99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB2588

Introduced , by Rep. Silvana Tabares

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

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

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In the definition

of "neglected child", provides that 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, "unless the school district has made efforts to bring about the child's attendance and those efforts have been unsuccessful because the

parent or guardian has refused to cooperate" (rather than 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). Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning children.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is

5 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

6 (325 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2053)

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

8 requires:

9 "Adult resident" means any person between 18 and 22 years

10 of age who resides in any facility licensed by the Department

11 under the Child Care Act of 1969. For purposes of this Act, the

12 criteria set forth in the definitions of "abused child" and

13 "neglected child" shall be used in determining whether an adult

14 resident is abused or neglected.

15 "Blatant disregard" means an incident where the real,

16 significant, and imminent risk of harm would be so obvious to a

17 reasonable parent or caretaker that it is unlikely that a

18 reasonable parent or caretaker would have exposed the child to

19 the danger without exercising precautionary measures to

20 protect the child from harm.

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

22 legally emancipated by reason of marriage or entry into a

23 branch of the United States armed services.

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1 "Department" means Department of Children and Family

2 Services.

3 "Local law enforcement agency" means the police of a city,

4 town, village or other incorporated area or the sheriff of an

5 unincorporated area or any sworn officer of the Illinois

6 Department of State Police.

7 "Abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate

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

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

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

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

12 inflicted upon such child physical injury, by other than

13 accidental means, which causes death, disfigurement,

14 impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or

15 impairment of any bodily function;

16 (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to

17 such child by other than accidental means which would be

18 likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of

19 physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of any

20 bodily function;

21 (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense

22 against such child, as such sex offenses are defined in the

23 Criminal Code of 2012 or in the Wrongs to Children Act, and

24 extending those definitions of sex offenses to include

25 children under 18 years of age;

26 (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of

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1 torture upon such child;

2 (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment;

3 (f) commits or allows to be committed the offense of

4 female genital mutilation, as defined in Section 12-34 of

5 the Criminal Code of 2012, against the child;

6 (g) causes to be sold, transferred, distributed, or

7 given to such child under 18 years of age, a controlled

8 substance as defined in Section 102 of the Illinois

9 Controlled Substances Act in violation of Article IV of the

10 Illinois Controlled Substances Act or in violation of the

11 Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,

12 except for controlled substances that are prescribed in

13 accordance with Article III of the Illinois Controlled

14 Substances Act and are dispensed to such child in a manner

15 that substantially complies with the prescription; or

16 (h) commits or allows to be committed the offense of

17 involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a

18 minor, or trafficking in persons as defined in Section 10-9

19 of the Criminal Code of 2012 against the child.

20 A child shall not be considered abused for the sole reason

21 that the child has been relinquished in accordance with the

22 Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.

23 "Neglected child" means any child who is not receiving the

24 proper or necessary nourishment or medically indicated

25 treatment including food or care not provided solely on the

26 basis of the present or anticipated mental or physical

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1 impairment as determined by a physician acting alone or in

2 consultation with other physicians or otherwise is not

3 receiving the proper or necessary support or medical or other

4 remedial care recognized under State law as necessary for a

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

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

7 who is subjected to an environment which is injurious insofar

8 as (i) the child's environment creates a likelihood of harm to

9 the child's health, physical well-being, or welfare and (ii)

10 the likely harm to the child is the result of a blatant

11 disregard of parent or caretaker responsibilities; or who is

12 abandoned by his or her parents or other person responsible for

13 the child's welfare without a proper plan of care; or who has

14 been provided with interim crisis intervention services under

15 Section 3-5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and whose parent,

16 guardian, or custodian refuses to permit the child to return

17 home and no other living arrangement agreeable to the parent,

18 guardian, or custodian can be made, and the parent, guardian,

19 or custodian has not made any other appropriate living

20 arrangement for the child; or who is a newborn infant whose

21 blood, urine, or meconium contains any amount of a controlled

22 substance as defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the

23 Illinois Controlled Substances Act or a metabolite thereof,

24 with the exception of a controlled substance or metabolite

25 thereof whose presence in the newborn infant is the result of

26 medical treatment administered to the mother or the newborn

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1 infant. A child shall not be considered neglected for the sole

2 reason that the child's parent or other person responsible for

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

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

5 considered neglected for the sole reason that the child has

6 been relinquished in accordance with the Abandoned Newborn

7 Infant Protection Act. A child shall not be considered

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

9 parent or other person responsible for his or her welfare

10 depends upon spiritual means through prayer alone for the

11 treatment or cure of disease or remedial care as provided under

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

13 neglected or abused solely because the child is not attending

14 school in accordance with the requirements of Article 26 of The

15 School Code, as amended, unless the school district has made

16 efforts to bring about the child's attendance and those efforts

17 have been unsuccessful because the parent or guardian has

18 refused to cooperate.

19 "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized

20 State employees of the Department assigned by the Director to

21 perform the duties and responsibilities as provided under

22 Section 7.2 of this Act.

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

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

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

26 private residential agency or institution; any person

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1 responsible for the child's welfare within a public or private

2 profit or not for profit child care facility; or any other

3 person responsible for the child's welfare at the time of the

4 alleged abuse or neglect, including any person that is the

5 custodian of a child under 18 years of age who commits or

6 allows to be committed, against the child, the offense of

7 involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a

8 minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or services,

9 as provided in Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012, or

10 any person who came to know the child through an official

11 capacity or position of trust, including but not limited to

12 health care professionals, educational personnel, recreational

13 supervisors, members of the clergy, and volunteers or support

14 personnel in any setting where children may be subject to abuse

15 or neglect.

16 "Temporary protective custody" means custody within a

17 hospital or other medical facility or a place previously

18 designated for such custody by the Department, subject to

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

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

21 or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile

22 offenders.

23 "An unfounded report" means any report made under this Act

24 for which it is determined after an investigation that no

25 credible evidence of abuse or neglect exists.

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

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1 an investigation determines that credible evidence of the

2 alleged abuse or neglect exists.

3 "An undetermined report" means any report made under this

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

5 investigation on the basis of information provided to the

6 Department.

7 "Subject of report" means any child reported to the central

8 register of child abuse and neglect established under Section

9 7.7 of this Act as an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect

10 and the parent or guardian of the alleged victim or other

11 person responsible for the alleged victim's welfare who is

12 named in the report or added to the report as an alleged

13 perpetrator of child abuse or neglect.

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

15 investigation, has been determined by the Department to have

16 caused child abuse or neglect.

17 "Member of the clergy" means a clergyman or practitioner of

18 any religious denomination accredited by the religious body to

19 which he or she belongs.

20 (Source: P.A. 96-1196, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1446, eff. 8-20-10;

21 96-1464, eff. 8-20-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-803, eff.

22 7-13-12; 97-897, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1063, eff. 8-24-12; 97-1150,

23 eff. 1-25-13.)

24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

25 becoming law.