(730 ILCS 195/35)
Sec. 35. Team access to information.
(a) The Department shall provide to a mortality review team, on the request of the team's chairperson, all records and information in the Department's possession that are relevant to the team's review of a youth death.
(b) The mortality review team shall have access to all records and information that are relevant to its review of a youth death and in the possession of a State or local governmental agency, including, without limitation, birth certificates, all relevant medical and mental health records, records of law enforcement agency investigations, records of coroner or medical examiner investigations, records of a probation and court services department regarding the youth, and records of a social services agency that provided services to the youth or the youth's family.
(c) Each appointed member of a mortality review team shall sign an acknowledgement upon appointment and before participating in meetings or review of records acknowledging the confidentiality of information obtained in the course of the team's review and containing the member's agreement not to reproduce or distribute confidential information obtained in the course of the review.
(Source: P.A. 96-1378, eff. 7-29-10.)
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