illinois School Student Records Act.
        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
        (t) All identified or deidentified health information
    in the form of health data or medical records contained in,
    stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from
    the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified
    or deidentified health information in the form of health
    data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information
    Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health
    Information Exchange Authority due to its administration
    of the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms
    "identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same
    meaning as in the Health Insurance Portability and
    Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any
    subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations
    promulgated thereunder.
        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
    team of experts under Brian's Law.
        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry
    Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry
    Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
    information about the identity and administrative finding
    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an
    eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
    Act.
        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
    authorized under that Act.
        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
        (gg) (ff) Information that is prohibited from being
    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
    Code.
        (hh) (ff) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
        (ii) (ff) Information which is exempted from
    disclosure under Section 2505-800 of the Department of
    Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
        (jj) (ff) Information and reports that are required to
    be submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
        (kk) (ff) Information prohibited from disclosure under
    the Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
        (ll) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-298, eff. 8-6-15; 99-352,
eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-776, eff. 8-12-16;
99-863, eff. 8-19-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-22, eff. 1-1-18;
100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18; 100-464, eff.
8-28-17; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-512, eff. 7-1-18; 100-517,
eff. 6-1-18; revised 11-2-17.)
 
    Section 10. The Crime Victims Compensation Act is amended
by changing Section 2 and by adding Section 4.2 as follows:
 
