Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3948 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3948 Introduced 5/8/2024, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Removes a provision allowing a law enforcement agency to attempt to obtain a DNA sample from the missing person or a DNA reference sample created from family members' DNA samples for submission before 30 days after acceptance of a report. Provides that a law enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that requires the observance of any waiting period before accepting a missing person report. Removes provisions prohibiting refusal of acceptance of missing persons reports based on lack of personal knowledge or for any other reason. Adds provisions about multiple reports for the same missing person. Requires a law enforcement agency to notify a person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or other specified individuals, about specified efforts to locate a missing person. Provides that, if a missing person remains missing for 30 days after the date of report the law enforcement agency shall immediately (rather than may) generate a report of the missing person within the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, and the law enforcement agency shall (rather than may) attempt to obtain specified information and materials that have not been received. Modifies the information and materials are required to attempted to obtain. Modifies the definition of "high-risk missing person". Upon receipt of a missing person report (rather than immediately), requires the responding local law enforcement agency to enter all collected information relating to the missing person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System and the National Crime Information Center. Makes other changes to the reporting requirements. Modifies requirements for submission of fingerprints from unidentified remains for analysis as well as other requirements relating identified human remains. Provides that an assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner, coroner, and the Illinois State Police may not close an unidentified person case until the individual has been identified and must keep the case active. Requires the coroner, medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency to obtain a biological (rather than DNA) sample from any individual whose remains are not identifiable, and modifies how the sample may be analyzed and labeled. Makes other changes. LRB103 40607 AWJ 73246 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3948 Introduced 5/8/2024, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index See Index Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Removes a provision allowing a law enforcement agency to attempt to obtain a DNA sample from the missing person or a DNA reference sample created from family members' DNA samples for submission before 30 days after acceptance of a report. Provides that a law enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that requires the observance of any waiting period before accepting a missing person report. Removes provisions prohibiting refusal of acceptance of missing persons reports based on lack of personal knowledge or for any other reason. Adds provisions about multiple reports for the same missing person. Requires a law enforcement agency to notify a person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or other specified individuals, about specified efforts to locate a missing person. Provides that, if a missing person remains missing for 30 days after the date of report the law enforcement agency shall immediately (rather than may) generate a report of the missing person within the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, and the law enforcement agency shall (rather than may) attempt to obtain specified information and materials that have not been received. Modifies the information and materials are required to attempted to obtain. Modifies the definition of "high-risk missing person". Upon receipt of a missing person report (rather than immediately), requires the responding local law enforcement agency to enter all collected information relating to the missing person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System and the National Crime Information Center. Makes other changes to the reporting requirements. Modifies requirements for submission of fingerprints from unidentified remains for analysis as well as other requirements relating identified human remains. Provides that an assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner, coroner, and the Illinois State Police may not close an unidentified person case until the individual has been identified and must keep the case active. Requires the coroner, medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency to obtain a biological (rather than DNA) sample from any individual whose remains are not identifiable, and modifies how the sample may be analyzed and labeled. Makes other changes. LRB103 40607 AWJ 73246 b LRB103 40607 AWJ 73246 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Removes a provision allowing a law enforcement agency to attempt to obtain a DNA sample from the missing person or a DNA reference sample created from family members' DNA samples for submission before 30 days after acceptance of a report. Provides that a law enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that requires the observance of any waiting period before accepting a missing person report. Removes provisions prohibiting refusal of acceptance of missing persons reports based on lack of personal knowledge or for any other reason. Adds provisions about multiple reports for the same missing person. Requires a law enforcement agency to notify a person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or other specified individuals, about specified efforts to locate a missing person. Provides that, if a missing person remains missing for 30 days after the date of report the law enforcement agency shall immediately (rather than may) generate a report of the missing person within the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, and the law enforcement agency shall (rather than may) attempt to obtain specified information and materials that have not been received. Modifies the information and materials are required to attempted to obtain. Modifies the definition of "high-risk missing person". Upon receipt of a missing person report (rather than immediately), requires the responding local law enforcement agency to enter all collected information relating to the missing person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System and the National Crime Information Center. Makes other changes to the reporting requirements. Modifies requirements for submission of fingerprints from unidentified remains for analysis as well as other requirements relating identified human remains. Provides that an assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner, coroner, and the Illinois State Police may not close an unidentified person case until the individual has been identified and must keep the case active. Requires the coroner, medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency to obtain a biological (rather than DNA) sample from any individual whose remains are not identifiable, and modifies how the sample may be analyzed and labeled. Makes other changes.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Missing Persons Identification Act is
15	15	5 amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 20, and 25 as follows:
16	16	6 (50 ILCS 722/5)
17	17	7 Sec. 5. Missing person reports.
