CHILD ABUSE BCKGRD CHECKS

Amends the School Code. Requires employees with a school district to authorize an investigation of the central register established in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to ascertain if the employee has been determined to be a perpetrator in an indicated report of child abuse or neglect. Provides for confidentiality of the information. Provides for a criminal penalty for any employee of the Department of Children and Family Services who gives or causes to be given any confidential information concerning any child abuse or neglect reports about an employee, unless release of such information is authorized by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act to require employees of a facility who have any possible contact with children in the course of their duties, as a condition of such employment, to authorize an investigation of the central register established in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to ascertain if the employee has been determined to be a perpetrator in an indicated report of child abuse or neglect. Provides for confidentiality of the information. Provides for a criminal penalty for any employee of the Department of Children and Family Services who gives or causes to be given any confidential information concerning any child abuse or neglect reports about an employee, unless release of such information is authorized by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to give the chief administrator of a hospital the access to information received pursuant to the Act.