    (740 ILCS 45/2)  (from Ch. 70, par. 72)
    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
    (a) "Applicant" means any person who applies for
compensation under this Act or any person the Court of Claims
finds is entitled to compensation, including the guardian of a
minor or of a person under legal disability. It includes any
person who was a dependent of a deceased victim of a crime of
violence for his or her support at the time of the death of
that victim.
    (b) "Court of Claims" means the Court of Claims created by
the Court of Claims Act.
    (c) "Crime of violence" means and includes any offense
defined in Sections 9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.2, 10-1,
10-2, 10-9, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60,
11-11, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 11-23, 11-23.5,
12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.3, 12-3.4, 12-4, 12-4.1,
12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-5, 12-7.1, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-13, 12-14,
12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-20.5, 12-30, 20-1 or 20-1.1, or
Section 12-3.05 except for subdivision (a)(4) or (g)(1), or
subdivision (a)(4) of Section 11-14.4, of the Criminal Code of
1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, Sections 1(a) and 1(a-5) of
the Cemetery Protection Act, Section 125 of the Stalking No
Contact Order Act, Section 219 of the Civil No Contact Order
Act, driving under the influence as defined in Section 11-501
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, a violation of Section 11-401 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code, provided the victim was a pedestrian
or was operating a vehicle moved solely by human power or a
mobility device at the time of contact, and a violation of
Section 11-204.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; so long as the
offense did not occur during a civil riot, insurrection or
rebellion. "Crime of violence" does not include any other
offense or accident involving a motor vehicle except those
vehicle offenses specifically provided for in this paragraph.
"Crime of violence" does include all of the offenses
specifically provided for in this paragraph that occur within
this State but are subject to federal jurisdiction and crimes
involving terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2331.
    (d) "Victim" means (1) a person killed or injured in this
State as a result of a crime of violence perpetrated or
attempted against him or her, (2) the spouse or parent of a
person killed or injured in this State as a result of a crime
of violence perpetrated or attempted against the person, (3) a
person killed or injured in this State while attempting to
assist a person against whom a crime of violence is being
perpetrated or attempted, if that attempt of assistance would
be expected of a reasonable person under the circumstances, (4)
a person killed or injured in this State while assisting a law
enforcement official apprehend a person who has perpetrated a
crime of violence or prevent the perpetration of any such crime
if that assistance was in response to the express request of
the law enforcement official, (5) a person who personally
witnessed a violent crime, (5.05) a person who will be called
as a witness by the prosecution to establish a necessary nexus
between the offender and the violent crime, (5.1) solely for
the purpose of compensating for pecuniary loss incurred for
psychological treatment of a mental or emotional condition
caused or aggravated by the crime, any other person under the
age of 18 who is the brother, sister, half brother, half
sister, child, or stepchild of a person killed or injured in
this State as a result of a crime of violence, (6) an Illinois
resident who is a victim of a "crime of violence" as defined in
this Act except, if the crime occurred outside this State, the
resident has the same rights under this Act as if the crime had
occurred in this State upon a showing that the state,
territory, country, or political subdivision of a country in
which the crime occurred does not have a compensation of
victims of crimes law for which that Illinois resident is
eligible, (7) a deceased person whose body is dismembered or
whose remains are desecrated as the result of a crime of
violence, or (8) solely for the purpose of compensating for
pecuniary loss incurred for psychological treatment of a mental
or emotional condition caused or aggravated by the crime, any
parent, spouse, or child under the age of 18 of a deceased
person whose body is dismembered or whose remains are
desecrated as the result of a crime of violence.
    (e) "Dependent" means a relative of a deceased victim who
was wholly or partially dependent upon the victim's income at
the time of his or her death and shall include the child of a
victim born after his or her death.
    (f) "Relative" means a spouse, parent, grandparent,
stepfather, stepmother, child, grandchild, brother,
brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, half brother, half
sister, spouse's parent, nephew, niece, uncle or aunt.
    (g) "Child" means an unmarried son or daughter who is under
18 years of age and includes a stepchild, an adopted child or a
child born out of wedlock.
    (h) "Pecuniary loss" means, in the case of injury,
appropriate medical expenses and hospital expenses including
expenses of medical examinations, rehabilitation, medically
required nursing care expenses, appropriate psychiatric care
or psychiatric counseling expenses, appropriate expenses for
care or counseling by a licensed clinical psychologist,
licensed clinical social worker, licensed professional
counselor, or licensed clinical professional counselor and
expenses for treatment by Christian Science practitioners and
nursing care appropriate thereto; transportation expenses to
and from medical and counseling treatment facilities;
prosthetic appliances, eyeglasses, and hearing aids necessary
or damaged as a result of the crime; costs associated with
trafficking tattoo removal by a person authorized or licensed
to perform the specific removal procedure; replacement costs
for clothing and bedding used as evidence; costs associated
with temporary lodging or relocation necessary as a result of
the crime, including, but not limited to, the first month's
rent and security deposit of the dwelling that the claimant
relocated to and other reasonable relocation expenses incurred
as a result of the violent crime; locks or windows necessary or
damaged as a result of the crime; the purchase, lease, or
rental of equipment necessary to create usability of and
accessibility to the victim's real and personal property, or
the real and personal property which is used by the victim,
necessary as a result of the crime; the costs of appropriate
crime scene clean-up; replacement services loss, to a maximum
of $1,250 per month; dependents replacement services loss, to a
maximum of $1,250 per month; loss of tuition paid to attend
grammar school or high school when the victim had been enrolled
as a student prior to the injury, or college or graduate school
when the victim had been enrolled as a day or night student
prior to the injury when the victim becomes unable to continue
attendance at school as a result of the crime of violence
perpetrated against him or her; loss of earnings, loss of
future earnings because of disability resulting from the
injury, and, in addition, in the case of death, expenses for
funeral, burial, and travel and transport for survivors of
homicide victims to secure bodies of deceased victims and to
transport bodies for burial all of which may not exceed a
maximum of $7,500 and loss of support of the dependents of the
victim; in the case of dismemberment or desecration of a body,
expenses for funeral and burial, all of which may not exceed a
maximum of $7,500. Loss of future earnings shall be reduced by
any income from substitute work actually performed by the
victim or by income he or she would have earned in available
appropriate substitute work he or she was capable of performing
but unreasonably failed to undertake. Loss of earnings, loss of
future earnings and loss of support shall be determined on the
basis of the victim's average net monthly earnings for the 6
months immediately preceding the date of the injury or on
$1,250 per month, whichever is less or, in cases where the
absences commenced more than 3 years from the date of the
crime, on the basis of the net monthly earnings for the 6
months immediately preceding the date of the first absence, not
to exceed $1,250 per month. If a divorced or legally separated
applicant is claiming loss of support for a minor child of the
deceased, the amount of support for each child shall be based
either on the amount of support pursuant to the judgment prior
to the date of the deceased victim's injury or death, or, if
the subject of pending litigation filed by or on behalf of the
divorced or legally separated applicant prior to the injury or
death, on the result of that litigation. Real and personal
property includes, but is not limited to, vehicles, houses,
apartments, town houses, or condominiums. Pecuniary loss does
not include pain and suffering or property loss or damage.
    (i) "Replacement services loss" means expenses reasonably
incurred in obtaining ordinary and necessary services in lieu
of those the injured person would have performed, not for
income, but for the benefit of himself or herself or his or her
family, if he or she had not been injured.
    (j) "Dependents replacement services loss" means loss
reasonably incurred by dependents or private legal guardians of
minor dependents after a victim's death in obtaining ordinary
and necessary services in lieu of those the victim would have
performed, not for income, but for their benefit, if he or she
had not been fatally injured.
    (k) "Survivor" means immediate family including a parent,
step-father, step-mother, child, brother, sister, or spouse.
    (l) "Parent" means a natural parent, adopted parent,
step-parent, or permanent legal guardian of another person.
    (m) "Trafficking tattoo" is a tattoo which is applied to a
victim in connection with the commission of a violation of
Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
(Source: P.A. 98-435, eff. 1-1-14; 99-671, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
    (740 ILCS 45/4.2 new)
    Sec. 4.2. Cooperation in review of crime victims
compensation applications. A law enforcement agency in this
State shall, within 15 days of receipt of a written request for
a police report made to verify that the requirements of a crime
victims compensation application under Section 6.1 of this Act
have been met, provide the Attorney General's office with the
law enforcement agency's full written report of the
investigation of the crime for which an application for
compensation has been filed. The law enforcement agency may
redact the following from the report: names of confidential
sources and informants; locations from which law enforcement
conduct surveillance; and information related to issues of
national security the law enforcement agency provided to or
received from the United States Department of Homeland Security
or another federal law enforcement agency. The Attorney
General's office and a law enforcement agency may agree to the
redaction of other information in the report or to the
provision of necessary information in another format. Within 15
days of receipt of the request, a law enforcement agency shall
respond to a written request from the Attorney General's office
for additional information necessary to assist the Attorney
General's office in making a recommendation for compensation.
    Records that are obtained by the Attorney General's office
from a law enforcement agency under this Section for purposes
of investigating an application for crime victim compensation
shall not be disclosed to the public, including the applicant,
by the Attorney General's office. The records, while in the
possession of the Attorney General's office, shall be exempt
from disclosure by the Attorney General's office under the
Freedom of Information Act.
 
    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.