Bill Text: IL SB2278 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered

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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
SB2278 Enrolled LRB100 16372 SLF 31500 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Missing Persons Identification Act is
amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
(50 ILCS 722/10)
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.
(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.
(Source: P.A. 95-192, eff. 8-16-07; 96-149, eff. 1-1-10.)