Bill Amendment: IL SB0920 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly
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Bill Title: FORENSIC LAB IMPACT NOTE ACT
Status: 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0523 [SB0920 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0920-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: FORENSIC LAB IMPACT NOTE ACT
Status: 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0523 [SB0920 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0920-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 920
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 920 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Forensic Laboratory Impact Note Act. References in this | ||||||
6 | Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
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7 | Section 5. Scope. Every bill, the purpose or effect of | ||||||
8 | which is, either directly or indirectly, to: | ||||||
9 | (1) increase or decrease
the number of crime laboratories; | ||||||
10 | (2) increase or decrease the cost of operating crime | ||||||
11 | laboratories; | ||||||
12 | (3) impact on efficiencies and case loads as well as | ||||||
13 | provide other facts, data, research, and science relevant to | ||||||
14 | the legislative matter; or | ||||||
15 | (4) result in alteration in any process involving or used | ||||||
16 | by crime laboratories, |
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1 | shall have prepared for it
prior to second reading in the house | ||||||
2 | of introduction a brief explanatory
statement of the estimated | ||||||
3 | total annual cost of such changes to the State and units of | ||||||
4 | local government affected by those changes (if any). These | ||||||
5 | statements shall be known
as "Forensic Laboratory Impact | ||||||
6 | Notes".
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7 | Section 10. Procedure. The sponsor of each bill referred | ||||||
8 | to in Section 5 shall present
a copy of the bill, with his or | ||||||
9 | her requirements for a Note, to the
Illinois Forensic Science | ||||||
10 | Commission. The Note shall be prepared by the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Forensic Science Commission and
furnished to the sponsor of | ||||||
12 | the bill within 5 calendar days thereafter;
except that | ||||||
13 | whenever, because of the complexity of the measure, additional
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14 | time is required for the preparation of the Note the | ||||||
15 | Commission may so inform the sponsor of the bill and the | ||||||
16 | sponsor may approve an extension of
the time within which the | ||||||
17 | note should be furnished, not to extend, however,
beyond May | ||||||
18 | 15 the odd numbered year following the date of request. | ||||||
19 | Whenever the sponsor of any measure is of the opinion that | ||||||
20 | no Note is necessary, any member of either house may | ||||||
21 | thereafter request that a
Note be obtained, and in such case | ||||||
22 | the matter shall be decided by majority
vote of those present | ||||||
23 | and voting in the house of which he or she is a member.
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24 | Section 15. Purpose. The purpose of the Note shall be to |
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1 | identify the fiscal and practical effects of proposed | ||||||
2 | legislation, including, but not limited to, analysis of | ||||||
3 | technology, additional, alterations, improvements, or | ||||||
4 | practices of forensic analyses for use in criminal | ||||||
5 | proceedings, impact on the following headcount, space, | ||||||
6 | equipment, instruments, accreditation, volume of cases for | ||||||
7 | analysis, scientific controls and quality assurance.
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8 | Section 20. Content. The Note shall be factual in nature, | ||||||
9 | as brief and concise as may be, and
shall provide a reliable | ||||||
10 | estimate of the annual cost to crime laboratories for which
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11 | the change is required. If it is determined that such need can | ||||||
12 | not be
ascertained, the Note shall contain a statement to that | ||||||
13 | effect,
setting forth the reasons why a determination of need | ||||||
14 | cannot be given. | ||||||
15 | Whenever any measure by which a Note is requested affects | ||||||
16 | both the State and one or more units of local government, such | ||||||
17 | effect must be set
forth in the Note. | ||||||
18 | No comment or opinion shall be included in the Note | ||||||
19 | regarding the merits of the measure for which the Note is
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20 | prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be | ||||||
21 | noted. The
name of the
Illinois Forensic Science Commission | ||||||
22 | shall appear at the end of the note and the original of the
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23 | Note shall be signed by a designee of the Commission.
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24 | Section 25. Committee appearances. The fact that a Note is |
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1 | prepared for any bill shall not
preclude or restrict the | ||||||
2 | appearance before any committee of the General
Assembly of any | ||||||
3 | official or authorized employee of the Commission, or any | ||||||
4 | State board,
commission, department, agency, or other entity, | ||||||
5 | who desires to be heard in
support of or in opposition to the | ||||||
6 | measure.
