Public Act 92-0801

HB5002 Enrolled                                LRB9214443RCsb

    AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

    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 2, 3, 4, 4.02, 7,  7.1,  7.4,

and 7.14 as follows:

    (325 ILCS 5/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2052)

    Sec.  2.   The Illinois Department of Children and Family

Services shall, upon receiving reports made under  this  Act,

protect  the  health, safety, and best interests of the child

in all situations in which the child is vulnerable  to  child

abuse  or  neglect,  offer  protective  services  in order to

prevent any further harm to the child and to  other  children

in  the  same  environment  or  family,  stabilize  the  home

environment,  and  preserve  family  life  whenever possible.

Recognizing that children also can be  abused  and  neglected

while  living  in  public  or private residential agencies or

institutions meant to serve them, while  attending  day  care

centers,  or  schools,  or  religious  activities, or when in

contact with adults who are responsible for  the  welfare  of

the  child  at  that  time,  this  Act  also provides for the

reporting and investigation of child  abuse  and  neglect  in

such  instances.   In  performing  any  of  these duties, the

Department may utilize such protective services of  voluntary

agencies as are available.

(Source: P.A. 90-28, eff. 1-1-98.)

    (325 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2053)

    Sec. 3.  As used in this Act unless the context otherwise

requires:

    "Child"  means  any  person  under  the  age of 18 years,

unless legally emancipated by reason  of  marriage  or  entry

into a branch of the United States armed services.

    "Department"  means  Department  of  Children  and Family

Services.

    "Local law enforcement agency"  means  the  police  of  a

city, town, village or other incorporated area or the sheriff

of  an  unincorporated  area  or  any  sworn  officer  of the

Illinois Department of State Police.

    "Abused child" means a child whose  parent  or  immediate

family  member,  or  any  person  responsible for the child's

welfare,  or any individual residing in the same home as  the

child, or a paramour of the child's parent:

         (a) a.  inflicts,  causes to be inflicted, or allows

    to be inflicted upon such child physical injury, by other

    than accidental means, which causes death, disfigurement,

    impairment of physical or emotional health,  or  loss  or

    impairment of any bodily function;

         (b) b.  creates   a  substantial  risk  of  physical

    injury to such child by other than accidental means which

    would be likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment

    of physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of

    any bodily function;

         (c) c.  commits or allows to be  committed  any  sex

    offense  against  such  child,  as  such sex offenses are

    defined in the Criminal Code of  1961,  as  amended,  and

    extending  those  definitions  of sex offenses to include

    children under 18 years of age;

         (d) d.  commits or allows to be committed an act  or

    acts of torture upon such child;

         (e) e.  inflicts excessive corporal punishment;

         (f) f.  commits   or  allows  to  be  committed  the

    offense of  female  genital  mutilation,  as  defined  in

    Section  12-34  of the Criminal Code of 1961, against the

    child; or

         (g) g.  causes to be sold, transferred, distributed,

    or  given  to  such  child  under  18  years  of  age,  a

    controlled substance as defined in  Section  102  of  the

    Illinois  Controlled   Substances  Act  in  violation  of

    Article  IV  of  the  Illinois Controlled Substances Act,

    except for controlled substances that are  prescribed  in

    accordance  with  Article  III of the Illinois Controlled

    Substances Act and are  dispensed  to  such  child  in  a

    manner that substantially complies with the prescription.

    A  child  shall  not  be  considered  abused for the sole

reason that the child has  been  relinquished  in  accordance

with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.

    "Neglected  child"  means  any child who is not receiving

the proper or necessary nourishment  or  medically  indicated

treatment  including  food or care not provided solely on the

basis of  the  present  or  anticipated  mental  or  physical

impairment  as  determined  by a physician acting alone or in

consultation  with  other  physicians  or  otherwise  is  not

receiving the proper or necessary support or medical or other

remedial care recognized under State law as necessary  for  a

child's  well-being,  or  other care necessary for his or her

well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or

who is abandoned by  his  or  her  parents  or  other  person

responsible  for the child's welfare without a proper plan of

care; or who is a  newborn  infant  whose  blood,  urine,  or

meconium  contains  any  amount  of a controlled substance as

defined in subsection (f) of  Section  102  of  the  Illinois

Controlled  Substances  Act or a metabolite thereof, with the

exception of a controlled  substance  or  metabolite  thereof

whose presence in the newborn infant is the result of medical

treatment administered to the mother or the newborn infant. A

child  shall  not be considered neglected for the sole reason

that the child's parent or other person responsible  for  his

or  her  welfare  has  left the child in the care of an adult

relative for any  period  of  time.  A  child  shall  not  be

considered  neglected  for the sole reason that the child has

been relinquished in accordance with  the  Abandoned  Newborn

Infant  Protection  Act.   A  child  shall  not be considered

neglected or abused for the sole  reason  that  such  child's

parent  or  other  person  responsible for his or her welfare

depends upon spiritual means through  prayer  alone  for  the

treatment  or  cure  of  disease or remedial care as provided

under Section 4 of this Act.  A child shall not be considered

neglected or abused solely because the child is not attending

school in accordance with the requirements of Article  26  of

The School Code, as amended.

    "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized

State employees of the Department assigned by the Director to

perform  the  duties  and  responsibilities as provided under

Section 7.2 of this Act.

