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4		-	AN ACT concerning children.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
8		-	amended by changing Sections 7 and 8.6 as follows:
9		-	(325 ILCS 5/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 2057)
10		-	Sec. 7. Time and manner of making reports. All reports of
11		-	suspected child abuse or neglect made under this Act shall be
12		-	made immediately by telephone to the central register
13		-	established under Section 7.7 on the single, State-wide,
14		-	toll-free telephone number established in Section 7.6, or in
15		-	person or by telephone through the nearest Department office.
16		-	The Department shall, in cooperation with school officials,
17		-	distribute appropriate materials in school buildings listing
18		-	the toll-free telephone number established in Section 7.6,
19		-	including methods of making a report under this Act. The
20		-	Department may, in cooperation with appropriate members of the
21		-	clergy, distribute appropriate materials in churches,
22		-	synagogues, temples, mosques, or other religious buildings
23		-	listing the toll-free telephone number established in Section
24		-	7.6, including methods of making a report under this Act.
25		-	Wherever the Statewide number is posted, there shall also
26		-	be posted the following notice:
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning children.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
	7	+	5 amended by changing Sections 7 and 8.6 as follows:
	8	+	6 (325 ILCS 5/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 2057)
	9	+	7 Sec. 7. Time and manner of making reports. All reports of
	10	+	8 suspected child abuse or neglect made under this Act shall be
	11	+	9 made immediately by telephone to the central register
	12	+	10 established under Section 7.7 on the single, State-wide,
	13	+	11 toll-free telephone number established in Section 7.6, or in
	14	+	12 person or by telephone through the nearest Department office.
	15	+	13 The Department shall, in cooperation with school officials,
	16	+	14 distribute appropriate materials in school buildings listing
	17	+	15 the toll-free telephone number established in Section 7.6,
	18	+	16 including methods of making a report under this Act. The
	19	+	17 Department may, in cooperation with appropriate members of the
	20	+	18 clergy, distribute appropriate materials in churches,
	21	+	19 synagogues, temples, mosques, or other religious buildings
	22	+	20 listing the toll-free telephone number established in Section
	23	+	21 7.6, including methods of making a report under this Act.
	24	+	22 Wherever the Statewide number is posted, there shall also
	25	+	23 be posted the following notice:
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33		-	"Any person who knowingly transmits a false report to the
34		-	Department commits the offense of disorderly conduct under
35		-	subsection (a)(7) of Section 26-1 of the Criminal Code of
36		-	2012. A violation of this subsection is a Class 4 felony."
37		-	The report required by this Act shall include, if known,
38		-	the name and address of the child and the child's parents or
39		-	other persons having the child's custody; the child's age; the
40		-	nature of the child's condition, including any evidence of
41		-	previous injuries or disabilities; and any other information
42		-	that the person filing the report believes might be helpful in
43		-	establishing the cause of such abuse or neglect and the
44		-	identity of the person believed to have caused such abuse or
45		-	neglect. Reports made to the central register through the
46		-	State-wide, toll-free telephone number shall be immediately
47		-	transmitted by the Department to the appropriate Child
48		-	Protective Service Unit. All such reports alleging the death
49		-	of a child, serious injury to a child, including, but not
50		-	limited to, brain damage, skull fractures, subdural hematomas,
51		-	and internal injuries, torture of a child, malnutrition of a
52		-	child, and sexual abuse to a child, including, but not limited
53		-	to, sexual intercourse, sexual exploitation, sexual
54		-	molestation, and sexually transmitted disease in a child age
55		-	12 and under, shall also be immediately transmitted by the
56		-	Department to the appropriate local law enforcement agency.
57		-	The Department shall within 24 hours orally notify local law
58		-	enforcement personnel and the office of the State's Attorney
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	34	+	1 "Any person who knowingly transmits a false report to the
	35	+	2 Department commits the offense of disorderly conduct under
	36	+	3 subsection (a)(7) of Section 26-1 of the Criminal Code of
	37	+	4 2012. A violation of this subsection is a Class 4 felony."
	38	+	5 The report required by this Act shall include, if known,
	39	+	6 the name and address of the child and the child's parents or
	40	+	7 other persons having the child's custody; the child's age; the
	41	+	8 nature of the child's condition, including any evidence of
	42	+	9 previous injuries or disabilities; and any other information
	43	+	10 that the person filing the report believes might be helpful in
	44	+	11 establishing the cause of such abuse or neglect and the
	45	+	12 identity of the person believed to have caused such abuse or
	46	+	13 neglect. Reports made to the central register through the
	47	+	14 State-wide, toll-free telephone number shall be immediately
	48	+	15 transmitted by the Department to the appropriate Child
	49	+	16 Protective Service Unit. All such reports alleging the death
	50	+	17 of a child, serious injury to a child, including, but not
	51	+	18 limited to, brain damage, skull fractures, subdural hematomas,
	52	+	19 and internal injuries, torture of a child, malnutrition of a
	53	+	20 child, and sexual abuse to a child, including, but not limited
	54	+	21 to, sexual intercourse, sexual exploitation, sexual
	55	+	22 molestation, and sexually transmitted disease in a child age
	56	+	23 12 and under, shall also be immediately transmitted by the
	57	+	24 Department to the appropriate local law enforcement agency.
