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1 | AN ACT concerning State government. | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 505/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5005) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 5. Direct child welfare services; Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Children and Family Services. To provide direct child welfare | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | services when not available through other public or private | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | child care or program facilities. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (a) For purposes of this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (1) "Children" means persons found within the State | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | who are under the age of 18 years. The term also includes | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | persons under age 21 who: | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (A) were committed to the Department pursuant to | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | 1987 and who continue under the jurisdiction of the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | court; or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (B) were accepted for care, service and training | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | by the Department prior to the age of 18 and whose best | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | interest in the discretion of the Department would be | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | served by continuing that care, service and training | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | because of severe emotional disturbances, physical |
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1 | disability, social adjustment or any combination | ||||||
2 | thereof, or because of the need to complete an | ||||||
3 | educational or vocational training program. | ||||||
4 | (2) "Homeless youth" means persons found within the | ||||||
5 | State who are under the age of 19, are not in a safe and | ||||||
6 | stable living situation and cannot be reunited with their | ||||||
7 | families. | ||||||
8 | (3) "Child welfare services" means public social | ||||||
9 | services which are directed toward the accomplishment of | ||||||
10 | the following purposes: | ||||||
11 | (A) protecting and promoting the health, safety | ||||||
12 | and welfare of children, including homeless, | ||||||
13 | dependent, or neglected children; | ||||||
14 | (B) remedying, or assisting in the solution of | ||||||
15 | problems which may result in, the neglect, abuse, | ||||||
16 | exploitation, or delinquency of children; | ||||||
17 | (C) preventing the unnecessary separation of | ||||||
18 | children from their families by identifying family | ||||||
19 | problems, assisting families in resolving their | ||||||
20 | problems, and preventing the breakup of the family | ||||||
21 | where the prevention of child removal is desirable and | ||||||
22 | possible when the child can be cared for at home | ||||||
23 | without endangering the child's health and safety; | ||||||
24 | (D) restoring to their families children who have | ||||||
25 | been removed, by the provision of services to the | ||||||
26 | child and the families when the child can be cared for |
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1 | at home without endangering the child's health and | ||||||
2 | safety; | ||||||
3 | (E) placing children in suitable adoptive homes, | ||||||
4 | in cases where restoration to the biological family is | ||||||
5 | not safe, possible, or appropriate; | ||||||
6 | (F) assuring safe and adequate care of children | ||||||
7 | away from their homes, in cases where the child cannot | ||||||
8 | be returned home or cannot be placed for adoption. At | ||||||
9 | the time of placement, the Department shall consider | ||||||
10 | concurrent planning, as described in subsection (l-1) | ||||||
11 | of this Section so that permanency may occur at the | ||||||
12 | earliest opportunity. Consideration should be given so | ||||||
13 | that if reunification fails or is delayed, the | ||||||
14 | placement made is the best available placement to | ||||||
15 | provide permanency for the child; | ||||||
16 | (G) (blank); | ||||||
17 | (H) (blank); and | ||||||
18 | (I) placing and maintaining children in facilities | ||||||
19 | that provide separate living quarters for children | ||||||
20 | under the age of 18 and for children 18 years of age | ||||||
21 | and older, unless a child 18 years of age is in the | ||||||
22 | last year of high school education or vocational | ||||||
23 | training, in an approved individual or group treatment | ||||||
24 | program, in a licensed shelter facility, or secure | ||||||
25 | child care facility. The Department is not required to | ||||||
26 | place or maintain children: |
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1 | (i) who are in a foster home, or | ||||||
2 | (ii) who are persons with a developmental | ||||||
3 | disability, as defined in the Mental Health and | ||||||
4 | Developmental Disabilities Code, or | ||||||
5 | (iii) who are female children who are | ||||||
6 | pregnant, pregnant and parenting, or parenting, or | ||||||
7 | (iv) who are siblings, in facilities that | ||||||
8 | provide separate living quarters for children 18 | ||||||
9 | years of age and older and for children under 18 | ||||||