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7 | Section 30. Amendments. | ||||||
8 | (a) Whenever any committee of either house reports any | ||||||
9 | bill with amendments
of such a nature as will either, directly | ||||||
10 | or indirectly, as stated
in the Note relating to the measure at | ||||||
11 | the time of its referral to
the committee: | ||||||
12 | (1) increase or decrease
the number of crime | ||||||
13 | laboratories; increase or decrease the cost of operating | ||||||
14 | crime laboratories; | ||||||
15 | (2) impact on efficiencies and case loads as well as | ||||||
16 | provide other facts, data, research, and science relevant | ||||||
17 | to the legislative matter; or | ||||||
18 | (3) result in alteration in any process involving or | ||||||
19 | used by crime laboratories, | ||||||
20 | there shall be included with the report of the committee a
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21 | statement of the effect of the change proposed by the | ||||||
22 | amendment reported as
desired by a majority of the committee. | ||||||
23 | (b) Whenever any
measure is amended on the floor of either | ||||||
24 | house in such manner as will, either directly or indirectly, | ||||||
25 | as stated
in the Note relating
to the measure prior to such |
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1 | amendment: | ||||||
2 | (1) increase or decrease
the number of crime | ||||||
3 | laboratories; increase or decrease the cost of operating | ||||||
4 | crime laboratories; impact on efficiencies and case loads | ||||||
5 | as well as provide other facts, data, research, and | ||||||
6 | science relevant to the legislative matter; or | ||||||
7 | (2) result in alteration in any process involving or | ||||||
8 | used by crime laboratories, | ||||||
9 | a majority of such house may
propose that no action shall be | ||||||
10 | taken upon the amendment until the sponsor
of the amendment | ||||||
11 | shows to the members a statement of the effect of
his or her | ||||||
12 | proposed amendment.
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13 | Section 50. The Department of State Police Law of the
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14 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||||||
15 | Section 2605-615 as follows:
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16 | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-615 new) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 2605-615. Illinois Forensic Science Commission. | ||||||
18 | (a) Creation. There is created within the Illinois State | ||||||
19 | Police the Illinois Forensic Science Commission. | ||||||
20 | (b) Duties and purpose. The Commission shall: | ||||||
21 | (1) Provide guidance to ensure the efficient delivery | ||||||
22 | of forensic services and the sound practice of forensic | ||||||
23 | science. | ||||||
24 | (2) Provide a forum for discussions between forensic |
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1 | science stakeholders to improve communication and | ||||||
2 | coordination and to monitor the important issues impacting | ||||||
3 | all stakeholders. | ||||||
4 | (3) Take a systems-based approach in reviewing all | ||||||
5 | aspects of the delivery of forensic services and the sound | ||||||
6 | practice of forensic science with the goal of reducing or | ||||||
7 | eliminating the factors and inefficiencies that contribute | ||||||
8 | to backlogs and errors, with a focus on education and | ||||||
9 | training, funding, hiring, procurement, and other aspects | ||||||
10 | identified by the Commission. | ||||||
11 | (4) Review significant non-conformities with the sound | ||||||
12 | practice of forensic science documented by each | ||||||
13 | publicly-funded forensic laboratory and offer | ||||||
14 | recommendations for the correction thereof. | ||||||
15 | (5) Subject to appropriation, provide educational, | ||||||
16 | research, and professional training opportunities for | ||||||
17 | practicing forensic scientists, police officers, judges, | ||||||
18 | State's Attorneys and Assistant State's Attorneys, Public | ||||||
19 | Defenders, and defense attorneys comporting with the sound | ||||||
20 | practice of forensic science. | ||||||
21 | (6) Collect and analyze information related to the | ||||||
22 | impact of current laws, rules, policies, and practices on | ||||||
23 | forensic crime laboratories and the practice of forensic | ||||||
24 | science; evaluate the impact of those laws, rules, | ||||||
25 | policies, and practices on forensic crime laboratories and | ||||||
26 | the practice of forensic science; identify new policies |
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1 | and approaches, together with changes in science, and | ||||||
2 | technology; and make recommendations for changes to those | ||||||
3 | laws, rules, policies, and practices that will yield | ||||||
4 | better results in the criminal justice system consistent | ||||||
5 | with the sound practice of forensic science. | ||||||
6 | (7) Perform such other studies or tasks pertaining to | ||||||
7 | forensic crime laboratories as may be requested by the | ||||||
