093_SB1543eng SB1543 Engrossed LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 AN ACT in relation to health. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5 Residential Health Care Facility Resident Sexual Assault and 6 Death Review Team Act. 7 Section 5. State policy. The following statements are 8 the policy of this State: 9 (1) Every nursing home resident is entitled to live 10 in safety and decency and to receive competent and 11 respectful care that meets the requirements of State and 12 federal law. 13 (2) Responding to sexual assaults on nursing home 14 residents and to unnecessary nursing home resident deaths 15 is a State and a community responsibility. 16 (3) When a nursing home resident is sexually 17 assaulted or dies unnecessarily, the response by the 18 State and the community to the assault or death must 19 include an accurate and complete determination of the 20 cause of the assault or death and the development and 21 implementation of measures to prevent future assaults or 22 deaths from similar causes. The response may include 23 court action, including prosecution of persons who may be 24 responsible for the assault or death and proceedings to 25 protect other residents of the facility where the 26 resident lived, and disciplinary action against persons 27 who failed to meet their professional responsibilities to 28 the resident. 29 (4) Professionals from disparate disciplines and 30 agencies who have responsibilities for nursing home 31 residents and expertise that can promote resident safety SB1543 Engrossed -2- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 and well-being should share their expertise and knowledge 2 so that the goals of determining the causes of sexual 3 assaults and unnecessary resident deaths, planning and 4 providing services to surviving residents, and preventing 5 future assaults and unnecessary deaths can be achieved. 6 (5) A greater understanding of the incidence and 7 causes of sexual assaults against nursing home residents 8 and unnecessary nursing home resident deaths is necessary 9 if the State is to prevent future assaults and 10 unnecessary deaths. 11 (6) Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency reviews of 12 sexual assaults against nursing home residents and 13 unnecessary nursing home resident deaths can assist the 14 State and counties in (i) investigating resident sexual 15 assaults and deaths, (ii) developing a greater 16 understanding of the incidence and causes of resident 17 sexual assault and deaths and the methods for preventing 18 those assaults and deaths, and (iii) identifying gaps in 19 services to nursing home residents. 20 (7) Access to information regarding assaulted and 21 deceased nursing home residents by multi-disciplinary and 22 multi-agency nursing home resident sexual assault and 23 death review teams is necessary for those teams to 24 achieve their purposes and duties. 25 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the 26 context requires otherwise: 27 "Department" means the Department of Public Health. 28 "Director" means the Director of Public Health. 29 "Executive Council" means the Illinois Residential Health 30 Care Facility Resident Sexual Assault and Death Review Teams 31 Executive Council. 32 "Resident" means a person residing in and receiving 33 personal care from a facility licensed under the Nursing Home SB1543 Engrossed -3- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 Care Act. 2 "Review team" means a residential health care facility 3 resident sexual assault and death review team appointed under 4 this Act. 5 Section 15. Residential health care facility resident 6 sexual assault and death review teams; establishment. 7 (a) The Director, in consultation with the Executive 8 Council and with law enforcement agencies and other 9 professionals who work in the field of investigating, 10 treating, or preventing nursing home resident abuse or 11 neglect in each of the Department's administrative regions of 12 the State, shall appoint members to a residential health care 13 facility resident sexual assault and death review team in 14 each such region outside Cook County and to at least one 15 review team in Cook County. The members of a team shall be 16 appointed for 2-year terms and shall be eligible for 17 reappointment upon the expiration of their terms. 18 (b) Each review team shall consist of at least one 19 member from each of the following categories: 20 (1) Geriatrician or other physician knowledgeable 21 about nursing home resident abuse and neglect. 22 (2) Representative of the Department. 23 (3) State's Attorney or State's Attorney's 24 representative. 25 (4) Representative of a local law enforcement 26 agency. 27 (5) Representative of the Illinois Attorney 28 General. 29 (6) Psychologist or psychiatrist. 30 (7) Representative of a local health department. 31 (8) Representative of a social service or health 32 care agency that provides services to persons with mental 33 illness, in a program whose accreditation to provide such SB1543 Engrossed -4- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 services is recognized by the Office of Mental Health 2 within the Department of Human Services. 3 (9) Representative of a social service or health 4 care agency that provides services to persons with 5 developmental disabilities, in a program whose 6 accreditation to provide such services is recognized by 7 the Office of Developmental Disabilities within the 8 Department of Human Services. 9 (10) Coroner or forensic pathologist. 10 (11) Representative of the local sub-state 11 ombudsman. 12 (12) Representative of a nursing home resident 13 advocacy organization. 