Public Act 097-1089
 
SB3544 EnrolledLRB097 18922 KTG 64160 b


  
    AN ACT concerning children.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  

  
 
    Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is 
amended  by changing Section 7.7 as follows:
 



    (325 ILCS 5/7.7)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.7)



    Sec. 7.7. 
There shall be a central register of all cases of 
suspected
child abuse or neglect reported and maintained by the 
Department under this
Act.  Through the recording of initial, 
preliminary, and final
reports, the central register shall be 
operated in such a manner as to enable
the Department to:  (1) 
immediately identify and  locate prior reports of
child abuse or 
neglect; (2) continuously monitor the current status
of all 
reports of child abuse or neglect being provided services under 
this
Act; and (3) regularly evaluate the effectiveness of 
existing laws and programs
through the development and analysis 
of statistical and other information.

    The Department shall maintain in the central register a 
listing of unfounded
reports where the subject of the unfounded 
report requests that the record
not be expunged because the 
subject alleges an intentional false report
was made.  Such a 
request must be made by the subject in writing to the

Department, within 10 days of the investigation.

    The Department shall also maintain in the central register 
a listing of
unfounded reports where the report was classified 
as a priority one or priority
two report in accordance with the 
Department's rules or the report was made by
a person mandated 
to report suspected abuse or neglect under this Act.

    The Department shall maintain in the central register for 3 
years a listing
of unfounded reports involving the death of a 
child, the sexual abuse of a
child, or serious physical injury 
to a child as defined by the Department in
rules.

    If an individual is the subject of a subsequent 
investigation that is pending, the Department shall maintain 
all prior unfounded reports pertaining to that individual until 
the pending investigation has been completed or for 12 months, 
whichever time period ends later.
    The Department shall maintain all other unfounded reports 
for 12 months following the date of the final finding. 
    For purposes of this Section "child abuse or neglect" 
includes abuse or neglect of an adult resident as defined in 
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-1164, eff. 7-21-10; 96-1446, eff. 8-20-10; 
97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)

 

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