10 | years of age. | ||||||
11 | (b) (Blank). | ||||||
12 | (c) The Department shall establish and maintain | ||||||
13 | tax-supported child welfare services and extend and seek to | ||||||
14 | improve voluntary services throughout the State, to the end | ||||||
15 | that services and care shall be available on an equal basis | ||||||
16 | throughout the State to children requiring such services. | ||||||
17 | (d) The Director may authorize advance disbursements for | ||||||
18 | any new program initiative to any agency contracting with the | ||||||
19 | Department. As a prerequisite for an advance disbursement, the | ||||||
20 | contractor must post a surety bond in the amount of the advance | ||||||
21 | disbursement and have a purchase of service contract approved | ||||||
22 | by the Department. The Department may pay up to 2 months | ||||||
23 | operational expenses in advance. The amount of the advance | ||||||
24 | disbursement shall be prorated over the life of the contract | ||||||
25 | or the remaining months of the fiscal year, whichever is less, | ||||||
26 | and the installment amount shall then be deducted from future |
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1 | bills. Advance disbursement authorizations for new initiatives | ||||||
2 | shall not be made to any agency after that agency has operated | ||||||
3 | during 2 consecutive fiscal years. The requirements of this | ||||||
4 | Section concerning advance disbursements shall not apply with | ||||||
5 | respect to the following: payments to local public agencies | ||||||
6 | for child day care services as authorized by Section 5a of this | ||||||
7 | Act; and youth service programs receiving grant funds under | ||||||
8 | Section 17a-4. | ||||||
9 | (e) (Blank). | ||||||
10 | (f) (Blank). | ||||||
11 | (g) The Department shall establish rules and regulations | ||||||
12 | concerning its operation of programs designed to meet the | ||||||
13 | goals of child safety and protection, family preservation, | ||||||
14 | family reunification, and adoption, including, but not limited | ||||||
15 | to: | ||||||
16 | (1) adoption; | ||||||
17 | (2) foster care; | ||||||
18 | (3) family counseling; | ||||||
19 | (4) protective services; | ||||||
20 | (5) (blank); | ||||||
21 | (6) homemaker service; | ||||||
22 | (7) return of runaway children; | ||||||
23 | (8) (blank); | ||||||
24 | (9) placement under Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court | ||||||
25 | Act or Section 2-27, 3-28, 4-25, or 5-740 of the Juvenile | ||||||
26 | Court Act of 1987 in accordance with the federal Adoption |
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1 | Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980; and | ||||||
2 | (10) interstate services. | ||||||
3 | Rules and regulations established by the Department shall | ||||||
4 | include provisions for training Department staff and the staff | ||||||
5 | of Department grantees, through contracts with other agencies | ||||||
6 | or resources, in screening techniques to identify substance | ||||||
7 | use disorders, as defined in the Substance Use Disorder Act, | ||||||
8 | approved by the Department of Human Services, as a successor | ||||||
9 | to the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, for the | ||||||
10 | purpose of identifying children and adults who should be | ||||||
11 | referred for an assessment at an organization appropriately | ||||||
12 | licensed by the Department of Human Services for substance use | ||||||
13 | disorder treatment. | ||||||
14 | (h) If the Department finds that there is no appropriate | ||||||
15 | program or facility within or available to the Department for | ||||||
16 | a youth in care and that no licensed private facility has an | ||||||
17 | adequate and appropriate program or none agrees to accept the | ||||||
18 | youth in care, the Department shall create an appropriate | ||||||
19 | individualized, program-oriented plan for such youth in care. | ||||||
20 | The plan may be developed within the Department or through | ||||||
21 | purchase of services by the Department to the extent that it is | ||||||
22 | within its statutory authority to do. | ||||||
23 | (i) Service programs shall be available throughout the | ||||||
24 | State and shall include but not be limited to the following | ||||||
25 | services: | ||||||
26 | (1) case management; |
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1 | (2) homemakers; | ||||||
2 | (3) counseling; | ||||||
3 | (4) parent education; | ||||||
4 | (5) day care; and | ||||||
5 | (6) emergency assistance and advocacy. | ||||||
6 | In addition, the following services may be made available | ||||||
7 | to assess and meet the needs of children and families: | ||||||
8 | (1) comprehensive family-based services; | ||||||
9 | (2) assessments; | ||||||
10 | (3) respite care; and | ||||||
11 | (4) in-home health services. | ||||||
12 | The Department shall provide transportation for any of the | ||||||
13 | services it makes available to children or families or for | ||||||
14 | which it refers children or families. | ||||||
15 | (j) The Department may provide categories of financial | ||||||
16 | assistance and education assistance grants, and shall | ||||||
17 | establish rules and regulations concerning the assistance and | ||||||
18 | grants, to persons who adopt children with physical or mental | ||||||
19 | disabilities, children who are older, or other hard-to-place | ||||||
20 | children who (i) immediately prior to their adoption were | ||||||