14 (13) Representative of a local hospital, trauma 15 center, or provider of emergency medical services. 16 (14) Representative of an organization that 17 represents nursing homes. 18 Each review team may make recommendations to the Director 19 concerning additional appointments. Each review team member 20 must have demonstrated experience and an interest in 21 investigating, treating, or preventing nursing home resident 22 abuse or neglect. 23 (c) Each review team shall select a chairperson from 24 among its members. The chairperson shall also serve on the 25 Illinois Residential Health Care Facility Sexual Assault and 26 Death Review Teams Executive Council. 27 Section 20. Reviews of nursing home resident sexual 28 assaults and deaths. 29 (a) Every reported case of sexual assault of a nursing 30 home resident that is confirmed shall be reviewed by the 31 review team for the region that has primary case management 32 responsibility. 33 (b) Every death of a nursing home resident shall be SB1543 Engrossed -5- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 reviewed by the review team for the region that has primary 2 case management responsibility, if the deceased resident is 3 one of the following: 4 (1) A person whose care the Department found 5 violated federal or State standards in the 6 months 6 preceding the resident's death. 7 (2) A person whose care was the subject of a 8 complaint to the Department in the 30 days preceding the 9 resident's death, or after the resident's death. A review 10 team may, at its discretion, review other sudden, 11 unexpected, or unexplained nursing home resident deaths. 12 (b) A review team's purpose in conducting reviews of 13 resident sexual assaults and deaths is to do the following: 14 (1) Assist in determining the cause and manner of 15 the resident's assault or death, when requested. 16 (2) Evaluate means, if any, by which the assault or 17 death might have been prevented. 18 (3) Report its findings to appropriate agencies and 19 make recommendations that may help to reduce the number 20 of sexual assaults on and unnecessary deaths of nursing 21 home residents. 22 (4) Promote continuing education for professionals 23 involved in investigating, treating, and preventing 24 nursing home resident abuse and neglect as a means of 25 preventing sexual assaults and unnecessary deaths of 26 nursing home residents. 27 (5) Make specific recommendations to the Director 28 concerning the prevention of sexual assaults and 29 unnecessary deaths of nursing home residents and the 30 establishment of protocols for investigating resident 31 sexual assaults and deaths. 32 (c) A review team must review a sexual assault or death 33 as soon as practicable and not later than 90 days following 34 the completion by the Department of the investigation of the SB1543 Engrossed -6- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 assault or death under the Nursing Home Care Act. When there 2 has been no investigation by the Department, the review team 3 must review a sexual assault or death within 90 days after 4 obtaining the information necessary to complete the review 5 from the coroner, pathologist, medical examiner, or law 6 enforcement agency, depending on the nature of the case. A 7 review team must meet at least once in each calendar quarter. 8 (d) Within 90 days after receiving recommendations made 9 by a review team under item (5) of subsection (b), the 10 Director must review those recommendations and respond to the 11 review team. The Director shall implement recommendations as 12 feasible and appropriate and shall respond to the review team 13 in writing to explain the implementation or nonimplementation 14 of the recommendations. 15 (e) In any instance when a review team does not operate 16 in accordance with established protocol, the Director, in 17 consultation and cooperation with the Executive Council, must 18 take any necessary actions to bring the review team into 19 compliance with the protocol. 20 Section 25. Review team access to information. 21 (a) The Department shall provide to a review team, on 22 the request of the review team chairperson, all records and 23 information in the Department's possession that are relevant 24 to the review team's review of a sexual assault or death, 25 including records and information concerning previous reports 26 or investigations of suspected abuse or neglect. 27 (b) A review team shall have access to all records and 28 information that are relevant to its review of a sexual 29 assault or death and in the possession of a State or local 30 governmental agency. These records and information include, 31 without limitation, death certificates, all relevant medical 32 and mental health records, records of law enforcement agency 33 investigations, records of coroner or medical examiner SB1543 Engrossed -7- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 investigations, records of the Department of Corrections 2 concerning a person's parole, records of a probation and 3 court services department, and records of a social services 4 agency that provided services to the resident. 5 Section 30. Public access to information. 6 (a) Meetings of the review teams and the Executive 7 Council shall be closed to the public. Meetings of the review 8 teams and the Executive Council are not subject to the Open 9 Meetings Act, as provided in that Act. 10 (b) Records and information provided to a review team 11 and the Executive Council, and records maintained by a review 12 team or the Executive Council, are confidential and not 13 subject to the Freedom of Information Act, as provided in 14 that Act. Nothing contained in this subsection (b) prevents 15 the sharing or disclosure of records, other than those 16 produced by a review team or the Executive Council, relating 17 or pertaining to the sexual assault or death of a resident. 