Illinois House Bill 5487 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that when a report involves a child with a developmental or cognitive disability or with a physical disability that impacts the child's ability to communicate, the Department of Children and Family Services' investigation team shall include a licensed clinical social worker and a speech language pathologist who have experience, either in a clinical setting or as a therapist in an educational setting, in working with the child's specific disability to help assess the information received from the child. Provides that these persons shall be directly involved in preparing for the investigation by building awareness of the child's communication needs, including the use of assistive technology, and reading abilities, assessing whether a reduced number of or shortened interviews are warranted, and determining the appropriate environment for interviewing the child. Provides that if a forensic interview is to be conducted, the Department shall ensure that the interviewer is trained to interview individuals with disabilities or is accompanied by the Department's licensed clinical social worker and speech language pathologist. Provides that the Department shall ensure that the interviewer has access to individualized information about the child's disability from personal records, family members or care providers, and others with relevant information prior to meeting the child. Effective immediately.

DCFS-ABUSE RPTS-DISABLED KIDS

Rep. Patricia Bellock [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-04-11	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2014-04-09	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2014-04-09	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2014-04-01	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
2014-04-01	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
2014-03-25	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2014-03-24	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
2014-03-24	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000
2014-03-24	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
2014-03-21	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-21	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
2014-03-13	House	Assigned to Human Services Committee
2014-02-13	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-13	House	First Reading
2014-02-13	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
325	5	7.4	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5487&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5487.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5487ham001.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5487ham002.htm