18	18	8 (a) Report acceptance. All law enforcement agencies shall
19	19	9 accept without delay any report of a missing person. No law
20	20	10 enforcement agency shall establish or maintain any policy that
21	21	11 requires the observance of any waiting period before accepting
22	22	12 a missing person report and may attempt to obtain a DNA sample
23	23	13 from the missing person or a DNA reference sample created from
24	24	14 family members' DNA samples for submission under paragraph (1)
25	25	15 of subsection (c) of Section 10. Acceptance of a missing
26	26	16 person report filed in person may not be refused on any ground.
27	27	17 No law enforcement agency may refuse to accept a missing
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29	29	19 (1) on the basis that the missing person is an adult;
30	30	20 (2) on the basis that the circumstances do not
31	31	21 indicate foul play;
32	32	22 (3) on the basis that the person has been missing for a
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40	40	Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Removes a provision allowing a law enforcement agency to attempt to obtain a DNA sample from the missing person or a DNA reference sample created from family members' DNA samples for submission before 30 days after acceptance of a report. Provides that a law enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that requires the observance of any waiting period before accepting a missing person report. Removes provisions prohibiting refusal of acceptance of missing persons reports based on lack of personal knowledge or for any other reason. Adds provisions about multiple reports for the same missing person. Requires a law enforcement agency to notify a person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or other specified individuals, about specified efforts to locate a missing person. Provides that, if a missing person remains missing for 30 days after the date of report the law enforcement agency shall immediately (rather than may) generate a report of the missing person within the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, and the law enforcement agency shall (rather than may) attempt to obtain specified information and materials that have not been received. Modifies the information and materials are required to attempted to obtain. Modifies the definition of "high-risk missing person". Upon receipt of a missing person report (rather than immediately), requires the responding local law enforcement agency to enter all collected information relating to the missing person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System and the National Crime Information Center. Makes other changes to the reporting requirements. Modifies requirements for submission of fingerprints from unidentified remains for analysis as well as other requirements relating identified human remains. Provides that an assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner, coroner, and the Illinois State Police may not close an unidentified person case until the individual has been identified and must keep the case active. Requires the coroner, medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency to obtain a biological (rather than DNA) sample from any individual whose remains are not identifiable, and modifies how the sample may be analyzed and labeled. Makes other changes.
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68	68	1 (4) on the basis that the person has been missing a
69	69	2 long period of time;
70	70	3 (5) on the basis that there is no indication that the
71	71	4 missing person was in the jurisdiction served by the law
72	72	5 enforcement agency at the time of the disappearance;
73	73	6 (6) on the basis that the circumstances suggest that
74	74	7 the disappearance may be voluntary;
75	75	8 (7) (blank); on the basis that the reporting
76	76	9 individual does not have personal knowledge of the facts;
77	77	10 (8) on the basis that the reporting individual cannot
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79	79	12 enforcement agency;
80	80	13 (9) on the basis that the reporting individual lacks a
81	81	14 familial or other relationship with the missing person; or
82	82	15 (9-5) on the basis of the missing person's mental
83	83	16 state or medical condition. ; or
84	84	17 (10) for any other reason.
85	85	18 (a-5) Multiple reports for same missing person. If the law
86	86	19 enforcement agency learns through investigation that a missing
87	87	20 person report has been filed by another law enforcement agency
88	88	21 for the same missing person and is under active investigation
89	89	22 by that agency and a missing person entry is active in the Law
90	90	23 Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS), then the law
91	91	24 enforcement agency may not draft an additional missing person
92	92	25 report but shall draft an informational report detailing the
93	93	26 interview of the reporting individual. The informational
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104	104	1 report shall be forwarded to the original law enforcement
105	105	2 agency handling the missing person case without delay.
106	106	3 (b) Manner of reporting. All law enforcement agencies
107	107	4 shall accept missing person reports in person. Law enforcement
108	108	5 agencies are encouraged to accept reports by phone or by
109	109	6 electronic or other media to the extent that such reporting is
110	110	7 consistent with law enforcement policies or practices.