18 (c) Members of a review team and the Executive Council 19 are not subject to examination, in any civil or criminal 20 proceeding, concerning information presented to members of 21 the review team or the Executive Council or opinions formed 22 by members of the review team or the Executive Council based 23 on that information. A person may, however, be examined 24 concerning information provided to a review team or the 25 Executive Council that is otherwise available to the public. 26 (d) Records and information produced by a review team 27 and the Executive Council are not subject to discovery or 28 subpoena and are not admissible as evidence in any civil or 29 criminal proceeding. Those records and information are, 30 however, subject to discovery or a subpoena, and are 31 admissible as evidence, to the extent they are otherwise 32 available to the public. SB1543 Engrossed -8- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 Section 35. Indemnification. The State shall indemnify 2 and hold harmless members of a review team and the Executive 3 Council for all their acts, omissions, decisions, or other 4 conduct arising out of the scope of their service on the 5 review team or Executive Council, except those involving 6 willful or wanton misconduct. The method of providing 7 indemnification shall be as provided in the State Employee 8 Indemnification Act. 9 Section 40. Executive Council. 10 (a) The Illinois Residential Health Care Facility 11 Resident Sexual Assault and Death Review Teams Executive 12 Council, consisting of the chairperson of each review team 13 established under Section 15, is the coordinating and 14 oversight body for residential health care facility resident 15 sexual assault and death review teams and activities in 16 Illinois. The vice-chairperson of a review team, as 17 designated by the chairperson, may serve as a back-up member 18 or an alternate member of the Executive Council, if the 19 chairperson of the review team is unavailable to serve on the 20 Executive Council. The Director may appoint to the Executive 21 Council any ex-officio members deemed necessary. Persons with 22 expertise needed by the Executive Council may be invited to 23 meetings. The Executive Council must select from its members 24 a chairperson and a vice-chairperson, each to serve a 2-year, 25 renewable term. The Executive Council must meet at least 4 26 times during each calendar year. 27 (b) The Department must provide or arrange for the staff 28 support necessary for the Executive Council to carry out its 29 duties. 30 (c) The Executive Council has, but is not limited to, 31 the following duties: 32 (1) To serve as the voice of review teams in 33 Illinois. SB1543 Engrossed -9- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 (2) To consult with the Director concerning the 2 appointment, reappointment, and removal of review team 3 members. 4 (3) To oversee the review teams in order to ensure 5 that the teams' work is coordinated and in compliance 6 with the statutes and the operating protocol. 7 (4) To ensure that the data, results, findings, and 8 recommendations of the review teams are adequately used 9 to make any necessary changes in the policies, 10 procedures, and statutes in order to protect nursing home 11 residents in a timely manner. 12 (5) To collaborate with the General Assembly, the 13 Department, and others in order to develop any 14 legislation needed to prevent nursing home resident 15 sexual assaults and unnecessary deaths and to protect 16 nursing home residents. 17 (6) To assist in the development of quarterly and 18 annual reports based on the work and the findings of the 19 review teams. 20 (7) To ensure that the review teams' review 21 processes are standardized in order to convey data, 22 findings, and recommendations in a usable format. 23 (8) To serve as a link with other review teams 24 throughout the country and to participate in national 25 review team activities. 26 (9) To develop an annual statewide symposium to 27 update the knowledge and skills of review team members 28 and to promote the exchange of information between review 29 teams. 30 (10) To provide the review teams with the most 31 current information and practices concerning nursing home 32 resident sexual assault and unnecessary death review and 33 related topics. 34 (11) To perform any other functions necessary to SB1543 Engrossed -10- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 enhance the capability of the review teams to reduce and 2 prevent sexual assaults and unnecessary deaths of nursing 3 home residents. 4 Section 85. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 5 2006. 6 Section 90. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing 7 Section 2 as follows: 8 (5 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 102, par. 42) 9 Sec. 2. Open meetings. 10 (a) Openness required. All meetings of public bodies 11 shall be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c) 12 and closed in accordance with Section 2a. 13 (b) Construction of exceptions. The exceptions 14 contained in subsection (c) are in derogation of the 15 requirement that public bodies meet in the open, and 16 therefore, the exceptions are to be strictly construed, 17 extending only to subjects clearly within their scope. The 18 exceptions authorize but do not require the holding of a 19 closed meeting to discuss a subject included within an 20 enumerated exception. 