21 | youth in care or (ii) were determined eligible for financial | ||||||
22 | assistance with respect to a prior adoption and who become | ||||||
23 | available for adoption because the prior adoption has been | ||||||
24 | dissolved and the parental rights of the adoptive parents have | ||||||
25 | been terminated or because the child's adoptive parents have | ||||||
26 | died. The Department may continue to provide financial |
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1 | assistance and education assistance grants for a child who was | ||||||
2 | determined eligible for financial assistance under this | ||||||
3 | subsection (j) in the interim period beginning when the | ||||||
4 | child's adoptive parents died and ending with the finalization | ||||||
5 | of the new adoption of the child by another adoptive parent or | ||||||
6 | parents. The Department may also provide categories of | ||||||
7 | financial assistance and education assistance grants, and | ||||||
8 | shall establish rules and regulations for the assistance and | ||||||
9 | grants, to persons appointed guardian of the person under | ||||||
10 | Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section 2-27, 3-28, | ||||||
11 | 4-25, or 5-740 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for children | ||||||
12 | who were youth in care for 12 months immediately prior to the | ||||||
13 | appointment of the guardian. | ||||||
14 | The amount of assistance may vary, depending upon the | ||||||
15 | needs of the child and the adoptive parents, as set forth in | ||||||
16 | the annual assistance agreement. Special purpose grants are | ||||||
17 | allowed where the child requires special service but such | ||||||
18 | costs may not exceed the amounts which similar services would | ||||||
19 | cost the Department if it were to provide or secure them as | ||||||
20 | guardian of the child. | ||||||
21 | Any financial assistance provided under this subsection is | ||||||
22 | inalienable by assignment, sale, execution, attachment, | ||||||
23 | garnishment, or any other remedy for recovery or collection of | ||||||
24 | a judgment or debt. | ||||||
25 | (j-5) The Department shall not deny or delay the placement | ||||||
26 | of a child for adoption if an approved family is available |
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1 | either outside of the Department region handling the case, or | ||||||
2 | outside of the State of Illinois. | ||||||
3 | (k) The Department shall accept for care and training any | ||||||
4 | child who has been adjudicated neglected or abused, or | ||||||
5 | dependent committed to it pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act | ||||||
6 | or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
7 | (l) The Department shall offer family preservation | ||||||
8 | services, as defined in Section 8.2 of the Abused and | ||||||
9 | Neglected Child Reporting Act, to help families, including | ||||||
10 | adoptive and extended families. Family preservation services | ||||||
11 | shall be offered (i) to prevent the placement of children in | ||||||
12 | substitute care when the children can be cared for at home or | ||||||
13 | in the custody of the person responsible for the children's | ||||||
14 | welfare, (ii) to reunite children with their families, or | ||||||
15 | (iii) to maintain an adoptive placement. Family preservation | ||||||
16 | services shall only be offered when doing so will not endanger | ||||||
17 | the children's health or safety. With respect to children who | ||||||
18 | are in substitute care pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
19 | 1987, family preservation services shall not be offered if a | ||||||
20 | goal other than those of subdivisions (A), (B), or (B-1) of | ||||||
21 | subsection (2) of Section 2-28 of that Act has been set, except | ||||||
22 | that reunification services may be offered as provided in | ||||||
23 | paragraph (F) of subsection (2) of Section 2-28 of that Act. | ||||||
24 | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to create a | ||||||
25 | private right of action or claim on the part of any individual | ||||||
26 | or child welfare agency, except that when a child is the |
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1 | subject of an action under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act | ||||||
2 | of 1987 and the child's service plan calls for services to | ||||||
3 | facilitate achievement of the permanency goal, the court | ||||||
4 | hearing the action under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act | ||||||
5 | of 1987 may order the Department to provide the services set | ||||||
6 | out in the plan, if those services are not provided with | ||||||
7 | reasonable promptness and if those services are available. | ||||||
8 | The Department shall notify the child and his family of | ||||||
9 | the Department's responsibility to offer and provide family | ||||||
10 | preservation services as identified in the service plan. The | ||||||
11 | child and his family shall be eligible for services as soon as | ||||||
12 | the report is determined to be "indicated". The Department may | ||||||
13 | offer services to any child or family with respect to whom a | ||||||
14 | report of suspected child abuse or neglect has been filed, | ||||||
15 | prior to concluding its investigation under Section 7.12 of | ||||||
16 | the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. However, the | ||||||