111	111	8 (c) Contents of report. In accepting a report of a missing
112	112	9 person, the law enforcement agency shall attempt to gather
113	113	10 relevant information relating to the disappearance. The law
114	114	11 enforcement agency shall attempt to gather at the time of the
115	115	12 report information that shall include, but shall not be
116	116	13 limited to, the following:
117	117	14 (1) the name of the missing person, including
118	118	15 alternative names used;
119	119	16 (2) the missing person's date of birth;
120	120	17 (3) the missing person's identifying marks, such as
121	121	18 birthmarks, moles, tattoos, and scars;
122	122	19 (4) the missing person's height and weight;
123	123	20 (5) the missing person's gender;
124	124	21 (6) the missing person's race;
125	125	22 (7) the missing person's current hair color and true
126	126	23 or natural hair color;
127	127	24 (8) the missing person's eye color;
128	128	25 (9) the missing person's prosthetics, surgical
129	129	26 implants, or cosmetic implants;
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140	140	1 (10) the missing person's physical anomalies;
141	141	2 (11) the missing person's blood type, if known;
142	142	3 (12) the missing person's driver's license number, if
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144	144	5 (13) the missing person's social security number, if
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146	146	7 (14) a photograph of the missing person; recent
147	147	8 photographs are preferable and the agency is encouraged to
148	148	9 attempt to ascertain the approximate date the photograph
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150	150	11 (15) a description of the clothing the missing person
151	151	12 was believed to be wearing;
152	152	13 (16) a description of items that might be with the
153	153	14 missing person, such as jewelry, accessories, and shoes or
154	154	15 boots;
155	155	16 (17) information on the missing person's electronic
156	156	17 communications devices, such as cellular telephone numbers
157	157	18 and e-mail addresses;
158	158	19 (18) the reasons why the reporting individual believes
159	159	20 that the person is missing;
160	160	21 (19) the name and location of the missing person's
161	161	22 school or employer, if known;
162	162	23 (20) the name and location of the missing person's
163	163	24 dentist or primary care physician or provider, or both, if
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165	165	26 (21) any circumstances that may indicate that the
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176	176	1 disappearance was not voluntary;
177	177	2 (22) any circumstances that may indicate that the
178	178	3 missing person may be at risk of injury or death;
179	179	4 (23) a description of the possible means of
180	180	5 transportation of the missing person, including make,
181	181	6 model, color, license number, and Vehicle Identification
182	182	7 Number of a vehicle;
183	183	8 (24) any identifying information about a known or
184	184	9 possible abductor or person last seen with the missing
185	185	10 person, or both, including:
186	186	11 (A) name;
187	187	12 (B) a physical description;
188	188	13 (C) date of birth;
189	189	14 (D) identifying marks;
190	190	15 (E) the description of possible means of
191	191	16 transportation, including make, model, color, license
192	192	17 number, and Vehicle Identification Number of a
193	193	18 vehicle;
194	194	19 (F) known associates;
195	195	20 (25) any other information that may aid in locating
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197	197	22 (26) the date of last contact.
198	198	23 (d) Notification and follow up action.
199	199	24 (1) Notification. The law enforcement agency shall
200	200	25 notify the person making the report, a family member, a
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212	212	1 other person in a position to assist the law enforcement
213	213	2 agency in its efforts to locate the missing person of the
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215	215	4 (A) general information about the handling of the
216	216	5 missing person case or about intended efforts in the
217	217	6 case to the extent that the law enforcement agency
218	218	7 determines that disclosure would not adversely affect
219	219	8 its ability to locate or protect the missing person or
220	220	9 to apprehend or prosecute any person criminally
221	221	10 involved in the disappearance;
222	222	11 (B) that the person should promptly contact the
223	223	12 law enforcement agency if the missing person remains
224	224	13 missing in order to provide additional information and
225	225	14 materials that will aid in locating the missing person
226	226	15 such as the missing person's credit cards, debit
227	227	16 cards, banking information, and cellular telephone
228	228	17 records; and
229	229	18 (C) that any DNA samples provided for the missing
230	230	19 person case are provided on a voluntary basis and will
231	231	20 be used solely to help locate or identify the missing
232	232	21 person and will not be used for any other purpose.
233	233	22 The law enforcement agency, upon acceptance of a
234	234	23 missing person report, shall inform the reporting citizen
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236	236	25 person. If the missing person is under 18 years of age,
237	237	26 contact information for the National Center for Missing
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248	248	1 and Exploited Children shall be given. If the missing
249	249	2 person is age 18 or older, contact information for the
250	250	3 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
251	251	4 organization shall be given.
