HB3896 - ENDANGERED MISSING YOUTH

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Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall create the Be on the Lookout (BOLO) System in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) that would alert the Missing Persons Awareness Network when an endangered missing youth is entered into LEADS. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall coordinate with the Missing Persons Awareness Network to reach out to the affected family and take the first steps in assisting the family in finding the missing youth. Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Defines "endangered missing youth". Provides that, in the case of an endangered missing youth, the responding local law enforcement agency shall immediately enter all collected information relating to the missing person case in LEADS and the National Crime Information Center databases and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System immediately following the assignment of a case number to the endangered missing youth case. Provides that, in cases where the BOLO System has been triggered for an endangered missing youth, the Missing Persons Action Network or similar volunteer network must assign a liaison responsible for reaching out to the family and assisting law enforcement and the family in finding the endangered missing youth, as well as putting the family in contact with the organization's network of investigators. In various Acts and Codes, replaces references to "runaway" youth with "missing youth”.