96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2502


 
Introduced 1/6/2010, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







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     Amends the Child Death Review Team Act. Requires the Child Death Review Teams Executive Council to submit to the Director of Children and Family Services, the General Assembly, and the Governor by January 1, 2012 (rather than January 1, 2010) a report summarizing the results of the Council's  3-year investigation of sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child deaths in the Southern Region of the State. Effective immediately.
  















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    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Child Death Review Team Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 45 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 515/45)

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    Sec. 45. Child Death Investigation Task Force; pilot 
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program. The Child Death Review Teams Executive Council may, 
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from funds appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly to the 
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Department and provided to the Child Death Review Teams 
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Executive Council for this purpose, or from funds that may 
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otherwise be provided for this purpose from other public or 
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private sources, establish a 3-year pilot program in the 
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Southern Region of the State, as designated by the Department, 
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under which a special Child Death Investigation Task Force will 
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be created by the Child Death Review Teams Executive Council to 
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develop and implement a plan for the investigation of sudden, 
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unexpected, or unexplained deaths of children under 18 years of 
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age occurring within that region. The plan shall include a 
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protocol to be followed by child death review teams in the 
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review of child deaths authorized under paragraph (a)(5) of 
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Section 20 of this Act. The plan must include provisions for 
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local or State law enforcement agencies, hospitals, or coroners 
 


 






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to promptly notify the Task Force of a death or serious 
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life-threatening injury to a child, and for the Child Death 
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Investigation Task Force to review the death and submit a 
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report containing findings and recommendations to the Child 
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Death Review Teams Executive Council, the Director, the 
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Department of Children and Family Services Inspector General, 
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the appropriate State's Attorney, and the State Representative 
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and State Senator in whose legislative districts the case 
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arose. The plan may include coordination with any investigation 
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conducted under the Children's Advocacy Center Act.  By January 
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1, 2012 2010,  the Child Death Review Teams Executive Council 
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shall submit a report to the Director, the General Assembly, 
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and the Governor summarizing the results of the pilot program 
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together with any recommendations for statewide implementation 
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of a protocol for the investigation of investigating all 
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sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child deaths.

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(Source: P.A. 95-527, eff. 6-1-08; revised 10-30-09.)
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.