252	252	5 The law enforcement agency is encouraged to make
253	253	6 available informational materials, through publications or
254	254	7 electronic or other media, that advise the public about
255	255	8 how the information or materials identified in this
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258	258	11 (2) Follow up action. If the person identified in the
259	259	12 missing person report remains missing for after 30 days
260	260	13 after the date of the report, but not more than 60 days,
261	261	14 the law enforcement agency shall immediately may generate
262	262	15 a report of the missing person within the National Missing
263	263	16 and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), and the law
264	264	17 enforcement agency shall may attempt to obtain the
265	265	18 additional information and materials that have not been
266	266	19 received, specified below:
267	267	20 (A) additional photographs of the missing person
268	268	21 that may aid the investigation or identification of an
269	269	22 unidentified person, including photographs of the
270	270	23 missing person's scars, marks, and tattoos. All
271	271	24 photographs collected by law enforcement of the
272	272	25 missing person shall be added the National Missing and
273	273	26 Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) record. The law
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284	284	1 enforcement agency is not required to obtain written
285	285	2 authorization before it releases publicly a photograph
286	286	3 that would aid in the investigation or location of the
287	287	4 missing person DNA samples from family members or from
288	288	5 the missing person along with any needed
289	289	6 documentation, or both, including any consent forms,
290	290	7 required for the use of State or federal DNA
291	291	8 databases, including, but not limited to, the Local
292	292	9 DNA Index System (LDIS), State DNA Index System
293	293	10 (SDIS), National DNA Index System (NDIS), and National
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295	295	12 partner laboratories;
296	296	13 (B) fingerprint records of the missing person from
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298	298	15 database, if available. The missing person's
299	299	16 fingerprint record shall be added to the missing
300	300	17 person entry in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data
301	301	18 System (LEADS) and the National Missing and
302	302	19 Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on the 30th day
303	303	20 after the date of the report. The fingerprint records
304	304	21 may be used for direct comparison to the fingerprint
305	305	22 records of unidentified persons only an authorization
306	306	23 to release dental or skeletal x-rays of the missing
307	307	24 person;
308	308	25 (C) an authorization to release dental or skeletal
309	309	26 radiographs of the missing person any additional
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320	320	1 photographs of the missing person that may aid the
321	321	2 investigation or an identification; the law
322	322	3 enforcement agency is not required to obtain written
323	323	4 authorization before it releases publicly any
324	324	5 photograph that would aid in the investigation or
325	325	6 identification of the missing person;
326	326	7 (D) dental charts and radiographs of the missing
327	327	8 person, if available. The missing person's dental
328	328	9 record shall be added to the missing person entry in
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330	330	11 the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
331	331	12 (NamUs) on the 30th day after the date of report. The
332	332	13 dental records may only be used for direct comparison
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334	334	15 information and x-rays; and
335	335	16 (E) biological samples from closely related family
336	336	17 members of the missing person or a biological sample
337	337	18 from the personal item of the missing person, along
338	338	19 with any consent forms, required for the entry of a DNA
339	339	20 profile in the Combined DNA Index System, including,
340	340	21 but not limited to, the Local DNA Index System (LDIS),
341	341	22 State DNA Index System (SDIS), and National DNA Index
342	342	23 System (NDIS) fingerprints.
343	343	24 (3) Biological samples Samples collected for DNA
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356	356	1 other accredited laboratory resource where DNA profiles
357	357	2 are entered into local, State, and national DNA Index
358	358	3 Systems within 90 60 days from the date of the report. The
359	359	4 Illinois State Police laboratories shall establish
360	360	5 procedures for determining how to prioritize analysis of
361	361	6 the samples relating to missing person cases. All
362	362	7 biological DNA samples and subsequent DNA profiles
363	363	8 obtained in missing person cases from family members of
364	364	9 the missing person or personal items of the missing person
365	365	10 may not be retained after the location or identification
366	366	11 of the remains of the missing person unless there is a
367	367	12 search warrant signed by a court of competent
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369	369	14 (4) This subsection shall not be interpreted to
370	370	15 preclude a law enforcement agency from attempting to
371	371	16 obtain the materials identified in this subsection before
372	372	17 the expiration of the specified periods. 30-day period.
373	373	18 The responsible law enforcement agency may make a National
374	374	19 Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) report on
375	375	20 the missing person within 60 days after the report of the
376	376	21 disappearance of the missing person.
377	377	22 (5) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
378	378	23 establish written protocols for the handling of missing
379	379	24 person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Law
380	380	25 enforcement agencies may not close a missing person case
381	381	26 until the missing person has returned or been located,
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392	392	1 either alive or deceased. Law enforcement agencies shall
393	393	2 keep cases under active investigation until the person is
394	394	3 located or returned. Reasons for closing a missing person
395	395	4 case may not include exhaustion of leads and the life
396	396	5 expectancy of the missing person.