8 | General Assembly by resolution or the Governor, and | ||||||
9 | perform such other functions as may be required by law or | ||||||
10 | as are necessary to carry out the purposes and goals of the | ||||||
11 | Commission prescribed in this Section. | ||||||
12 | (8) Ensure that adequate resources and facilities are | ||||||
13 | available for carrying out the changes proposed in | ||||||
14 | legislation and that rational priorities are established | ||||||
15 | for the use of those resources. | ||||||
16 | To do so, the Commission shall prepare Forensic Laboratory | ||||||
17 | Impact Notes identifying the fiscal and practical effects of | ||||||
18 | proposed legislation according to the provisions of the | ||||||
19 | Forensic Laboratory Impact Note Act, including, but not | ||||||
20 | limited to, staffing, resources, and a professional opinion on | ||||||
21 | the value of the change or changes proposed and related | ||||||
22 | science. | ||||||
23 | (c) Members. The Commission shall be composed of the | ||||||
24 | Director of the Illinois State Police, or his or her designee, | ||||||
25 | together with the following members appointed for a term of 4 | ||||||
26 | years by the Governor with the advice and consent of the |
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1 | Senate: | ||||||
2 | (1) One crime laboratory director or administrator | ||||||
3 | from each publicly-funded forensic laboratory system. | ||||||
4 | (2) One member with experience in the admission of | ||||||
5 | forensic evidence in trials from a statewide association | ||||||
6 | representing prosecutors. | ||||||
7 | (3) One member with experience in the admission of | ||||||
8 | forensic evidence in trials from a statewide association | ||||||
9 | representing criminal defense attorneys. | ||||||
10 | (4) Three forensic scientists with bench work | ||||||
11 | background from various forensic disciplines (e.g., DNA, | ||||||
12 | chemistry, pattern evidence, etc.). | ||||||
13 | (5) One retired circuit court judge or associate | ||||||
14 | circuit court judge with criminal trial experience, | ||||||
15 | including experience in the admission of forensic evidence | ||||||
16 | in trials. | ||||||
17 | (6) One academic specializing in the field of forensic | ||||||
18 | sciences. | ||||||
19 | (7) One or more community representatives (e.g., | ||||||
20 | victim advocates, innocence project organizations, sexual | ||||||
21 | assault examiners, etc.). | ||||||
22 | The Governor shall designate one of the members of the | ||||||
23 | Commission to serve as the chair of the Commission. The | ||||||
24 | members of the Commission shall elect from their number such | ||||||
25 | other officers as they may determine. Members of the | ||||||
26 | Commission shall serve without compensation, but may be |
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1 | reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance | ||||||
2 | of their duties from funds appropriated for that purpose. | ||||||
3 | (d) Subcommittees. The Commission may form subcommittees | ||||||
4 | to study specific issues identified under paragraph (3) of | ||||||
5 | subsection (b), including, but not limited to, subcommittees | ||||||
6 | on education and training, procurement, funding and hiring. Ad | ||||||
7 | hoc subcommittees may also be convened to address other | ||||||
8 | issues. Such subcommittees shall meet as needed to complete | ||||||
9 | their work, and shall report their findings back to the | ||||||
10 | Commission. Subcommittees shall include members of the | ||||||
11 | Commission, and may also include non-members such as forensic | ||||||
12 | science stakeholders and subject matter experts. | ||||||
13 | (e) Meetings. The Commission shall meet quarterly, at the | ||||||
14 | call of the chairperson. Facilities for meeting, whether | ||||||
15 | remotely or in person, shall be provided for the Commission by | ||||||
16 | the Illinois State Police. | ||||||
17 | (f) Reporting by publicly-funded forensic laboratories. | ||||||
18 | All State and local publicly-funded forensic laboratory | ||||||
19 | systems, including, but not limited to, the DuPage County | ||||||
20 | Forensic Science Center, the Northeastern Illinois Regional | ||||||
21 | Crime Laboratory, and the Illinois State Police, shall | ||||||
22 | annually provide to the Commission a report summarizing its | ||||||
23 | significant non-conformities with the efficient delivery of | ||||||
24 | forensic services and the sound practice of forensic science. | ||||||
25 | The report will identify:
each significant non-conformity or | ||||||
26 | deficient method;
how the non-conformity or deficient method |
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1 | was detected;
the nature and extent of the non-conformity or | ||||||
2 | deficient method;
all corrective actions implemented to | ||||||
3 | address the non-conformity or deficient method;
and an | ||||||
4 | analysis of the effectiveness of the corrective actions taken. | ||||||
5 | (g) Definition. As used in this Section, "Commission" | ||||||
6 | means the Illinois Forensic Science Commission.
