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Public Act 103-0624 Public Act 0624 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Public Act 103-0624 | SB2788 Enrolled | LRB103 35567 KTG 65639 b |
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| 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 Sections 7 and 8.6 as follows: | (325 ILCS 5/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 2057) | Sec. 7. Time and manner of making reports. All reports of | suspected child abuse or neglect made under this Act shall be | made immediately by telephone to the central register | established under Section 7.7 on the single, State-wide, | toll-free telephone number established in Section 7.6, or in | person or by telephone through the nearest Department office. | The Department shall, in cooperation with school officials, | distribute appropriate materials in school buildings listing | the toll-free telephone number established in Section 7.6, | including methods of making a report under this Act. The | Department may, in cooperation with appropriate members of the | clergy, distribute appropriate materials in churches, | synagogues, temples, mosques, or other religious buildings | listing the toll-free telephone number established in Section | 7.6, including methods of making a report under this Act. | Wherever the Statewide number is posted, there shall also | be posted the following notice: |
| "Any person who knowingly transmits a false report to the | Department commits the offense of disorderly conduct under | subsection (a)(7) of Section 26-1 of the Criminal Code of | 2012. A violation of this subsection is a Class 4 felony." | The report required by this Act shall include, if known, | the name and address of the child and the child's parents or | other persons having the child's custody; the child's age; the | nature of the child's condition, including any evidence of | previous injuries or disabilities; and any other information | that the person filing the report believes might be helpful in | establishing the cause of such abuse or neglect and the | identity of the person believed to have caused such abuse or | neglect. Reports made to the central register through the | State-wide, toll-free telephone number shall be immediately | transmitted by the Department to the appropriate Child | Protective Service Unit. All such reports alleging the death | of a child, serious injury to a child, including, but not | limited to, brain damage, skull fractures, subdural hematomas, | and internal injuries, torture of a child, malnutrition of a | child, and sexual abuse to a child, including, but not limited | to, sexual intercourse, sexual exploitation, sexual | molestation, and sexually transmitted disease in a child age | 12 and under, shall also be immediately transmitted by the | Department to the appropriate local law enforcement agency. | The Department shall within 24 hours orally notify local law | enforcement personnel and the office of the State's Attorney |
| of the involved county of the receipt of any report alleging | the death of a child, serious injury to a child, including, but | not limited to, brain damage, skull fractures, subdural | hematomas, and internal injuries, torture of a child, | malnutrition of a child, and sexual abuse to a child, | including, but not limited to, sexual intercourse, sexual | exploitation, sexual molestation, and sexually transmitted | disease in a child age 12 and under. All oral reports made by | the Department to local law enforcement personnel and the | office of the State's Attorney of the involved county shall be | confirmed in writing within 24 hours of the oral report. All | reports by persons mandated to report under this Act shall be | confirmed in writing to the appropriate Child Protective | Service Unit, which may be on forms supplied by the | Department, within 48 hours of any initial report. | Any report received by the Department alleging the abuse | or neglect of a child by a person who is not the child's | parent, a member of the child's immediate family, a person | responsible for the child's welfare, an individual residing in | the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent | shall immediately be referred to the appropriate local law | enforcement agency for consideration of criminal investigation | or other action. | Written confirmation reports from persons not required to | report by this Act may be made to the appropriate Child | Protective Service Unit. Written reports from persons required |
| by this Act to report shall be admissible in evidence in any | judicial proceeding or administrative hearing relating to | child abuse or neglect. Reports involving known or suspected | child abuse or neglect in public or private residential | agencies or institutions shall be made and received in the | same manner as all other reports made under this Act. | For purposes of this Section, "child" includes an adult | resident as defined in this Act. | (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-22, eff. 8-8-23.) | (325 ILCS 5/8.6) | Sec. 8.6. Reports to a child's school. Within 10 days | after completing an investigation of alleged physical or | sexual abuse under this Act, if the report is indicated, the | Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy of its final | finding report to the school that the child , who is the | indicated victim of child abuse, the report attends. During If | the final finding report is sent during the summer when the | school is not in session, the report shall be sent to the last | school that the child attended. The final finding report shall | be sent as "confidential", and the school shall be responsible | for ensuring that the report remains confidential in | accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. If an | indicated finding is overturned in an appeal or hearing, or if | the Department has made a determination that the child is no | longer at risk of physical or sexual harm, the Department |
| shall request that the final finding report be purged from the | student's record, and the school shall purge the final finding | report from the student's record . The final finding report | shall provide the date of expungement and return the report to | the Department. If an indicated report is expunged from the | central register, and that report has been sent to a child's | school, the Department shall request that the final finding | report be purged from the student's record, and the school | shall purge the final finding report from the student's record | in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act and | return the report to the Department . | (Source: P.A. 92-295, eff. 1-1-02.) |
Effective Date: 1/1/2025
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