397	397	6 (Source: P.A. 101-266, eff. 1-1-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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399	399	8 Sec. 10. Law enforcement analysis and reporting of missing
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401	401	10 (a) Prompt determination and definition of a high-risk
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403	403	12 (1) Definition. "High-risk missing person" means a
404	404	13 person whose whereabouts are not currently known and whose
405	405	14 circumstances indicate that the person may be at risk of
406	406	15 injury or death. The circumstances that indicate that a
407	407	16 person is a high-risk missing person include, but are not
408	408	17 limited to, any of the following:
409	409	18 (A) the person is missing as a result of a stranger
410	410	19 abduction;
411	411	20 (B) the person is missing under suspicious
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413	413	22 (C) the person is missing under unknown
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415	415	24 (D) the person is missing under known dangerous
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427	427	1 (E) the person is missing more than 30 days;
428	428	2 (F) the person has already been designated as a
429	429	3 high-risk missing person by another law enforcement
430	430	4 agency;
431	431	5 (G) there is evidence that the person is at risk
432	432	6 because:
433	433	7 (i) the person is in need of medical
434	434	8 attention, including but not limited to persons
435	435	9 with dementia-like symptoms, or prescription
436	436	10 medication;
437	437	11 (ii) the person does not have a pattern of
438	438	12 running away or disappearing;
439	439	13 (iii) the person may have been abducted by a
440	440	14 non-custodial parent;
441	441	15 (iv) the person is mentally impaired,
442	442	16 including, but not limited to, a person having a
443	443	17 developmental disability, as defined in Section
444	444	18 1-106 of the Mental Health and Developmental
445	445	19 Disabilities Code, or a person having an
446	446	20 intellectual disability, as defined in Section
447	447	21 1-116 of the Mental Health and Developmental
448	448	22 Disabilities Code;
449	449	23 (v) the person is under the age of 21;
450	450	24 (vi) the person has been the subject of past
451	451	25 threats or acts of violence;
452	452	26 (vii) the person has gone missing eloped from
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463	463	1 a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care
464	464	2 Act nursing home;
465	465	3 (G-5) the person is a veteran or active duty
466	466	4 member of the United States Armed Forces, the National
467	467	5 Guard, or any reserve component of the United States
468	468	6 Armed Forces who is believed to have a physical or
469	469	7 mental health condition that is related to his or her
470	470	8 service; or
471	471	9 (H) any other factor that may, in the judgment of
472	472	10 the law enforcement official, indicate that the
473	473	11 missing person may be at risk.
474	474	12 (b) Law enforcement risk assessment.
475	475	13 (1) Upon initial receipt of a missing person report,
476	476	14 the law enforcement agency shall immediately determine
477	477	15 whether there is a basis to determine that the missing
478	478	16 person is a high-risk missing person.
479	479	17 (2) If a law enforcement agency has previously
480	480	18 determined that a missing person is not a high-risk
481	481	19 missing person, but obtains new information, it shall
482	482	20 immediately determine whether the information indicates
483	483	21 that the missing person is a high-risk missing person.
484	484	22 (3) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
485	485	23 establish written protocols for the handling of missing
486	486	24 person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
487	487	25 (c) Law enforcement reporting.
