(325 ILCS 58/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Safeguard Our Children Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-351, eff. 1-1-16.)
(325 ILCS 58/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Caseworker" means an employee of the Department of Children and Family Services who is assigned case management duties concerning a child or person under the care and legal custody of the Department.
"Child or person" means any child or person, regardless of age, who is under the care and legal custody of the Department of Children and Family Services.
"Department" means the Department of Children and Family Services.
"Plan of Care" means a written or electronic document that details the information required under Section 15 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-351, eff. 1-1-16.)
(325 ILCS 58/10)
Sec. 10. Duty to report. Any child or person in the care of the Department who is placed in a residential facility under contract with the Department pursuant to the Children and Family Services Act shall be reported as missing to the local law enforcement agency within whose jurisdiction the facility is located, if:
The operator of the residential facility shall inform the child's or person's caseworker that the child or person has been reported as missing to the appropriate local law enforcement agency. The operator of the residential facility shall also report the child or person as missing to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and shall make a subsequent telephone notification to the sheriff of the county in which the residential facility is located.
The operator of the residential facility making the missing person report to the local law enforcement agency within whose jurisdiction the facility is located shall report that the missing person is a youth in care as defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family Services Act and shall inform the law enforcement agency taking the report to include the following statement within the missing persons report, in the field of the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) known as "Miscellaneous":
(Source: P.A. 99-351, eff. 1-1-16; 100-159, eff. 8-18-17.)
(325 ILCS 58/15)
Sec. 15. Plan of Care. The operator of a residential facility under contract with the Department shall record a Plan of Care for any child or person who resides at the facility and who plans to leave the facility temporarily for more than 24 hours. A child's or person's Plan of Care must contain the following information:
(Source: P.A. 99-351, eff. 1-1-16.)
(325 ILCS 58/20)
Sec. 20. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 99-351, eff. 1-1-16; text omitted.)
Structure Illinois Compiled Statutes
325 ILCS 2/ - Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
325 ILCS 5/ - Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
325 ILCS 7/ - Bias-Free Child Removal Pilot Program Act.
325 ILCS 10/ - Birth Control Services to Minors Act.
325 ILCS 15/ - Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Act.
325 ILCS 17/ - Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act.
325 ILCS 20/ - Early Intervention Services System Act.
325 ILCS 25/ - High Risk Youth Career Development Act.
325 ILCS 27/ - Afterschool Youth Development Project Act.
325 ILCS 30/ - Family Support Demonstration Project.
325 ILCS 40/ - Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984.
325 ILCS 42/ - Kinship Navigator Act.
325 ILCS 45/ - Minor Identification and Protection Act.
325 ILCS 47/ - Illinois Child Online Exploitation Reporting Act.
325 ILCS 50/ - Missing Children Records Act.
325 ILCS 55/ - Missing Children Registration Law.
325 ILCS 57/ - Find Our Children Act.
325 ILCS 58/ - Safeguard Our Children Act.