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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1342 Introduced 2/5/2013, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review Team Act. Provides that each mortality review team shall consist of at least one member who is a representative of a bar association, law school, or legal academic organization.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality |
| 5 | | Review Team Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (730 ILCS 195/15)
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| 7 | | Sec. 15. Mortality review teams; establishment. |
| 8 | | (a) Upon the occurrence of the death of any youth in the |
| 9 | | Department's custody, the Director shall appoint members and a |
| 10 | | chairperson to a mortality review team. The Director shall make |
| 11 | | the appointments within 30 days after the youth's death. |
| 12 | | (b) Each mortality review team shall consist of at least |
| 13 | | one member from each of the following categories:
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| 14 | | (1) Pediatrician or other physician. |
| 15 | | (2) Representative of the Department. |
| 16 | | (3) State's Attorney or State's Attorney |
| 17 | | representative. |
| 18 | | (4) Representative of a local law enforcement agency. |
| 19 | | (5) Psychologist or psychiatrist. |
| 20 | | (6) Representative of a local health department. |
| 21 | | (7) Designee of the Board of Education of the |
| 22 | | Department of Juvenile Justice School District created |
| 23 | | under Section 13-40 of the School Code. |
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| 1 | | (8) Coroner or forensic pathologist. |
| 2 | | (9) Representative of a juvenile justice advocacy |
| 3 | | organization. |
| 4 | | (10) Representative of a local hospital, trauma |
| 5 | | center, or provider of emergency medical services. |
| 6 | | (11) Representative of the Department of State Police. |
| 7 | | (12) Representative of the Office of the Governor's |
| 8 | | Executive Inspector General. |
| 9 | | (13) Representative of a bar association, law school, |
| 10 | | or legal academic organization. |
| 11 | | A mortality review team may make recommendations to the |
| 12 | | Director concerning additional appointments.
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| 13 | | (c) Each mortality review team member must have |
| 14 | | demonstrated experience or an interest in welfare of youth in |
| 15 | | State custody.
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| 16 | | (d) The mortality review teams shall be funded in the |
| 17 | | Department's annual budget to provide for the travel expenses |
| 18 | | of team members and professional services engaged by the team.
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| 19 | | (e) If a death of a youth in the Department's custody |
| 20 | | occurs while a prior youth death is under review by a team |
| 21 | | pursuant to this Act, the Director may request that the team |
| 22 | | review the subsequent death. |
| 23 | | (f) Upon the conclusion of all reporting required under |
| 24 | | Sections 20, 25, and 30 with respect to a death reviewed by a |
| 25 | | team, all appointments to the team shall expire.
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| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1378, eff. 7-29-10.)
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