Illinois § 80

§ 80.

Access to records and information. (a) Upon the oral or written request by a regional review team, records and oral or written information relevant to the purposes of domestic violence fatality review and to the responsibilities of the regional review team shall be provided free of charge by the following: State and local governmental agencies and officials; medical and dental providers; domestic violence offender and partner abuse intervention service providers; child care providers; and employers. Examples of records and oral or written information that may be requested include, but are not limited to: guardian ad litem reports; parenting evaluations; victim impact statements; mental health evaluations submitted to a court; probation information, presentence interviews, and reports; recommendations made regarding bail and release on own recognizance; child welfare reports and information; Child Advocacy Center reports and information; law enforcement incident reports, dispatch records, statements of victims, witnesses and suspects, supplemental reports, and probable cause statements; 9-1-1 call-taker's reports; correction and post-sentence probation or supervision reports; medical, hospital, and dental treatment records; school records and information; child care records and information; and employer records and information. The records and oral or written information may be provided for purposes of domestic violence fatality review without authorization of the person or persons to whom the records and oral or written information relate. (b) The records and oral or written information described in this Section provided to a regional review team or in a domestic violence fatality review become confidential information as defined in this Act. The Statewide Committee, regional review teams, and any other participant in a domestic violence fatality review shall maintain the confidentiality and shall not disclose or release the confidential information received, shared, or obtained. (c) Nothing in this Act shall: (1) limit public access to records or information that are lawfully available; or (2) change the confidentiality and privilege of communications under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, Section 8-802.1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, 42 CFR 2.15, Section 40002(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(2)), 45 CFR 1370.4, and 28 CFR 94.115. (d) The Statewide Committee or a regional review team may request and obtain information and records from outside the State by any available legal means. (Source: P.A. 102-520, eff. 8-20-21.)