Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.160 - Special Types of Reports

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Six types of child abuse or neglect reports shall receive
				special attention as specified in subsections (a) through (f):
a) Incident Involving the Death of a Child
1) The Department shall immediately contact
			 the appropriate medical examiner or coroner, the local law enforcement agency,
			 and the State's Attorney when there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child
			 has died as a result of abuse or neglect. The child protective investigator
			 assigned to the investigation shall require a copy of the completed autopsy
			 report from the coroner or medical examiner.
2) The Department shall refer to the child
			 death review teams described in Section
			 300.170
			 of this Part the death of any child who is:
A) a child for whom the Department of
			 Children and Family Services is legally responsible;
B) a child being served in an open service
			 case either by the Department or through purchase of service contracts with
			 private agencies;
C) the subject of
			 a pending child abuse or neglect investigation;
D) a child who was the subject of an abuse or
			 neglect investigation at any time during the 12 months immediately preceding
			 the child's death; or
E) any other
			 child whose death is reported to the State central register as a result of
			 alleged child abuse or neglect if the report is subsequently
			 indicated.
3) The
			 Department shall cooperate with the work of the Office of the Inspector General
			 and the child death review teams by:
A)
			 providing to the team all records and case information relevant to the review,
			 including records and information concerning all available previous reports or
			 investigations of suspected child abuse or neglect. Other records and case
			 information relevant to the review include:
i)
			 birth certificates;
ii) all
			 relevant medical and mental health records;
iii) records of law enforcement agency
			 investigations;
iv) records of
			 coroner or medical examiner investigations;
v) records of the Department of Corrections
			 concerning a person's parole;
vi)
			 records of a probation and court services department, and records of a social
			 service agency that provided services to the child or the child's
			 family;
B) assisting the
			 Office of the Inspector General and the team in its review of the child's
			 death;
C) reporting on any
			 follow-up interventions suggested by the Office of the Inspector General or the
			 team;
D) providing follow-up on
			 death cases where circumstances surrounding the death suggest other children
			 may be at risk. Follow-up may include, but is not limited to:
i) further investigation;
ii) risk assessment;
iii) grief counseling for other children in
			 the family;
iv) referrals for other
			 services as appropriate;
E) providing information and consultation
			 regarding the juvenile court process and the availability of the court to
			 protect or intervene with surviving siblings; and
F) assisting with arrangements for the date,
			 time, and location of team meetings.
4) The Department shall prepare individual
			 death review reports and issue an annual cumulative report to the Governor and
			 General Assembly incorporating the data, appropriate findings and
			 recommendations from the individual reports.
A) Child death review reports shall be
			 completed no later than six months after the date of the death of the child.
			 Upon completion of each report the Department shall notify the President of the
			 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
			 Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the
			 members of the Senate and the House of Representatives in whose district the
			 child's death occurred. Reports shall address:
i) cause of death;
ii) identification of child protective or
			 other services provided or actions taken regarding the child and his or her
			 family;
iii) extraordinary or
			 pertinent information concerning the circumstances of the child's
			 death;
iv) whether the child or the
			 child's family received assistance, care, or other social services prior to the
			 child's death;
v) actions or
			 further investigation undertaken by the Department since the death of the
			 child; and
vi) recommendations
			 concerning child protective, child welfare, or prevention issues.
B) Reports shall not contain
			 information identifying the name of the deceased child, his or her siblings,
			 parents or other persons legally responsible for the child, or any other
			 members of the child's household.
C) Reports concerning the death of a child
			 and the cumulative reports shall be made available to the public after
			 completion or submittal.
i) A child-specific
			 request for a report may be honored by the Department when the Department
			 determines that disclosure of the information is not contrary to the best
			 interest of the deceased child's siblings or other children in the
			 household.
ii) The Department shall
			 not release or disclose to the public the substance or content of any
			 psychological, psychiatric, therapeutic, clinical, or medical report pertaining
			 to the deceased child or the child's family except as it may apply directly to
			 the cause of the child's death.
D) The Department may request and shall
			 receive in a timely fashion from departments, boards, bureaus, or other
			 agencies of the State, or any of its political subdivisions, or any duly
			 authorized agency, or any other agency that provided assistance, care or
			 services to the deceased child, any information they are authorized to provide
			 to enable the Department to prepare the report.