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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 |
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| by changing Section 9.1 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 505/9.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5009.1)
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| Sec. 9.1. The parents or guardians of the estates of |
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| children accepted
for care and training under the Juvenile |
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| Court Act or the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987, or through a |
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| voluntary placement agreement with the parents
or guardians |
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| shall be liable for the payment to the Department, or to a
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| licensed or approved child care facility designated by the |
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| Department of
sums representing charges for the care and |
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| training of those children at a
rate to be determined by the |
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| Department. The Department shall establish a
standard by which |
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| shall be measured the ability of parents or guardians to
pay |
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| for the care and training of their children, and shall |
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| implement the
standard by rules governing its application. The |
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| standard and the rules
shall take into account ability to pay |
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| as measured by annual income and
family size. Medical or other |
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| treatment provided on behalf of the family
may also be taken |
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| into account in determining ability to pay if the
Department |
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| concludes that such treatment is appropriate.
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| In addition, the Department may provide by rule for |
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| referral of Title
IV-E foster care maintenance cases to the |
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| Department of Healthcare and Family Services for
child support |
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| enforcement services under Title IV-D of the Social Security
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| Act. The
Department shall consider "good cause" as defined in |
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| regulations
promulgated under Title IV-A of the Social Security |
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| Act, among other
criteria, when determining whether to refer a |
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| case and, upon
referral, the parent or guardian of the estate |
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| of a child who is
receiving Title IV-E foster care maintenance |
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| payments shall be deemed to
have made an assignment to the |
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| Department of any and all rights, title and
interest in any |
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| support obligation on behalf of a child. The rights to
support |
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| assigned to the Department shall constitute an obligation owed |
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| the
State by the person who is responsible for providing the |
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| support, and shall
be collectible under all applicable |
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| processes.
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| The acceptance of children for services or care shall not |
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| be limited
or conditioned in any manner on the financial status |
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| or ability of parents
or guardians to make such payments.
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| The Department is authorized to enter into |
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| intergovernmental agreements with any county on behalf of its |
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| probation and court services department to provide services for |
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| the federal Title IV-E Foster Care Reimbursement Assistance |
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| Program. The Department may limit the number of counties to no |
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| less than 10 for State Fiscal Year 2009 and must add no less |
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| than 10 counties for each succeeding fiscal year until all |