CD CORR-DNA PROFILE, the official text

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1   AN ACT concerning criminal law.

2   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4   Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by

5 changing Section 5-4-3b as follows:

6   (730 ILCS 5/5-4-3b)

7   Sec. 5-4-3b. Electronic Laboratory Information Management

8 System.

9   (a) The Illinois State Police shall obtain, implement, and

10 maintain an Electronic Laboratory Information Management

11 System (LIMS) to efficiently and effectively track all

12 evidence submitted for forensic testing. At a minimum, the

13 LIMS shall record:

14         (1) the criminal offense or suspected criminal offense

15  for which the evidence is being submitted;

16         (2) the law enforcement agency submitting the

17  evidence;

18         (3) the name of the victim;

19         (4) the law enforcement agency case number;

20         (5) the Illinois State Police Laboratory case number;

21         (6) the date the evidence was received by the Illinois

22  State Police Laboratory;

23         (7) if the Illinois State Police Laboratory sent the
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1   evidence for analysis to another designated laboratory,

2   the name of the laboratory and the date the evidence was

3   sent to that laboratory; and

4   (8) the date and description of any results or

5   information regarding the analysis sent to the submitting

6   law enforcement agency by the Illinois State Police

7   Laboratory or any other designated laboratory.

8   The LIMS shall also link multiple forensic evidence

9 submissions pertaining to a single criminal investigation such

10 that evidence submitted to confirm a previously reported

11 Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) hit in a State or federal

12 database can be linked to the initial evidence submission. The

13 LIMS shall be such that the system provides ease of

14 interoperability with law enforcement agencies for evidence

15 submission and reporting, as well as supports expansion

16 capabilities for future internal networking and laboratory

17 operations.

18  (b) The Illinois State Police, in consultation with and

19 subject to the approval of the Chief Procurement Officer, may

20 procure a single contract or multiple contracts to implement

21 the provisions of this Section. A contract or contracts under

22 this subsection are not subject to the provisions of the

23 Illinois Procurement Code, except for Sections 20-60, 20-65,

24 20-70, and 20-160 and Article 50 of that Code, provided that

25 the Chief Procurement Officer may, in writing with

26 justification, waive any certification required under Article
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1 50 of the Illinois Procurement Code. This exemption is

2 inoperative 2 years from January 1, 2016 (the effective date

3 of Public Act 99-352).

4  (c) If a consistent DNA profile has been identified by

5 comparing evidence with a known standard from a suspect or

6 with DNA profiles in the CODIS database, the Illinois State

7 Police shall utilize the Electronic Laboratory Information

8 Management System to notify the investigating law enforcement

9 agency of the results in writing, and the Illinois State

10 Police shall provide an automatic courtesy copy of the written

11 notification to the appropriate State's Attorney's Office for

12 tracking and further action, as necessary.

13 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)