Bill Text: IL SB0721 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Passed) 2015-07-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0023 [SB0721 Detail]

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AN ACT concerning children.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
by changing Section 39.2 as follows:
(20 ILCS 505/39.2)
Sec. 39.2. Illinois Children's Justice Task Force. The
Illinois Children's Justice Task Force, in compliance with (i)
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) (42 U.S.C.
5106c), as amended by Public Law 111-320; (ii) the Victims of
Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603), as amended; and (iii)
Section 116 of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, shall be
charged with the exploration, research, and development of
recommendations on a multidisciplinary team approach for the
investigation of reports of abuse or neglect of children under
the age of 18.
The Illinois Children's Justice Task Force shall submit a
report to the General Assembly by January 31, 2016 March 1,
2015 regarding, but not limited to, its recommendations for a
statewide multidisciplinary approach to child abuse or neglect
investigations. The Department of Children and Family Services
shall continue to provide administrative support to the Task
Force through the Department's Children's Justice Grant

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Manager.
(Source: P.A. 98-845, eff. 8-1-14.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.