17 | child's or family's willingness to accept services shall not | ||||||
18 | be considered in the investigation. The Department may also | ||||||
19 | provide services to any child or family who is the subject of | ||||||
20 | any report of suspected child abuse or neglect or may refer | ||||||
21 | such child or family to services available from other agencies | ||||||
22 | in the community, even if the report is determined to be | ||||||
23 | unfounded, if the conditions in the child's or family's home | ||||||
24 | are reasonably likely to subject the child or family to future | ||||||
25 | reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. Acceptance of | ||||||
26 | such services shall be voluntary. The Department may also |
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1 | provide services to any child or family after completion of a | ||||||
2 | family assessment, as an alternative to an investigation, as | ||||||
3 | provided under the "differential response program" provided | ||||||
4 | for in subsection (a-5) of Section 7.4 of the Abused and | ||||||
5 | Neglected Child Reporting Act. | ||||||
6 | The Department may, at its discretion except for those | ||||||
7 | children also adjudicated neglected or dependent, accept for | ||||||
8 | care and training any child who has been adjudicated addicted, | ||||||
9 | as a truant minor in need of supervision or as a minor | ||||||
10 | requiring authoritative intervention, under the Juvenile Court | ||||||
11 | Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, but no such child shall | ||||||
12 | be committed to the Department by any court without the | ||||||
13 | approval of the Department. On and after January 1, 2015 (the | ||||||
14 | effective date of Public Act 98-803) and before January 1, | ||||||
15 | 2017, a minor charged with a criminal offense under the | ||||||
16 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or | ||||||
17 | adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the custody of | ||||||
18 | or committed to the Department by any court, except (i) a minor | ||||||
19 | less than 16 years of age committed to the Department under | ||||||
20 | Section 5-710 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, (ii) a minor | ||||||
21 | for whom an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency | ||||||
22 | exists, which must be defined by departmental rule, or (iii) a | ||||||
23 | minor for whom the court has granted a supplemental petition | ||||||
24 | to reinstate wardship pursuant to subsection (2) of Section | ||||||
25 | 2-33 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. On and after January 1, | ||||||
26 | 2017, a minor charged with a criminal offense under the |
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1 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or | ||||||
2 | adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the custody of | ||||||
3 | or committed to the Department by any court, except (i) a minor | ||||||
4 | less than 15 years of age committed to the Department under | ||||||
5 | Section 5-710 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, ii) a minor | ||||||
6 | for whom an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency | ||||||
7 | exists, which must be defined by departmental rule, or (iii) a | ||||||
8 | minor for whom the court has granted a supplemental petition | ||||||
9 | to reinstate wardship pursuant to subsection (2) of Section | ||||||
10 | 2-33 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. An independent basis | ||||||
11 | exists when the allegations or adjudication of abuse, neglect, | ||||||
12 | or dependency do not arise from the same facts, incident, or | ||||||
13 | circumstances which give rise to a charge or adjudication of | ||||||
14 | delinquency. The Department shall assign a caseworker to | ||||||
15 | attend any hearing involving a youth in the care and custody of | ||||||
16 | the Department who is placed on aftercare release, including | ||||||
17 | hearings involving sanctions for violation of aftercare | ||||||
18 | release conditions and aftercare release revocation hearings. | ||||||
19 | As soon as is possible after August 7, 2009 (the effective | ||||||
20 | date of Public Act 96-134), the Department shall develop and | ||||||
21 | implement a special program of family preservation services to | ||||||
22 | support intact, foster, and adoptive families who are | ||||||
23 | experiencing extreme hardships due to the difficulty and | ||||||
24 | stress of caring for a child who has been diagnosed with a | ||||||
25 | pervasive developmental disorder if the Department determines | ||||||
26 | that those services are necessary to ensure the health and |
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1 | safety of the child. The Department may offer services to any | ||||||
2 | family whether or not a report has been filed under the Abused | ||||||
3 | and Neglected Child Reporting Act. The Department may refer | ||||||
4 | the child or family to services available from other agencies | ||||||
5 | in the community if the conditions in the child's or family's | ||||||
6 | home are reasonably likely to subject the child or family to | ||||||
7 | future reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. Acceptance | ||||||
8 | of these services shall be voluntary. The Department shall | ||||||
9 | develop and implement a public information campaign to alert | ||||||
10 | health and social service providers and the general public | ||||||
