Sen. Julie A. Morrison
Filed: 4/20/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2628




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2628, AS AMENDED, 
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:

 
5    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
6Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce for Children and 
7Families Act.
 
8    Section 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to create 
9a task force to study the compensation and workload of child 
10welfare workers to determine the role that compensation and 
11workload play in the recruitment and retention of child welfare 
12workers, and to determine the role that staff turnover plays in 
13achieving safety and timely permanency for children.  
 
14    Section 10. Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare 
15Workforce for Children and Families.   
 
 
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1    (a) As used in this Act: 
2    "Child welfare workers" or "staff" means child welfare 
3caseworkers, child welfare specialists, and child welfare 
4specialist supervisors. 
5    "Child welfare services job" mean an employment position as 
6a child welfare caseworker, child welfare specialist, or child 
7welfare specialist supervisor.
8    (b) The Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare 
9Workforce for Children and Families is created to do all of the 
10following:
11        (1) Perform a policy and literature review regarding: 
12    (i) compensation and caseload standards in the field of 
13    child welfare; (ii) staff turnover rates; and (iii) the 
14    impact compensation, caseload, and staff turnover have on 
15    achieving safety and timely permanency for children.
16        (2) Survey employers in the public and private sector 
17    to determine:
18            (A) how many child welfare service jobs exist;






19            (B) the compensation paid to child welfare 
20        workers;
21            (C) how many child welfare service jobs are filled 
22        and how many are vacant;
23            (D) how many child welfare service jobs are filled 
24        by persons who have at least 18 months in the position; 
25            (E) the rate of turnover for child welfare workers; 
26        and
 
 
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1            (F) the causes of turnover for child welfare 
2        workers.
3        (3)  Conduct a detailed time log analysis for child 
4    welfare workers to determine how much time is available to 
5    complete each administrative task and how much time is 
6    actually spent to complete each administrative task. The 
7    time log analysis shall expressly ask child welfare workers 
8    the following question for each administrative task, "Is 
9    this task duplicative of one that you have already 
10    completed?".
11        (4) Develop recommendations on how to (i) improve the 
12    recruitment and retention of child welfare workers;  and 
13    (ii) reduce the turnover rates for child welfare workers.
14    (c) Members of the Task Force shall include:
15        (1) 2 members appointed by the Governor;
16        (2) 2 legislative members appointed by the Speaker of 
17    the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be 
18    designated as Co-Chairperson;
19        (3) 2 legislative members appointed by the Minority 
20    Leader of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall 
21    be designated as Co-Chairperson;
22        (4) 2 legislative members appointed by the President of 
23    the Senate, one of whom shall be designated as 
24    Co-Chairperson;
25        (5) 2 legislative members appointed by the Senate 
26    Minority Leader, one of whom shall be designated as 
 
 
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1    Co-Chairperson;
2        (6) the Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice 
3    Information Authority, or his or her designee; 
4        (7) the Director of Children and Family Services, or 
5    his or her designee;
6        (8) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, 
7    or his or her designee;
8        (9) the Principal Investigator for the Child 
9    Protection Training Academy at the University of Illinois;
10        (10) a person appointed by a labor union that 
11    represents State employees;
12        (11) a current private sector employee appointed by the 
13    Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
14        (12) a person representing a non-profit, statewide 
15    organization that represents private sector child welfare 
16    providers.
17    (d) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority 
18shall provide administrative and other support  to the Task 
19Force.  
20    (e) The Department of Children and Family Services shall 
21hire an independent consultant to aid in the collection, 
22cataloguing, and analysis of child welfare data and whose 
23services shall conclude when the Task Force is dissolved.
24    (f) The Task Force shall consider contracting with a 
25qualified company, university, or other entity with 
26demonstrated experience studying and improving human resources 
 
 
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1management. 
2    (g) The Task Force shall meet no less than 6 times. 
3    (h) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the 
4General Assembly and the Governor no later than October 1, 
52019, and a final electronic report, along with recommendations 
6and any proposed legislation, to the General Assembly and the 
7Governor by January 1, 2020.
8    The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the 
9Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the 
10Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk 
11and the Secretary shall direct. 
12    (i) The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2021.

 
13    Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 
142021.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.".