488	488	26 (1) Upon receipt of a missing person report, the The
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499	499	1 responding local law enforcement agency shall immediately
500	500	2 enter all collected information relating to the missing
501	501	3 person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System
502	502	4 (LEADS) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
503	503	5 The database entries shall remain on file indefinitely or
504	504	6 until action is taken by the originating agency to clear
505	505	7 or cancel the record. In addition, if the missing person
506	506	8 remains missing for 30 days from the date of report, the
507	507	9 law enforcement agency shall immediately generate a report
508	508	10 of the missing person within the National Missing and
509	509	11 Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) databases and the
510	510	12 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
511	511	13 within 45 days after the receipt of the report, or in the
512	512	14 case of a high risk missing person, within 30 days after
513	513	15 the receipt of the report. If the DNA sample submission is
514	514	16 to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
515	515	17 (NamUs) partner laboratory, the DNA profile may be
516	516	18 uploaded by the partner laboratory to the National DNA
517	517	19 Index System (NDIS). A packet submission of all relevant
518	518	20 reports and DNA samples may be sent to the National
519	519	21 Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) within 30
520	520	22 days for any high-risk missing person cases. The
521	521	23 information shall be provided in accordance with
522	522	24 applicable guidelines relating to the databases. The
523	523	25 information shall be entered as follows:
524	524	26 (A) If Illinois State Police laboratories are
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535	535	1 utilized in lieu of National Missing and Unidentified
536	536	2 Persons System (NamUs) partner laboratories, all
537	537	3 appropriate DNA profiles, as determined by the
538	538	4 Illinois State Police, shall be uploaded into the
539	539	5 appropriate index missing person databases of the
540	540	6 State DNA Index System (SDIS) and National DNA Index
541	541	7 System (NDIS) after completion of the DNA analysis and
542	542	8 other procedures required for database entry. The
543	543	9 responding local law enforcement agency may submit any
544	544	10 DNA samples voluntarily obtained from family members
545	545	11 to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
546	546	12 (NamUs) partner laboratory for DNA analysis within 90
547	547	13 30 days. A notation of DNA submission may be made
548	548	14 within the National Missing and Unidentified Persons
549	549	15 System (NamUs) record.
550	550	16 (B) If the missing person remains missing for 30
551	551	17 days from the date of report and if reporting
552	552	18 requirements for entry into Information relevant to
553	553	19 the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Violent Criminal
554	554	20 Apprehension Program are met, the law enforcement
555	555	21 agency shall enter the missing person case into the
556	556	22 Federal Bureau of Investigation's Violent Criminal
557	557	23 Apprehension Program database be entered as soon as
558	558	24 possible.
559	559	25 (C) The Illinois State Police shall ensure that
560	560	26 persons entering data relating to medical or dental
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571	571	1 records in State or federal databases are specifically
572	572	2 trained to understand and correctly enter the
573	573	3 information sought by these databases. The Illinois
574	574	4 State Police shall either use a person with specific
575	575	5 expertise in medical or dental records for this
576	576	6 purpose or consult with a chief medical examiner,
577	577	7 forensic anthropologist, or odontologist to ensure the
578	578	8 accuracy and completeness of information entered into
579	579	9 the State and federal databases.
580	580	10 (2) The Illinois State Police shall immediately notify
581	581	11 all law enforcement agencies within this State and the
582	582	12 surrounding region of the information that will aid in the
583	583	13 prompt location and safe return of the high-risk missing
584	584	14 person.
585	585	15 (3) The local law enforcement agencies that receive
586	586	16 the notification from the Illinois State Police shall
587	587	17 notify officers to be on the lookout for the missing
588	588	18 person or a suspected abductor.
589	589	19 (4) Pursuant to any applicable State criteria, local
590	590	20 law enforcement agencies shall also provide for the prompt
591	591	21 use of an Amber Alert in cases involving abducted
592	592	22 children; or use of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory
593	593	23 in appropriate high-risk missing person high risk cases.
594	594	24 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-266, eff. 1-1-21;
595	595	25 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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606	606	1 (50 ILCS 722/20)
607	607	2 Sec. 20. Unidentified persons or human remains
608	608	3 identification responsibilities.
609	609	4 (a) In this Section, "assisting law enforcement agency"
610	610	5 means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction acting under
611	611	6 the request and direction of the medical examiner or coroner
612	612	7 to assist with human remains identification.
613	613	8 (a-5) If the official with custody of the human remains is
614	614	9 not a coroner or medical examiner, the official shall
615	615	10 immediately notify the coroner or medical examiner of the
616	616	11 county in which the remains were found. The coroner or medical
617	617	12 examiner shall go to the scene and take charge of the remains.
618	618	13 (b) Notwithstanding any other action deemed appropriate
619	619	14 for the handling of the human remains, the assisting law
620	620	15 enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall make
621	621	16 reasonable attempts to promptly identify human remains. This
622	622	17 does not include historic or prehistoric skeletal remains.
623	623	18 These actions shall include, but are not limited to, obtaining
624	624	19 the following when possible:
625	625	20 (1) photographs of the human remains (prior to an
626	626	21 autopsy);
627	627	22 (2) dental and skeletal radiographs X-rays;
628	628	23 (3) photographs of items found on or with the human
629	629	24 remains;
630	630	25 (4) fingerprints from the remains;
631	631	26 (5) tissue samples suitable for DNA analysis;
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642	642	1 (6) (blank); and
643	643	2 (7) any other information that may support
644	644	3 identification efforts.