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7 | Section 60. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | ||||||
8 | amended by adding Sections 111-9 and 116-6 as follows:
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9 | (725 ILCS 5/111-9 new) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 111-9. Notification to forensic laboratories. Unless | ||||||
11 | the Supreme Court shall by Rule provide otherwise, upon | ||||||
12 | disposition, withdrawal, or dismissal of any charge, the | ||||||
13 | State's Attorney shall promptly notify the forensic laboratory | ||||||
14 | or laboratories in possession of evidence, reports, or other | ||||||
15 | materials or information related to that charge. Notification | ||||||
16 | may be given by any reasonable means under the circumstances, | ||||||
17 | including, but not limited to, the Illinois State Police | ||||||
18 | Laboratory Information Management System, email, or telephone.
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19 | Section 65. The Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act is | ||||||
20 | amended by changing Section 50 as follows:
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21 | (725 ILCS 202/50) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 50. Sexual assault evidence tracking system. |
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1 | (a) On June 26, 2018, the Sexual Assault Evidence Tracking | ||||||
2 | and Reporting Commission issued its report as required under | ||||||
3 | Section 43. It is the intention of the General Assembly in | ||||||
4 | enacting the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 101st | ||||||
5 | General Assembly to implement the recommendations of the | ||||||
6 | Sexual Assault Evidence Tracking and Reporting Commission set | ||||||
7 | forth in that report in a manner that utilizes the current | ||||||
8 | resources of law enforcement agencies whenever possible and | ||||||
9 | that is adaptable to changing technologies and circumstances. | ||||||
10 | (a-1) Due to the complex nature of a statewide tracking | ||||||
11 | system for sexual assault evidence and
to ensure all | ||||||
12 | stakeholders, including, but not limited to, victims and their | ||||||
13 | designees, health care facilities, law enforcement agencies, | ||||||
14 | forensic labs, and State's Attorneys offices are integrated, | ||||||
15 | the Commission recommended the purchase of an
electronic | ||||||
16 | off-the-shelf tracking system. The system must be able to | ||||||
17 | communicate with all
stakeholders and provide real-time | ||||||
18 | information to a victim or his or her designee on the status
of | ||||||
19 | the evidence that was collected. The sexual assault evidence | ||||||
20 | tracking system must: | ||||||
21 | (1) be electronic and web-based; | ||||||
22 | (2) be administered by the Department of State Police; | ||||||
23 | (3) have help desk availability at all times; | ||||||
24 | (4) ensure the law enforcement agency contact | ||||||
25 | information is accessible to the
victim or his or her | ||||||
26 | designee through the tracking system, so there is contact
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1 | information for questions; | ||||||
2 | (5) have the option for external connectivity to | ||||||
3 | evidence management systems,
laboratory information | ||||||
4 | management systems, or other electronic data
systems | ||||||
5 | already in existence by any of the stakeholders to | ||||||
6 | minimize additional
burdens or tasks on stakeholders; | ||||||
7 | (6) allow for the victim to opt in for automatic | ||||||
8 | notifications when status updates are
entered in the | ||||||
9 | system, if the system allows; | ||||||
10 | (7) include at each step in the process, a brief | ||||||
11 | explanation of the general purpose of that
step and a | ||||||
12 | general indication of how long the step may take to | ||||||
13 | complete; | ||||||
14 | (8) contain minimum fields for tracking and reporting, | ||||||
15 | as follows: | ||||||
16 | (A) for sexual assault evidence kit vendor fields: | ||||||
17 | (i) each sexual evidence kit identification | ||||||
18 | number provided to each health care
facility; and | ||||||
19 | (ii) the date the sexual evidence kit was sent | ||||||
20 | to the health care
facility. | ||||||
21 | (B) for health care
facility fields: | ||||||
22 | (i) the date sexual assault evidence was | ||||||
23 | collected; and | ||||||
24 | (ii) the date notification was made to the law | ||||||
25 | enforcement agency that the sexual assault | ||||||
26 | evidence was collected. |