    "Person responsible for the child's  welfare"  means  the

child's  parent; guardian; foster parent; relative caregiver;

any person responsible for the child's welfare in a public or

private  residential  agency  or  institution;   any   person

responsible  for  the  child's  welfare  within  a  public or

private profit or not for profit child care facility; or  any

other  person responsible for the child's welfare at the time

of the alleged abuse or neglect, or any person  who  came  to

know  the  child  through an official capacity or position of

trust,   including   but   not   limited   to   health   care

professionals,    educational     personnel,     recreational

supervisors, members of the clergy, and volunteers or support

personnel  in  any  setting  where children may be subject to

abuse or neglect.

    "Temporary protective custody"  means  custody  within  a

hospital  or  other  medical  facility  or a place previously

designated for such custody by  the  Department,  subject  to

review  by the Court, including a licensed foster home, group

home, or other institution; but such place  shall  not  be  a

jail or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile

offenders.

    "An  unfounded  report"  means any report made under this

Act for which it is determined after an investigation that no

credible evidence of abuse or neglect exists.

    "An indicated report" means a report made under this  Act

if  an investigation determines that credible evidence of the

alleged abuse or neglect exists.

    "An undetermined report" means any report made under this

Act in which it was not possible to initiate or  complete  an

investigation  on  the  basis  of information provided to the

Department.

    "Subject of report"  means  any  child  reported  to  the

central register of child abuse and neglect established under

Section  7.7  of  this Act and his or her parent, guardian or

other person responsible who is also named in the report.

    "Perpetrator"  means  a  person  who,  as  a  result   of

investigation,  has been determined by the Department to have

caused child abuse or neglect.

    "Member of the clergy" means a clergyman or  practitioner

of  any  religious  denomination  accredited by the religious

body to which he or she belongs.

(Source: P.A. 91-802,  eff.  1-1-01;  92-408,  eff.  8-17-01;

92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)

    (325 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2054)

    Sec.   4.    Persons   required   to  report;  privileged

communications; transmitting false  report.   Any  physician,

resident,   intern,   hospital,  hospital  administrator  and

personnel engaged  in  examination,  care  and  treatment  of

persons,  surgeon,  dentist,  dentist  hygienist,  osteopath,

chiropractor,   podiatrist,  physician  assistant,  substance

abuse treatment personnel,  Christian  Science  practitioner,

funeral home director or employee, coroner, medical examiner,

emergency  medical  technician, acupuncturist, crisis line or

hotline personnel,  school  personnel,  educational  advocate

assigned  to  a  child  pursuant  to  the School Code, truant

officers,  social  worker,  social  services   administrator,

domestic   violence   program  personnel,  registered  nurse,

licensed  practical  nurse,  respiratory  care  practitioner,

advanced practice nurse, home health aide, director or  staff

assistant  of  a  nursery  school or a child day care center,

recreational program or facility personnel,  law  enforcement

officer,   registered  psychologist  and  assistants  working

under the direct supervision of a psychologist, psychiatrist,

or  field personnel of the Illinois Department of Public Aid,

Public Health, Human Services (acting  as  successor  to  the

Department  of  Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities,

Rehabilitation Services, or Public Aid),  Corrections,  Human

Rights,  or  Children  and  Family  Services,  supervisor and

administrator of general assistance under the Illinois Public

Aid Code, probation officer,  or  any  other  foster  parent,

homemaker  or  child  care  worker having reasonable cause to

believe a child  known  to  them  in  their  professional  or

official capacity may be an abused child or a neglected child

shall  immediately report or cause a report to be made to the

Department.

    Any member of  the  clergy  having  reasonable  cause  to

believe  that  a  child known to that member of the clergy in

his or her professional capacity may be an  abused  child  as

defined  in  item  (c) of the definition of "abused child" in

Section 3 of this Act shall immediately  report  or  cause  a

report to be made to the Department.

    Whenever such person is required to report under this Act

in  his  capacity  as  a  member of the staff of a medical or

other public or  private  institution,  school,  facility  or

agency,  or  as  a member of the clergy, he shall make report

immediately  to  the  Department  in  accordance   with   the

provisions  of  this  Act  and  may also notify the person in

charge of such institution, school, facility  or  agency,  or

church,   synagogue,   temple,  mosque,  or  other  religious

institution, or his designated agent  that  such  report  has

been made.  Under no circumstances shall any person in charge

of  such  institution, school, facility or agency, or church,

synagogue, temple, mosque, or other religious institution, or

his designated agent to whom such notification has been made,

exercise any control, restraint, modification or other change

in the report  or  the  forwarding  of  such  report  to  the

Department.

    The  privileged  quality  of  communication  between  any 

professional  person  required  to  report and his patient or

client shall not apply  to  situations  involving  abused  or

neglected  children  and  shall  not  constitute  grounds for

failure to report as required by this Act.

    A member of the clergy  may  claim  the  privilege  under

Section 8-803 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

    In  addition  to  the  above  persons  required to report

suspected cases of abused or neglected  children,  any  other

person  may make a report if such person has reasonable cause

to believe a child may be an  abused  child  or  a  neglected

child.

    Any  person  who enters into employment on and after July

1, 1986 and is mandated  by  virtue  of  that  employment  to

report  under  this  Act,  shall  sign  a statement on a form