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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 12 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 505/12)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5012)



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    Sec. 12. (a) To provide supervision, housing 
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accommodations, board or the
payment of boarding costs, 
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tuition, and treatment free of charge, except as
otherwise 
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specified in this Act, for residents of this State who are 
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cared
for in any institution, or for persons receiving services 
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under any program
under the jurisdiction of the Department. 
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Residents of other states may be
admitted upon payment of the 
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costs of board, tuition, and treatment as
determined by the 
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Department; provided, that no resident of another state
shall 
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be received or retained to the exclusion of any resident of 
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this
State. The Department shall accept any donation for the 
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board, tuition, and
treatment of any person receiving service 
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or care.

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    (b) To By July 1, 1994, to make room and board payments to 
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persons
providing foster care under this Act at a rate for each 
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child that is up to
100% of the adjusted United States 
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Department of Agriculture Cost of
Raising a Child in the Urban 
 


 






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Midwest/Low Cost Index.

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    By March 1, 2010 and March 1 of each year thereafter, the 
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Department of Children and Family Services shall report to the 
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Governor and General Assembly the estimated cost and additional 
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funding required to establish the rate for each child up to 
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100% of the Foster Care Minimum Adequate Rates for Children 
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(MARC) for expenditures allowable under the federal Title IV-E 
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Foster Care Maintenance Program of the Social Security Act 
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related to the actual costs  of providing food, clothing, 
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shelter, daily supervision, school supplies, personal 
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incidentals, and insurance, jointly recommended by the 
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National Foster Parent Association, the University of Maryland 
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School of Social Work, and the organization Children's Rights 
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in a technical report entitled "Hitting the M.A.R.C.: 
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Establishing Foster Care Minimum Adequate Rates for Children", 
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dated October 2007. 
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(Source: P.A. 86-1482.)

 

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