	58	+	25 The Department shall within 24 hours orally notify local law
	59	+	26 enforcement personnel and the office of the State's Attorney
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61		-	of the involved county of the receipt of any report alleging
62		-	the death of a child, serious injury to a child, including, but
63		-	not limited to, brain damage, skull fractures, subdural
64		-	hematomas, and internal injuries, torture of a child,
65		-	malnutrition of a child, and sexual abuse to a child,
66		-	including, but not limited to, sexual intercourse, sexual
67		-	exploitation, sexual molestation, and sexually transmitted
68		-	disease in a child age 12 and under. All oral reports made by
69		-	the Department to local law enforcement personnel and the
70		-	office of the State's Attorney of the involved county shall be
71		-	confirmed in writing within 24 hours of the oral report. All
72		-	reports by persons mandated to report under this Act shall be
73		-	confirmed in writing to the appropriate Child Protective
74		-	Service Unit, which may be on forms supplied by the
75		-	Department, within 48 hours of any initial report.
76		-	Any report received by the Department alleging the abuse
77		-	or neglect of a child by a person who is not the child's
78		-	parent, a member of the child's immediate family, a person
79		-	responsible for the child's welfare, an individual residing in
80		-	the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent
81		-	shall immediately be referred to the appropriate local law
82		-	enforcement agency for consideration of criminal investigation
83		-	or other action.
84		-	Written confirmation reports from persons not required to
85		-	report by this Act may be made to the appropriate Child
86		-	Protective Service Unit. Written reports from persons required
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89		-	by this Act to report shall be admissible in evidence in any
90		-	judicial proceeding or administrative hearing relating to
91		-	child abuse or neglect. Reports involving known or suspected
92		-	child abuse or neglect in public or private residential
93		-	agencies or institutions shall be made and received in the
94		-	same manner as all other reports made under this Act.
95		-	For purposes of this Section, "child" includes an adult
96		-	resident as defined in this Act.
97		-	(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-22, eff. 8-8-23.)
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	70	+	1 of the involved county of the receipt of any report alleging
	71	+	2 the death of a child, serious injury to a child, including, but
	72	+	3 not limited to, brain damage, skull fractures, subdural
	73	+	4 hematomas, and internal injuries, torture of a child,
	74	+	5 malnutrition of a child, and sexual abuse to a child,
	75	+	6 including, but not limited to, sexual intercourse, sexual
	76	+	7 exploitation, sexual molestation, and sexually transmitted
	77	+	8 disease in a child age 12 and under. All oral reports made by
	78	+	9 the Department to local law enforcement personnel and the
	79	+	10 office of the State's Attorney of the involved county shall be
	80	+	11 confirmed in writing within 24 hours of the oral report. All
	81	+	12 reports by persons mandated to report under this Act shall be
	82	+	13 confirmed in writing to the appropriate Child Protective
	83	+	14 Service Unit, which may be on forms supplied by the
	84	+	15 Department, within 48 hours of any initial report.
	85	+	16 Any report received by the Department alleging the abuse
	86	+	17 or neglect of a child by a person who is not the child's
	87	+	18 parent, a member of the child's immediate family, a person
	88	+	19 responsible for the child's welfare, an individual residing in
	89	+	20 the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent
	90	+	21 shall immediately be referred to the appropriate local law
	91	+	22 enforcement agency for consideration of criminal investigation
	92	+	23 or other action.
	93	+	24 Written confirmation reports from persons not required to
	94	+	25 report by this Act may be made to the appropriate Child
	95	+	26 Protective Service Unit. Written reports from persons required
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	106	+	1 by this Act to report shall be admissible in evidence in any
	107	+	2 judicial proceeding or administrative hearing relating to
	108	+	3 child abuse or neglect. Reports involving known or suspected
	109	+	4 child abuse or neglect in public or private residential
	110	+	5 agencies or institutions shall be made and received in the
	111	+	6 same manner as all other reports made under this Act.
	112	+	7 For purposes of this Section, "child" includes an adult
	113	+	8 resident as defined in this Act.
	114	+	9 (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-22, eff. 8-8-23.)
	115	+	10 (325 ILCS 5/8.6)
	116	+	11 Sec. 8.6. Reports to a child's school. Within 10 days
	117	+	12 after completing an investigation of alleged physical or
	118	+	13 sexual abuse under this Act, if the report is indicated, the
	119	+	14 Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy of its final
	120	+	15 finding report to the school that the child, who is the
	121	+	16 indicated victim of child abuse, the report attends. During If
	122	+	17 the final finding report is sent during the summer when the
	123	+	18 school is not in session, the report shall be sent to the last
	124	+	19 school that the child attended. The final finding report shall
	125	+	20 be sent as "confidential", and the school shall be responsible
	126	+	21 for ensuring that the report remains confidential in
	127	+	22 accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. If an
	128	+	23 indicated finding is overturned in an appeal or hearing, or if
	129	+	24 the Department has made a determination that the child is no
	130	+	25 longer at risk of physical or sexual harm, the Department
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