IL SB3510

Mandates establishment of Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) across Illinois to coordinate investigation, prosecution, and treatment of child maltreatment cases, changing current permissive language to a requirement

Requires Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) members—including law enforcement, prosecutors, DCFS, and medical/mental health providers—to work as equal partners, share information confidentially, and keep nonoffending parents informed of investigation status

Expands hearsay rule exceptions in criminal proceedings to cover child victims of human trafficking and involuntary servitude, in addition to existing protections for physical and sexual abuse victims

Grants every child reported to DCFS as a victim of physical abuse, trafficking, or involuntary servitude the right to a forensic interview, with investigative personnel required to provide notice of this right

Prohibits MDT members from revealing the identity of child victims of criminal sexual offenses without a court order under the Privacy of Child Victims of Criminal Sexual Offenses Act