11 | about these special family preservation services. The nature | ||||||
12 | and scope of the services offered and the number of families | ||||||
13 | served under the special program implemented under this | ||||||
14 | paragraph shall be determined by the level of funding that the | ||||||
15 | Department annually allocates for this purpose. The term | ||||||
16 | "pervasive developmental disorder" under this paragraph means | ||||||
17 | a neurological condition, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
18 | Asperger's Syndrome and autism, as defined in the most recent | ||||||
19 | edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental | ||||||
20 | Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. | ||||||
21 | (l-1) The legislature recognizes that the best interests | ||||||
22 | of the child require that the child be placed in the most | ||||||
23 | permanent living arrangement as soon as is practically | ||||||
24 | possible. To achieve this goal, the legislature directs the | ||||||
25 | Department of Children and Family Services to conduct | ||||||
26 | concurrent planning so that permanency may occur at the |
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1 | earliest opportunity. Permanent living arrangements may | ||||||
2 | include prevention of placement of a child outside the home of | ||||||
3 | the family when the child can be cared for at home without | ||||||
4 | endangering the child's health or safety; reunification with | ||||||
5 | the family, when safe and appropriate, if temporary placement | ||||||
6 | is necessary; or movement of the child toward the most | ||||||
7 | permanent living arrangement and permanent legal status. | ||||||
8 | When determining reasonable efforts to be made with | ||||||
9 | respect to a child, as described in this subsection, and in | ||||||
10 | making such reasonable efforts, the child's health and safety | ||||||
11 | shall be the paramount concern. | ||||||
12 | When a child is placed in foster care, the Department | ||||||
13 | shall ensure and document that reasonable efforts were made to | ||||||
14 | prevent or eliminate the need to remove the child from the | ||||||
15 | child's home. The Department must make reasonable efforts to | ||||||
16 | reunify the family when temporary placement of the child | ||||||
17 | occurs unless otherwise required, pursuant to the Juvenile | ||||||
18 | Court Act of 1987. At any time after the dispositional hearing | ||||||
19 | where the Department believes that further reunification | ||||||
20 | services would be ineffective, it may request a finding from | ||||||
21 | the court that reasonable efforts are no longer appropriate. | ||||||
22 | The Department is not required to provide further | ||||||
23 | reunification services after such a finding. | ||||||
24 | A decision to place a child in substitute care shall be | ||||||
25 | made with considerations of the child's health, safety, and | ||||||
26 | best interests. At the time of placement, consideration should |
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1 | also be given so that if reunification fails or is delayed, the | ||||||
2 | placement made is the best available placement to provide | ||||||
3 | permanency for the child. | ||||||
4 | The Department shall adopt rules addressing concurrent | ||||||
5 | planning for reunification and permanency. The Department | ||||||
6 | shall consider the following factors when determining | ||||||
7 | appropriateness of concurrent planning: | ||||||
8 | (1) the likelihood of prompt reunification; | ||||||
9 | (2) the past history of the family; | ||||||
10 | (3) the barriers to reunification being addressed by | ||||||
11 | the family; | ||||||
12 | (4) the level of cooperation of the family; | ||||||
13 | (5) the foster parents' willingness to work with the | ||||||
14 | family to reunite; | ||||||
15 | (6) the willingness and ability of the foster family | ||||||
16 | to provide an adoptive home or long-term placement; | ||||||
17 | (7) the age of the child; | ||||||
18 | (8) placement of siblings. | ||||||
19 | (m) The Department may assume temporary custody of any | ||||||
20 | child if: | ||||||
21 | (1) it has received a written consent to such | ||||||
22 | temporary custody signed by the parents of the child or by | ||||||
23 | the parent having custody of the child if the parents are | ||||||
24 | not living together or by the guardian or custodian of the | ||||||
25 | child if the child is not in the custody of either parent, | ||||||
26 | or |
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1 | (2) the child is found in the State and neither a | ||||||
2 | parent, guardian nor custodian of the child can be | ||||||
3 | located. | ||||||
4 | If the child is found in his or her residence without a parent, | ||||||
5 | guardian, custodian, or responsible caretaker, the Department | ||||||
6 | may, instead of removing the child and assuming temporary | ||||||
7 | custody, place an authorized representative of the Department | ||||||
8 | in that residence until such time as a parent, guardian, or | ||||||
9 | custodian enters the home and expresses a willingness and | ||||||
10 | apparent ability to ensure the child's health and safety and | ||||||
11 | resume permanent charge of the child, or until a relative | ||||||
12 | enters the home and is willing and able to ensure the child's | ||||||
13 | health and safety and assume charge of the child until a | ||||||