21 (c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings 22 to consider the following subjects: 23 (1) The appointment, employment, compensation, 24 discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific 25 employees of the public body, including hearing testimony 26 on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine 27 its validity. 28 (2) Collective negotiating matters between the 29 public body and its employees or their representatives, 30 or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or 31 more classes of employees. SB1543 Engrossed -11- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 (3) The selection of a person to fill a public 2 office, as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a 3 public office, when the public body is given power to 4 appoint under law or ordinance, or the discipline, 5 performance or removal of the occupant of a public 6 office, when the public body is given power to remove the 7 occupant under law or ordinance. 8 (4) Evidence or testimony presented in open 9 hearing, or in closed hearing where specifically 10 authorized by law, to a quasi-adjudicative body, as 11 defined in this Act, provided that the body prepares and 12 makes available for public inspection a written decision 13 setting forth its determinative reasoning. 14 (5) The purchase or lease of real property for the 15 use of the public body, including meetings held for the 16 purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should 17 be acquired. 18 (6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of 19 property owned by the public body. 20 (7) The sale or purchase of securities, 21 investments, or investment contracts. 22 (8) Security procedures and the use of personnel 23 and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a 24 reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, 25 students, staff or public property. 26 (9) Student disciplinary cases. 27 (10) The placement of individual students in 28 special education programs and other matters relating to 29 individual students. 30 (11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting 31 or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed 32 and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, 33 or when the public body finds that an action is probable 34 or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding SB1543 Engrossed -12- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the 2 closed meeting. 3 (12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of 4 claims as provided in the Local Governmental and 5 Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise 6 the disposition of a claim or potential claim might be 7 prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss 8 or risk management information, records, data, advice or 9 communications from or with respect to any insurer of the 10 public body or any intergovernmental risk management 11 association or self insurance pool of which the public 12 body is a member. 13 (13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination 14 in the sale or rental of housing, when closed meetings 15 are authorized by the law or ordinance prescribing fair 16 housing practices and creating a commission or 17 administrative agency for their enforcement. 18 (14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of 19 undercover personnel or equipment, or ongoing, prior or 20 future criminal investigations, when discussed by a 21 public body with criminal investigatory responsibilities. 22 (15) Professional ethics or performance when 23 considered by an advisory body appointed to advise a 24 licensing or regulatory agency on matters germane to the 25 advisory body's field of competence. 26 (16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or 27 professional ethics, when meeting with a representative 28 of a statewide association of which the public body is a 29 member. 30 (17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or 31 formal peer review of physicians or other health care 32 professionals for a hospital, or other institution 33 providing medical care, that is operated by the public 34 body. SB1543 Engrossed -13- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 (18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner 2 Review Board. 3 (19) Review or discussion of applications received 4 under the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures 5 Act. 6 (20) The classification and discussion of matters 7 classified as confidential or continued confidential by 8 the State Employees Suggestion Award Board. 9 (21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully 10 closed under this Act, whether for purposes of approval 11 by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the 12 minutes as mandated by Section 2.06. 13 (22) Deliberations for decisions of the State 14 Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board. 15 (23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal 16 utility or the operation of a municipal power agency or 17 municipal natural gas agency when the discussion involves 18 (i) contracts relating to the purchase, sale, or delivery 19 of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results or 20 conclusions of load forecast studies. 21 (24) Meetings of a residential health care facility 22 resident sexual assault and death review team or the 23 Residential Health Care Facility Resident Sexual Assault 24 and Death Review Teams Executive Council under the 25 Residential Health Care Facility Resident Sexual Assault 26 and Death Review Team Act. 27 (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section: 28 "Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose 29 relationship with the public body constitutes an 30 employer-employee relationship under the usual common law 31 rules, and who is not an independent contractor. 