HB3969 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3969

Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Sue Scherer and Stephanie A. Kifowit

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 505/4e new

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, no child under the care or custody of the Department of Children and Family Services shall be subjected to mechanical restraints during the provision of any transportation services provided or arranged by the Department, unless required by court order. Provides that nothing under the amendatory Act shall be construed to apply to the Department's policy on medical restraints. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended by adding Section 4e as follows:

(20 ILCS 505/4e new)

Sec. 4e. Mechanical restraints; prohibition. Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, no child under the care or custody of the Department shall be subjected to mechanical restraints during the provision of any transportation services provided or arranged by the Department, unless required by court order. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to the Department's policy on medical restraints. As used in this Section, "mechanical restraint" and "medical restraint" have the same meaning ascribed to those terms in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 384.20.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.