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| Public Act 099-0339 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Children and Family Services Act is amended | ||||
by adding Section 4c as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 505/4c new) | ||||
Sec. 4c. Temporary residential shelter services. Any child | ||||
care facility authorized by the Department to provide temporary | ||||
residential shelter services to children in the guardianship, | ||||
temporary custody, or protective custody of the Department | ||||
shall: | ||||
(1) provide interventions and activities that engage | ||||
the children and youth in its care; | ||||
(2) maintain staffing levels that ensure a safe | ||||
environment; | ||||
(3) implement protocols that require screening and | ||||
assessment upon admission to evaluate behaviors that | ||||
indicate the risk of elopement and physical aggression, | ||||
with the findings reflected in the individual service plan | ||||
and updated periodically as new behaviors manifest; | ||||
(4) establish rules and procedures that prevent the | ||||
violation of curfew laws and that do not permit any child | ||||
under the age of 18 to leave the facility for any period of | ||||
time prior to the child's complete discharge from the | ||
temporary shelter program, unless the child is accompanied | ||
by a responsible adult or the facility or the Department | ||
authorizes the child to leave the facility for a particular | ||
purpose; and | ||
(5) whenever a child or youth is absent from the | ||
facility without authorization, utilize the standards of | ||
best practice and adopt actionable steps to locate and | ||
return the child or youth to the facility, including, but | ||
not limited to, calling any known contacts, interviewing | ||
peer groups likely to know whereabouts, searching | ||
community places frequented by the child or youth, and | ||
checking schools and work sites; actionable steps shall be | ||
frequent and documented and available for review by the | ||
Department. | ||
A child care facility shall have its admissions placed on | ||
hold by the Department whenever unauthorized absences from the | ||
facility are excessive; the admissions hold shall remain in | ||
effect until the facility has complied with a corrective action | ||
plan prescribed by the Department, and if the facility is | ||
non-compliant, the Department shall impose licensing sanctions | ||
up to and including the revocation of the facility's license. | ||
The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement | ||
the requirements of this Section and shall monitor a child care | ||
facility to ensure that the facility establishes and adheres to | ||
these requirements. Nothing in this Section shall be | ||
interpreted to create a "secure child care facility" as defined | ||
in the Child Care Act of 1969.
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