32 "Public office" means a position created by or under the 33 Constitution or laws of this State, the occupant of which is 34 charged with the exercise of some portion of the sovereign SB1543 Engrossed -14- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 power of this State. The term "public office" shall include 2 members of the public body, but it shall not include 3 organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether 4 established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to 5 assist the body in the conduct of its business. 6 "Quasi-adjudicative body" means an administrative body 7 charged by law or ordinance with the responsibility to 8 conduct hearings, receive evidence or testimony and make 9 determinations based thereon, but does not include local 10 electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition 11 challenges. 12 (e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a 13 closed meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public 14 recital of the nature of the matter being considered and 15 other information that will inform the public of the business 16 being conducted. 17 (Source: P.A. 90-144, eff. 7-23-97; 91-730, eff. 1-1-01.) 18 Section 93. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by 19 changing Section 7 as follows: 20 (5 ILCS 140/7) (from Ch. 116, par. 207) 21 Sec. 7. Exemptions. 22 (1) The following shall be exempt from inspection and 23 copying: 24 (a) Information specifically prohibited from 25 disclosure by federal or State law or rules and 26 regulations adopted under federal or State law. 27 (b) Information that, if disclosed, would 28 constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 29 privacy, unless the disclosure is consented to in writing 30 by the individual subjects of the information. The 31 disclosure of information that bears on the public duties 32 of public employees and officials shall not be considered SB1543 Engrossed -15- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 an invasion of personal privacy. Information exempted 2 under this subsection (b) shall include but is not 3 limited to: 4 (i) files and personal information maintained 5 with respect to clients, patients, residents, 6 students or other individuals receiving social, 7 medical, educational, vocational, financial, 8 supervisory or custodial care or services directly 9 or indirectly from federal agencies or public 10 bodies; 11 (ii) personnel files and personal information 12 maintained with respect to employees, appointees or 13 elected officials of any public body or applicants 14 for those positions; 15 (iii) files and personal information 16 maintained with respect to any applicant, registrant 17 or licensee by any public body cooperating with or 18 engaged in professional or occupational 19 registration, licensure or discipline; 20 (iv) information required of any taxpayer in 21 connection with the assessment or collection of any 22 tax unless disclosure is otherwise required by State 23 statute; and 24 (v) information revealing the identity of 25 persons who file complaints with or provide 26 information to administrative, investigative, law 27 enforcement or penal agencies; provided, however, 28 that identification of witnesses to traffic 29 accidents, traffic accident reports, and rescue 30 reports may be provided by agencies of local 31 government, except in a case for which a criminal 32 investigation is ongoing, without constituting a 33 clearly unwarranted per se invasion of personal 34 privacy under this subsection. SB1543 Engrossed -16- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 (c) Records compiled by any public body for 2 administrative enforcement proceedings and any law 3 enforcement or correctional agency for law enforcement 4 purposes or for internal matters of a public body, but 5 only to the extent that disclosure would: 6 (i) interfere with pending or actually and 7 reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings 8 conducted by any law enforcement or correctional 9 agency; 10 (ii) interfere with pending administrative 11 enforcement proceedings conducted by any public 12 body; 13 (iii) deprive a person of a fair trial or an 14 impartial hearing; 15 (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a 16 confidential source or confidential information 17 furnished only by the confidential source; 18 (v) disclose unique or specialized 19 investigative techniques other than those generally 20 used and known or disclose internal documents of 21 correctional agencies related to detection, 22 observation or investigation of incidents of crime 23 or misconduct; 24 (vi) constitute an invasion of personal 25 privacy under subsection (b) of this Section; 26 (vii) endanger the life or physical safety of 27 law enforcement personnel or any other person; or 28 (viii) obstruct an ongoing criminal 29 investigation. 30 (d) Criminal history record information maintained 31 by State or local criminal justice agencies, except the 32 following which shall be open for public inspection and 33 copying: 34 (i) chronologically maintained arrest SB1543 Engrossed -17- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 information, such as traditional arrest logs or 2 blotters; 3 (ii) the name of a person in the custody of a 4 law enforcement agency and the charges for which 5 that person is being held; 6 (iii) court records that are public; 7 (iv) records that are otherwise available 8 under State or local law; or 9 (v) records in which the requesting party is 10 the individual identified, except as provided under 11 part (vii) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of 12 this Section. 