Bill Text: IL SB2278 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Provides that the definition of "high-risk missing person" includes a person who is a veteran or active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, or any reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is believed to have a physical or mental health condition that is related to his or her service.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0835 [SB2278 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2278-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 100-0835 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Missing Persons Identification Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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(50 ILCS 722/10)
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Sec. 10. Law enforcement analysis and reporting of missing | ||||
person information. | ||||
(a) Prompt determination of high-risk missing person. | ||||
(1) Definition. "High-risk missing person" means a | ||||
person whose whereabouts are not currently known and whose | ||||
circumstances indicate that the person may be at risk of | ||||
injury or death. The circumstances that indicate that a | ||||
person is a high-risk missing person include, but are not | ||||
limited to, any of the following: | ||||
(A) the person is missing as a result of a stranger | ||||
abduction; | ||||
(B) the person is missing under suspicious | ||||
circumstances; | ||||
(C) the person is missing under unknown | ||||
circumstances; | ||||
(D) the person is missing under known dangerous | ||||
circumstances; | ||||
(E) the person is missing more than 30 days; | ||
(F) the person has already been designated as a | ||
high-risk missing person by another law enforcement | ||
agency; | ||
(G) there is evidence that the person is at risk | ||
because: | ||
(i) the person is in need of medical attention, | ||
including but not limited to persons with | ||
dementia-like symptoms, or prescription | ||
medication; | ||
(ii) the person does not have a pattern of | ||
running away or disappearing; | ||
(iii) the person may have been abducted by a | ||
non-custodial parent; | ||
(iv) the person is mentally impaired; | ||
(v) the person is under the age of 21; | ||
(vi) the person has been the subject of past | ||
threats or acts of violence; | ||
(vii) the person has eloped from a nursing | ||
home; or | ||
(G-5) the person is a veteran or active duty member | ||
of the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, | ||
or any reserve component of the United States Armed | ||
Forces who is believed to have a physical or mental | ||
health condition that is related to his or her service; | ||
or | ||
(H) any other factor that may, in the judgment of | ||
the law enforcement official, indicate that the | ||
missing person may be at risk. | ||
(2) Law enforcement risk assessment. | ||
(A) Upon initial receipt of a missing person | ||
report, the law enforcement agency shall immediately | ||
determine whether there is a basis to determine that | ||
the missing person is a high-risk missing person. | ||
(B) If a law enforcement agency has previously | ||
determined that a missing person is not a high-risk | ||
missing person, but obtains new information, it shall | ||
immediately determine whether the information | ||
indicates that the missing person is a high-risk | ||
missing person. | ||
(C) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to | ||
establish written protocols for the handling of | ||
missing person cases to accomplish the purposes of this | ||
Act. | ||
(3) Law enforcement agency reports. | ||
(A) The responding local law enforcement agency | ||
shall immediately enter all collected information | ||
relating to the missing person case in the Law | ||
Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) and the | ||
National Crime Information Center (NCIC) databases. | ||
The information shall be provided in accordance with | ||
applicable guidelines relating to the databases. The | ||
information shall be entered as follows: | ||
(i) All appropriate DNA profiles, as | ||
determined by the Department of State Police, | ||
shall be uploaded into the missing person | ||
databases of the State DNA Index System (SDIS) and | ||
National DNA Index System (NDIS) after completion | ||
of the DNA analysis and other procedures required | ||
for database entry. | ||
(ii) Information relevant to the Federal | ||
Bureau of Investigation's Violent Criminal | ||
Apprehension Program shall be entered as soon as | ||
possible. | ||
(iii) The Department of State Police shall | ||
ensure that persons entering data relating to | ||
medical or dental records in State or federal | ||
databases are specifically trained to understand | ||
and correctly enter the information sought by | ||
these databases. The Department of State Police | ||
shall either use a person with specific expertise | ||
in
medical or dental records for this purpose or | ||
consult with a chief medical examiner, forensic | ||
anthropologist, or odontologist to ensure the | ||
accuracy and completeness of information entered | ||
into the State and federal databases.
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(B) The Department of State Police shall | ||
immediately notify all law enforcement agencies within | ||
this State and the surrounding region of the | ||
information that will aid in the prompt location and | ||
safe return of the high-risk missing person. | ||
(C) The local law enforcement agencies that | ||
receive the notification from the Department of State | ||
Police shall notify officers to be on the lookout for | ||
the missing person or a suspected abductor. | ||
(D) Pursuant to any applicable State criteria, | ||
local law enforcement agencies shall also provide for | ||
the prompt use of an Amber Alert in cases involving | ||
abducted children; or use of the Endangered Missing | ||
Person Advisory in appropriate high risk cases.
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(Source: P.A. 95-192, eff. 8-16-07; 96-149, eff. 1-1-10.)
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