Bill Text: IL SR1941 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the Director of Children and Family Services and the Director of Public Health to submit, by January 1, 2017, a joint report to the General Assembly and the Governor that sets forth its transition plan and recommendations regarding the merits of transferring the administration of all child death review teams from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of Public Health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR1941 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SR1941-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Director of
Children and Family Services and the Director of Public Health
to submit, by January 1, 2017, a joint report to the General
Assembly and the Governor that sets forth its transition plan
and recommendations regarding the merits of transferring the
administration of all child death review teams from the
Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of
Public Health; and be it further
RESOLVED, That in preparing the joint report, the Directors
should consult with knowledgeable experts and other
stakeholders in the field, including, but not limited to: (i)
pediatricians knowledgeable about child abuse and neglect;
(ii) national experts in the area of child abuse, neglect, and
child fatality; (iii) members of the Child Death Review Teams;
(iv) forensic pathologists; (v) the Office of the Cook County
Public Guardian; (vi) the Cook County State's Attorney's Office
and offices of State's Attorneys of other counties; and (vii)
members of the law enforcement community. In addition, the
Directors may conduct a public hearing or hearings to receive
additional information from members of the public; and be it
further

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RESOLVED, That the joint report shall: (i) make a
recommendation regarding the merits of transferring the
administration of all child death review teams from the
Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of
Public Health as well as its proposed transition plan; (ii)
make one or more recommendations regarding programmatic
changes, if any, that should or should not be made to the
administration of child death review teams; and (iii) include
suitable draft legislation to implement the recommendations
made by the Directors as part of their report; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to
the Director of Children and Family Services and the Director
of Public Health.