13 "Criminal history record information" means data 14 identifiable to an individual and consisting of 15 descriptions or notations of arrests, detentions, 16 indictments, informations, pre-trial proceedings, trials, 17 or other formal events in the criminal justice system or 18 descriptions or notations of criminal charges (including 19 criminal violations of local municipal ordinances) and 20 the nature of any disposition arising therefrom, 21 including sentencing, court or correctional supervision, 22 rehabilitation and release. The term does not apply to 23 statistical records and reports in which individuals are 24 not identified and from which their identities are not 25 ascertainable, or to information that is for criminal 26 investigative or intelligence purposes. 27 (e) Records that relate to or affect the security 28 of correctional institutions and detention facilities. 29 (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, 30 memoranda and other records in which opinions are 31 expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except 32 that a specific record or relevant portion of a record 33 shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and 34 identified by the head of the public body. The exemption SB1543 Engrossed -18- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those 2 records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly 3 that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents. 4 (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial 5 information obtained from a person or business where the 6 trade secrets or information are proprietary, privileged 7 or confidential, or where disclosure of the trade secrets 8 or information may cause competitive harm, including all 9 information determined to be confidential under Section 10 4002 of the Technology Advancement and Development Act. 11 Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be 12 construed to prevent a person or business from consenting 13 to disclosure. 14 (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or 15 agreement, including information which if it were 16 disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an 17 advantage to any person proposing to enter into a 18 contractor agreement with the body, until an award or 19 final selection is made. Information prepared by or for 20 the body in preparation of a bid solicitation shall be 21 exempt until an award or final selection is made. 22 (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems, 23 designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced 24 by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be 25 expected to produce private gain or public loss. 26 (j) Test questions, scoring keys and other 27 examination data used to administer an academic 28 examination or determined the qualifications of an 29 applicant for a license or employment. 30 (k) Architects' plans and engineers' technical 31 submissions for projects not constructed or developed in 32 whole or in part with public funds and for projects 33 constructed or developed with public funds, to the extent 34 that disclosure would compromise security. SB1543 Engrossed -19- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 (l) Library circulation and order records 2 identifying library users with specific materials. 3 (m) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to 4 the public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the 5 public body makes the minutes available to the public 6 under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act. 7 (n) Communications between a public body and an 8 attorney or auditor representing the public body that 9 would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and 10 materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in 11 anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative 12 proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the 13 public body, and materials prepared or compiled with 14 respect to internal audits of public bodies. 15 (o) Information received by a primary or secondary 16 school, college or university under its procedures for 17 the evaluation of faculty members by their academic 18 peers. 19 (p) Administrative or technical information 20 associated with automated data processing operations, 21 including but not limited to software, operating 22 protocols, computer program abstracts, file layouts, 23 source listings, object modules, load modules, user 24 guides, documentation pertaining to all logical and 25 physical design of computerized systems, employee 26 manuals, and any other information that, if disclosed, 27 would jeopardize the security of the system or its data 28 or the security of materials exempt under this Section. 29 (q) Documents or materials relating to collective 30 negotiating matters between public bodies and their 31 employees or representatives, except that any final 32 contract or agreement shall be subject to inspection and 33 copying. 