645	645	4 (c) No medical examiner or coroner or any other person
646	646	5 shall dispose of, or engage in actions that will materially
647	647	6 affect the unidentified human remains before the assisting law
648	648	7 enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner obtains items
649	649	8 essential for human identification efforts listed in
650	650	9 subsection (b) of this Section.
651	651	10 (d) Cremation of unidentified human remains is prohibited.
652	652	11 (e) (Blank).
653	653	12 (f) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
654	654	13 examiner, or coroner shall seek support from appropriate State
655	655	14 and federal agencies, including National Missing and
656	656	15 Unidentified Persons System resources to facilitate prompt
657	657	16 identification of human remains. This support may include, but
658	658	17 is not limited to, fingerprint comparison; forensic
659	659	18 odontology; nuclear or mitochondrial DNA analysis, or both;
660	660	19 and forensic anthropology.
661	661	20 (f-5) In this subsection, "local, State, and federal
662	662	21 automated fingerprint identification system databases"
663	663	22 includes:
664	664	23 (1) local criminal history repositories;
665	665	24 (2) the Illinois State Police Automated Biometric
666	666	25 Identification System (ABIS), both criminal and civil, and
667	667	26 any successor databases; and
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678	678	1 (3) the Next Generation Integrated Automated
679	679	2 Fingerprint Identification System (NGI) and other federal
680	680	3 fingerprint databases, including the Immigration,
681	681	4 Military, and Repository for Individuals of Special
682	682	5 Concern (RISC), and any successor databases.
683	683	6 Fingerprints from the unidentified remains, including
684	684	7 partial prints, shall be submitted for analysis within 7 days
685	685	8 of recovery of the remains by the assisting law enforcement
686	686	9 agency, medical examiner, or coroner to all local, State, and
687	687	10 federal automated fingerprint identification system databases,
688	688	11 and the submitting agency shall ensure fingerprints are
689	689	12 appropriately searched for identification purposes. It is the
690	690	13 responsibility of the submitting agency to ensure that all
691	691	14 these steps are accomplished in the above order and in their
692	692	15 entirety. If there are no matches at any of the aforementioned
693	693	16 local, State, or federal levels, the unidentified fingerprint
694	694	17 records shall be uploaded to the National Missing and
695	695	18 Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on the 30th day after
696	696	19 recovery of the remains. If no matches are made on the local,
697	697	20 State, or federal level, the submitting agency may contact the
698	698	21 International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) for
699	699	22 search through the automated fingerprint identification system
700	700	23 databases of member countries if remains are believed to have
701	701	24 an international nexus. If the fingerprint analysis does not
702	702	25 aid in the identification of the remains, then the assisting
703	703	26 law enforcement agency, coroner, or medical examiner shall
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714	714	1 cause a dental examination to be performed by a forensic
715	715	2 odontologist within 45 days of recovery of the remains for the
716	716	3 purpose of dental charting, direct comparison to missing
717	717	4 person dental records, and uploading to the National Crime
718	718	5 Information Center (NCIC) and National Missing and
719	719	6 Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). If the fingerprint and
720	720	7 dental analysis does not aid in the identification of the
721	721	8 remains, then blood, tissue, or bone samples from the
722	722	9 unidentified remains shall be submitted for DNA analysis
723	723	10 within 90 days of the recovery of the remains to a National
724	724	11 Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) partner
725	725	12 laboratory or other accredited laboratory where DNA profiles
726	726	13 are entered into the National DNA Index System upon completion
727	727	14 of testing. In the case of markedly decomposed or skeletal
728	728	15 remains, a forensic anthropological analysis of the remains
729	729	16 shall also be performed within 30 days from the recovery of the
730	730	17 remains.
731	731	18 Fingerprints from the unidentified remains, including
732	732	19 partial prints, shall be submitted to the Illinois State
733	733	20 Police or other resource for the purpose of attempting to
734	734	21 identify the deceased. The coroner or medical examiner shall
735	735	22 cause a dental examination to be performed by a forensic
736	736	23 odontologist for the purpose of dental charting, comparison to
737	737	24 missing person records, or both. Tissue samples collected for
738	738	25 DNA analysis shall be submitted within 30 days of the recovery
739	739	26 of the remains to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons
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750	750	1 System partner laboratory or other resource where DNA profiles
751	751	2 are entered into the National DNA Index System upon completion
752	752	3 of testing. Forensic anthropological analysis of the remains
753	753	4 shall also be considered.
754	754	5 (g) (Blank).