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1 | (C) for law enforcement agency fields: | ||||||
2 | (i) the date the law enforcement agency took | ||||||
3 | possession of the sexual assault evidence from the | ||||||
4 | health care facility,
another law enforcement | ||||||
5 | agency, or victim if he or she did not go through a | ||||||
6 | health care facility; | ||||||
7 | (ii) the law enforcement agency complaint | ||||||
8 | number; | ||||||
9 | (iii) if the law enforcement agency that takes | ||||||
10 | possession of the sexual assault evidence from a | ||||||
11 | health care facility is not the law enforcement | ||||||
12 | agency
with jurisdiction in which the offense | ||||||
13 | occurred, the date when the law enforcement agency
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14 | notified the law enforcement agency having | ||||||
15 | jurisdiction that the agency has sexual assault | ||||||
16 | evidence required under subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
17 | 20 of the Sexual Assault Incident Procedure Act; | ||||||
18 | (iv) an indication if the victim consented for | ||||||
19 | analysis of the sexual assault evidence; | ||||||
20 | (v) if the victim did not consent for analysis | ||||||
21 | of the sexual assault evidence, the date
on which | ||||||
22 | the law enforcement agency is no longer required | ||||||
23 | to store the sexual assault evidence; | ||||||
24 | (vi) a mechanism for the law enforcement | ||||||
25 | agency to document why the sexual assault evidence | ||||||
26 | was not
submitted to the laboratory for analysis, |
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1 | if applicable; | ||||||
2 | (vii) the date the law enforcement agency | ||||||
3 | received the sexual assault evidence results back | ||||||
4 | from the laboratory; | ||||||
5 | (viii) the date statutory notifications were | ||||||
6 | made to the victim or documentation of why | ||||||
7 | notification
was not made; and | ||||||
8 | (ix) the date the law enforcement agency | ||||||
9 | turned over the case information to the State's
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10 | Attorney office, if applicable. | ||||||
11 | (D) for forensic lab fields: | ||||||
12 | (i) the date the sexual assault evidence is | ||||||
13 | received from the law enforcement agency by the | ||||||
14 | forensic lab
for analysis; | ||||||
15 | (ii) the laboratory case number, visible to | ||||||
16 | the law enforcement agency and State's Attorney | ||||||
17 | office; and | ||||||
18 | (iii) the date the laboratory completes the | ||||||
19 | analysis of the sexual assault evidence. | ||||||
20 | (E) for State's Attorney office fields: | ||||||
21 | (i) the date the State's Attorney office | ||||||
22 | received the sexual assault evidence results from | ||||||
23 | the laboratory, if
applicable; and | ||||||
24 | (ii) the disposition or status of the case. | ||||||
25 | (a-2) The Commission also developed guidelines for secure | ||||||
26 | electronic access to a tracking
system for a victim, or his or |
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1 | her designee to access information on the status of the | ||||||
2 | evidence
collected. The Commission recommended minimum | ||||||
3 | guidelines in order to
safeguard confidentiality of the | ||||||
4 | information contained within this statewide tracking
system. | ||||||
5 | These recommendations are that the sexual assault evidence | ||||||
6 | tracking system must: | ||||||
7 | (1) allow for secure access, controlled by an | ||||||
8 | administering body who can restrict user
access and allow | ||||||
9 | different permissions based on the need of that particular | ||||||
10 | user
and health care facility users may include | ||||||
11 | out-of-state border hospitals, if
authorized by the | ||||||
12 | Department of State Police to obtain this State's kits | ||||||
13 | from vendor; | ||||||
14 | (2) provide for users, other than victims, the ability | ||||||
15 | to provide for any individual who
is granted access to the | ||||||
16 | program their own unique user ID and password; | ||||||
17 | (3) provide for a mechanism for a victim to enter the | ||||||
18 | system and only access
his or her own information; | ||||||
19 | (4) enable a sexual assault evidence to be tracked and | ||||||
20 | identified through the unique sexual assault evidence kit | ||||||
21 | identification
number or barcode that the vendor applies | ||||||
22 | to each sexual assault evidence kit per the Department of | ||||||
23 | State Police's contract; | ||||||