34 (r) Drafts, notes, recommendations and memoranda SB1543 Engrossed -20- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 pertaining to the financing and marketing transactions of 2 the public body. The records of ownership, registration, 3 transfer, and exchange of municipal debt obligations, and 4 of persons to whom payment with respect to these 5 obligations is made. 6 (s) The records, documents and information relating 7 to real estate purchase negotiations until those 8 negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated. 9 With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually 10 and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding 11 under Article VII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 12 records, documents and information relating to that 13 parcel shall be exempt except as may be allowed under 14 discovery rules adopted by the Illinois Supreme Court. 15 The records, documents and information relating to a real 16 estate sale shall be exempt until a sale is consummated. 17 (t) Any and all proprietary information and records 18 related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk 19 management association or self-insurance pool or jointly 20 self-administered health and accident cooperative or 21 pool. 22 (u) Information concerning a university's 23 adjudication of student or employee grievance or 24 disciplinary cases, to the extent that disclosure would 25 reveal the identity of the student or employee and 26 information concerning any public body's adjudication of 27 student or employee grievances or disciplinary cases, 28 except for the final outcome of the cases. 29 (v) Course materials or research materials used by 30 faculty members. 31 (w) Information related solely to the internal 32 personnel rules and practices of a public body. 33 (x) Information contained in or related to 34 examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, SB1543 Engrossed -21- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible 2 for the regulation or supervision of financial 3 institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is 4 otherwise required by State law. 5 (y) Information the disclosure of which is 6 restricted under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities 7 Act. 8 (z) Manuals or instruction to staff that relate to 9 establishment or collection of liability for any State 10 tax or that relate to investigations by a public body to 11 determine violation of any criminal law. 12 (aa) Applications, related documents, and medical 13 records received by the Experimental Organ 14 Transplantation Procedures Board and any and all 15 documents or other records prepared by the Experimental 16 Organ Transplantation Procedures Board or its staff 17 relating to applications it has received. 18 (bb) Insurance or self insurance (including any 19 intergovernmental risk management association or self 20 insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management 21 information, records, data, advice or communications. 22 (cc) Information and records held by the Department 23 of Public Health and its authorized representatives 24 relating to known or suspected cases of sexually 25 transmissible disease or any information the disclosure 26 of which is restricted under the Illinois Sexually 27 Transmissible Disease Control Act. 28 (dd) Information the disclosure of which is 29 exempted under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing 30 Act. 31 (ee) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 32 of the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying 33 Qualifications Based Selection Act. 34 (ff) Security portions of system safety program SB1543 Engrossed -22- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 plans, investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, 2 data, or information compiled, collected, or prepared by 3 or for the Regional Transportation Authority under 4 Section 2.11 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act 5 or the St. Clair County Transit District under the 6 Bi-State Transit Safety Act. 7 (gg) Information the disclosure of which is 8 restricted and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois 9 Prepaid Tuition Act. 10 (hh) Information the disclosure of which is 11 exempted under Section 80 of the State Gift Ban Act. 12 (ii) Beginning July 1, 1999, information that would 13 disclose or might lead to the disclosure of secret or 14 confidential information, codes, algorithms, programs, or 15 private keys intended to be used to create electronic or 16 digital signatures under the Electronic Commerce Security 17 Act. 18 (jj) Information contained in a local emergency 19 energy plan submitted to a municipality in accordance 20 with a local emergency energy plan ordinance that is 21 adopted under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal 22 Code. 23 (kk) Information and data concerning the 24 distribution of surcharge moneys collected and remitted 25 by wireless carriers under the Wireless Emergency 26 Telephone Safety Act. 27 (ll) Records and information provided to a 28 residential health care facility resident sexual assault 29 and death review team or the Residential Health Care 30 Facility Resident Sexual Assault and Death Review Teams 31 Executive Council under the Residential Health Care 32 Facility Resident Sexual Assault and Death Review Team 33 Act. 34 (2) This Section does not authorize withholding of SB1543 Engrossed -23- LRB093 10753 DRJ 11634 b 1 information or limit the availability of records to the 2 public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise 3 provided in this Act. 4 (Source: P.A. 91-137, eff. 7-16-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 5 91-660, eff. 12-22-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-241, eff. 6 8-3-01; 92-281, eff. 8-7-01; 92-645, eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, 7 eff. 7-11-02.) 8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 9 becoming law.