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Public Act 101-0268
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| HB2723 Enrolled | LRB101 07994 KTG 53051 b |
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AN ACT concerning children.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce |
for Children and Families Act is amended by changing Sections |
10 and 15 as follows:
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(325 ILCS 70/10) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
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Sec. 10. Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare |
Workforce for Children and Families. |
(a) As used in this Act: |
"Child welfare workers" or "staff" means child welfare |
caseworkers, child welfare specialists, and child welfare |
specialist supervisors. |
"Child welfare services job" mean an employment position as |
a child welfare caseworker, child welfare specialist, or child |
welfare specialist supervisor. |
(b) The Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare |
Workforce for Children and Families is created to do all of the |
following: |
(1) Perform a policy and literature review regarding: |
(i) compensation and caseload standards in the field of |
child welfare; (ii) staff turnover rates; and (iii) the |
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impact compensation, caseload, and staff turnover have on |
achieving safety and timely permanency for children. |
(2) Survey employers in the public and private sector |
to determine: |
(A) how many child welfare service jobs exist;
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(B) the compensation paid to child welfare |
workers; |
(C) how many child welfare service jobs are filled |
and how many are vacant; |
(D) how many child welfare service jobs are filled |
by persons who have at least 18 months in the position; |
(E) the rate of turnover for child welfare workers; |
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(F) the causes of turnover for child welfare |
workers. |
(3) Conduct a detailed time log analysis for child |
welfare workers to determine how much time is available to |
complete each administrative task and how much time is |
actually spent to complete each administrative task. The |
time log analysis shall expressly ask child welfare workers |
the following question for each administrative task, "Is |
this task duplicative of one that you have already |
completed?". |
(4) Develop recommendations on how to (i) improve the |
recruitment and retention of child welfare workers; and |
(ii) reduce the turnover rates for child welfare workers. |
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(c) Members of the Task Force shall include: |
(1) 2 members appointed by the Governor; |
(2) 2 legislative members appointed by the Speaker of |
the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be |
designated as Co-Chairperson; |
(3) 2 legislative members appointed by the Minority |
Leader of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall |
be designated as Co-Chairperson; |
(4) 2 legislative members appointed by the President of |
the Senate, one of whom shall be designated as |
Co-Chairperson; |
(5) 2 legislative members appointed by the Senate |
Minority Leader, one of whom shall be designated as |
Co-Chairperson; |
(6) the Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice |
Information Authority, or his or her designee; |
(7) the Director of Children and Family Services, or |
his or her designee; |
(8) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, |
or his or her designee; |
(9) the Principal Investigator for the Child |
Protection Training Academy at the University of Illinois; |
(10) a person appointed by a labor union that |
represents State employees; |
(11) a current private sector employee appointed by the |
Speaker of the House of Representatives; and |
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(12) one person appointed by the Governor who |
represents a person representing a non-profit, statewide |
organization that represents private sector child welfare |
providers; and . |
(13) 2 persons appointed by the Governor who each serve |
as a chief executive officer or chief administrator of a |
private sector child welfare provider. |
(d) The Department of Children and Family Services Children |
and Family Research Center of the University of Illinois at |
Urbana-Champaign shall provide administrative and other |
support to the Task Force. |
(e) The Department of Children and Family Services shall |
engage the services of the Children and Family Research Center |
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The |
Department of Children and Family Services shall engage the |
services of a university-based consultant to aid in the |
collection, cataloguing, and analysis of child welfare data. |
Services provided by the Children and Family Research Center as |
described in this subsection and whose services shall conclude |
when the Task Force submits its final report to the General |
Assembly and the Governor as required under subsection (h). |
(f) The Task Force shall consider contracting with a |
qualified company, university, or other entity with |
demonstrated experience studying and improving human resources |
management. |
(g) The Task Force shall meet no less than 6 times. |
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(h) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the |
General Assembly and the Governor no later than October 1, 2020 |
2019, and a final electronic report, along with recommendations |
and any proposed legislation, to the General Assembly and the |
Governor by January 1, 2021 2020. |
The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the |
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the |
Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk |
and the Secretary shall direct. |
(i) The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2022 2021.
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(Source: P.A. 100-879, eff. 8-14-18.)
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(325 ILCS 70/15) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
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Sec. 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 2022 |
2021.
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(Source: P.A. 100-879, eff. 8-14-18.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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