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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Child Death Review Team Act. (Source: P.A. 88-614, eff. 9-7-94.)
Illinois · statute · 20 ILCS 515 · 19 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Child Death Review Team Act. (Source: P.A. 88-614, eff. 9-7-94.)
State policy. The following statements are the policy of this State: (1) Every child is entitled to live in safety and in health and to survive into adulthood. (2) Responding to child deaths is a State and a community responsibility. (3) When a child dies, the response by the State and the community to the death must i…
Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context requires otherwise: "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 the Department of Children and Family Services. "Director" means the…
Child death review teams; establishment. (a) The Inspector General of the Department, in consultation and cooperation with the Executive Council, law enforcement, and other professionals who work in the field of investigating, treating, or preventing child abuse or neglect in that subregion, shall appoint members to a…
Reviews of child deaths. (a) Every child death shall be reviewed by the team in the subregion which has primary case management responsibility. The deceased child must be one of the following: (1) A youth in care. (2) The subject of an open service case maintained by the Department. (3) The subject of a pending child a…
Team access to information. (a) No later than 21 days prior to a child death review team meeting, the Department shall provide to a child death review team and its staff all records and information in the Department's possession that are relevant to the team's review of a child death, including records and information…
Public access to information. (a) Meetings of the child death review teams and the Executive Council shall be closed to the public. Meetings of the child death review teams and the Executive Council are not subject to the Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120), as provided in that Act. (b) Records and information provided to a…
Indemnification. The State shall indemnify and hold harmless members of a child death review team and the Executive Council for all their acts, omissions, decisions, or other conduct arising out of the scope of their service on the team or Executive Council, except those involving willful or wanton misconduct. The meth…
Illinois Child Death Review Teams Executive Council. (a) The Illinois Child Death Review Teams Executive Council, consisting of the chairpersons of the 9 child death review teams in Illinois, is the coordinating and oversight body for child death review teams and activities in Illinois. The vice-chairperson of a child…
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Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 88-614, eff. 9-7-94.)