24 | (5) have a mechanism to inventory unused kits provided | ||||||
25 | to a health care facility from the vendor; | ||||||
26 | (6) provide users the option to either scan the bar |
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1 | code or manually enter the sexual assault evidence kit | ||||||
2 | number
into the tracking program; | ||||||
3 | (7) provide a mechanism to create a separate unique | ||||||
4 | identification number for cases in
which a sexual evidence | ||||||
5 | kit was not collected, but other evidence was collected; | ||||||
6 | (8) provide the ability to record date, time, and user | ||||||
7 | ID whenever any user accesses the
system; | ||||||
8 | (9) provide for real-time entry and update of data; | ||||||
9 | (10) contain report functions including: | ||||||
10 | (A) health care facility compliance with | ||||||
11 | applicable laws; | ||||||
12 | (B) law enforcement agency compliance with | ||||||
13 | applicable laws; | ||||||
14 | (C) law enforcement agency annual inventory of | ||||||
15 | cases to each State's Attorney office; and | ||||||
16 | (D) forensic lab compliance with applicable laws; | ||||||
17 | and | ||||||
18 | (11) provide automatic notifications to the law | ||||||
19 | enforcement agency when: | ||||||
20 | (A) a health care facility has collected sexual | ||||||
21 | assault evidence; | ||||||
22 | (B) unreleased sexual assault evidence that is | ||||||
23 | being stored by the law enforcement agency has met the | ||||||
24 | minimum
storage requirement by law; and | ||||||
25 | (C) timelines as required by law are not met for a | ||||||
26 | particular case, if not
otherwise documented. |
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1 | (b) The Department may shall develop rules to implement a | ||||||
2 | sexual assault evidence tracking system that conforms with | ||||||
3 | subsections (a-1) and (a-2) of this Section. The Department | ||||||
4 | shall design the criteria for the sexual assault evidence | ||||||
5 | tracking system so that, to the extent reasonably possible, | ||||||
6 | the system can use existing technologies and products, | ||||||
7 | including, but not limited to, currently available tracking | ||||||
8 | systems. The sexual assault evidence tracking system shall be | ||||||
9 | operational and shall begin tracking and reporting sexual | ||||||
10 | assault evidence no later than one year after the effective | ||||||
11 | date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. The | ||||||
12 | Department may adopt additional rules as it deems necessary to | ||||||
13 | ensure that the sexual assault evidence tracking system | ||||||
14 | continues to be a useful tool for law enforcement. | ||||||
15 | (c) A treatment hospital, a treatment hospital with | ||||||
16 | approved pediatric transfer, an out-of-state hospital approved | ||||||
17 | by the Department of Public Health to receive transfers of | ||||||
18 | Illinois sexual assault survivors, or an approved pediatric | ||||||
19 | health care facility defined in Section 1a of the Sexual | ||||||
20 | Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act shall participate in | ||||||
21 | the sexual assault evidence tracking system created under this | ||||||
22 | Section and in accordance with rules adopted under subsection | ||||||
23 | (b), including, but not limited to, the collection of sexual | ||||||
24 | assault evidence and providing information regarding that | ||||||
25 | evidence, including, but not limited to, providing notice to | ||||||
26 | law enforcement that the evidence has been collected. |
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1 | (d) The operations of the sexual assault evidence tracking | ||||||
2 | system shall be funded by moneys appropriated for that purpose | ||||||
3 | from the State Crime Laboratory Fund and funds provided to the | ||||||
4 | Department through asset forfeiture, together with such other | ||||||
5 | funds as the General Assembly may appropriate. | ||||||
6 | (e) To ensure that the sexual assault evidence tracking | ||||||
7 | system is operational, the Department may adopt emergency | ||||||
8 | rules to implement the provisions of this Section under | ||||||
9 | subsection (ff) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
10 | Procedure Act. | ||||||
11 | (f) Information, including, but not limited to, evidence | ||||||
12 | and records in the sexual assault evidence tracking system is | ||||||
13 | exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 101-377, eff. 8-16-19.)
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.".
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