755	755	6 (g-2) The medical examiner or coroner shall report the
756	756	7 unidentified human remains and the location where the remains
757	757	8 were found to the Illinois State Police within 24 hours of
758	758	9 discovery and then to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
759	759	10 within 72 hours of discovery if the remains are not identified
760	760	11 as mandated by Section 15 of this Act. The assisting law
761	761	12 enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall contact
762	762	13 the Illinois State Police to request the creation of a
763	763	14 National Crime Information Center Unidentified Person record
764	764	15 within 5 days of the discovery of the remains. In the case of
765	765	16 markedly decomposed or skeletal remains, the creation of a
766	766	17 National Crime Information Center Unidentified Person record
767	767	18 shall be made upon receipt of the anthropological analysis
768	768	19 report. The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
769	769	20 examiner, or coroner shall provide the Illinois State Police
770	770	21 all information required for National Crime Information Center
771	771	22 entry. Upon notification, the Illinois State Police shall
772	772	23 create the Unidentified Person record without unnecessary
773	773	24 delay.
774	774	25 (g-5) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
775	775	26 examiner, or coroner shall obtain a National Crime Information
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786	786	1 Center number from the Illinois State Police to verify entry
787	787	2 and maintain this number within the unidentified human remains
788	788	3 case file. A National Crime Information Center Unidentified
789	789	4 Person record shall remain on file indefinitely or until
790	790	5 action is taken by the originating agency to clear or cancel
791	791	6 the record. The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
792	792	7 examiner, or coroner shall notify the Illinois State Police of
793	793	8 necessary record modifications or cancellation if
794	794	9 identification is made.
795	795	10 (h) (Blank).
796	796	11 (h-5) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
797	797	12 examiner, or coroner shall create an unidentified person
798	798	13 record in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
799	799	14 prior to the submission of samples and on the 30th day after or
800	800	15 within 30 days of the discovery of the remains, if no
801	801	16 identification has been made. The entry shall include all
802	802	17 available case information, including fingerprint data and
803	803	18 dental radiographs and charts. Samples shall be submitted to a
804	804	19 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System partner
805	805	20 laboratory for DNA analysis within 30 Days. A notation of DNA
806	806	21 submission shall be made within the National Missing and
807	807	22 Unidentified Persons System Unidentified Person record.
808	808	23 (i) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to preclude
809	809	24 any assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner,
810	810	25 coroner, or the Illinois State Police from pursuing other
811	811	26 efforts to identify human remains including efforts to
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822	822	1 publicize information, descriptions, or photographs related to
823	823	2 the investigation. An assisting law enforcement agency,
824	824	3 medical examiner, coroner, and the Illinois State Police may
825	825	4 not close an unidentified person case until the individual has
826	826	5 been identified. Law enforcement agencies, medical examiners,
827	827	6 and coroners shall keep such cases under active investigation
828	828	7 until the person is identified. Reasons for closing an
829	829	8 unidentified person case may not include exhaustion of leads
830	830	9 and the life expectancy of the unidentified person's next of
831	831	10 kin.
832	832	11 (j) For historic or prehistoric human skeletal remains
833	833	12 determined by an anthropologist to be older than 100 years,
834	834	13 jurisdiction shall be transferred to the Department of Natural
835	835	14 Resources for further investigation under the Archaeological
836	836	15 and Paleontological Resources Protection Act.
837	837	16 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
838	838	17 102-869, eff. 1-1-23.)
839	839	18 (50 ILCS 722/25)
840	840	19 Sec. 25. Unidentified deceased persons. The coroner, or
841	841	20 medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency shall
842	842	21 obtain a biological DNA sample from any individual whose
843	843	22 remains are not identifiable. The biological DNA sample shall
844	844	23 be forwarded to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons
845	845	24 System partner laboratory or other accredited laboratory where
846	846	25 DNA profiles are entered into resource for analysis and
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857	857	1 inclusion in the National DNA Index System.
858	858	2 Prior to the burial or interment of any unknown
859	859	3 individual's remains or any unknown individual's body part,
860	860	4 the medical examiner or coroner in possession of the remains
861	861	5 or body part must assign a case DNA log number to the unknown
862	862	6 individual or body part. The medical examiner or coroner shall
863	863	7 place a stainless-steel tag that is stamped or inscribed with
864	864	8 the assigned case DNA log number on the individual or body part
865	865	9 and on the outside of the burial container. The DNA log number
866	866	10 shall be stamped on the unidentified individual's toe tag, if
867	867	11 possible.
868	868	12 (Source: P.A. 100-901, eff. 1-1-19.)
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