14 | parent, guardian, or custodian enters the home and expresses | ||||||
15 | such willingness and ability to ensure the child's safety and | ||||||
16 | resume permanent charge. After a caretaker has remained in the | ||||||
17 | home for a period not to exceed 12 hours, the Department must | ||||||
18 | follow those procedures outlined in Section 2-9, 3-11, 4-8, or | ||||||
19 | 5-415 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
20 | The Department shall have the authority, responsibilities | ||||||
21 | and duties that a legal custodian of the child would have | ||||||
22 | pursuant to subsection (9) of Section 1-3 of the Juvenile | ||||||
23 | Court Act of 1987. Whenever a child is taken into temporary | ||||||
24 | custody pursuant to an investigation under the Abused and | ||||||
25 | Neglected Child Reporting Act, or pursuant to a referral and | ||||||
26 | acceptance under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 of a minor in |
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1 | limited custody, the Department, during the period of | ||||||
2 | temporary custody and before the child is brought before a | ||||||
3 | judicial officer as required by Section 2-9, 3-11, 4-8, or | ||||||
4 | 5-415 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, shall have the | ||||||
5 | authority, responsibilities and duties that a legal custodian | ||||||
6 | of the child would have under subsection (9) of Section 1-3 of | ||||||
7 | the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
8 | The Department shall ensure that any child taken into | ||||||
9 | custody is scheduled for an appointment for a medical | ||||||
10 | examination. | ||||||
11 | A parent, guardian, or custodian of a child in the | ||||||
12 | temporary custody of the Department who would have custody of | ||||||
13 | the child if he were not in the temporary custody of the | ||||||
14 | Department may deliver to the Department a signed request that | ||||||
15 | the Department surrender the temporary custody of the child. | ||||||
16 | The Department may retain temporary custody of the child for | ||||||
17 | 10 days after the receipt of the request, during which period | ||||||
18 | the Department may cause to be filed a petition pursuant to the | ||||||
19 | Juvenile Court Act of 1987. If a petition is so filed, the | ||||||
20 | Department shall retain temporary custody of the child until | ||||||
21 | the court orders otherwise. If a petition is not filed within | ||||||
22 | the 10-day period, the child shall be surrendered to the | ||||||
23 | custody of the requesting parent, guardian, or custodian not | ||||||
24 | later than the expiration of the 10-day period, at which time | ||||||
25 | the authority and duties of the Department with respect to the | ||||||
26 | temporary custody of the child shall terminate. |
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1 | (m-1) The Department may place children under 18 years of | ||||||
2 | age in a secure child care facility licensed by the Department | ||||||
3 | that cares for children who are in need of secure living | ||||||
4 | arrangements for their health, safety, and well-being after a | ||||||
5 | determination is made by the facility director and the | ||||||
6 | Director or the Director's designate prior to admission to the | ||||||
7 | facility subject to Section 2-27.1 of the Juvenile Court Act | ||||||
8 | of 1987. This subsection (m-1) does not apply to a child who is | ||||||
9 | subject to placement in a correctional facility operated | ||||||
10 | pursuant to Section 3-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections, | ||||||
11 | unless the child is a youth in care who was placed in the care | ||||||
12 | of the Department before being subject to placement in a | ||||||
13 | correctional facility and a court of competent jurisdiction | ||||||
14 | has ordered placement of the child in a secure care facility. | ||||||
15 | (n) The Department may place children under 18 years of | ||||||
16 | age in licensed child care facilities when in the opinion of | ||||||
17 | the Department, appropriate services aimed at family | ||||||
18 | preservation have been unsuccessful and cannot ensure the | ||||||
19 | child's health and safety or are unavailable and such | ||||||
20 | placement would be for their best interest. Payment for board, | ||||||
21 | clothing, care, training and supervision of any child placed | ||||||
22 | in a licensed child care facility may be made by the | ||||||
23 | Department, by the parents or guardians of the estates of | ||||||
24 | those children, or by both the Department and the parents or | ||||||
25 | guardians, except that no payments shall be made by the | ||||||
26 | Department for any child placed in a licensed child care |
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1 | facility for board, clothing, care, training and supervision | ||||||
2 | of such a child that exceed the average per capita cost of | ||||||
3 | maintaining and of caring for a child in institutions for | ||||||
4 | dependent or neglected children operated by the Department. | ||||||
5 | However, such restriction on payments does not apply in cases | ||||||
6 | where children require specialized care and treatment for | ||||||
7 | problems of severe emotional disturbance, physical disability, | ||||||
8 | social adjustment, or any combination thereof and suitable | ||||||
9 | facilities for the placement of such children are not | ||||||
10 | available at payment rates within the limitations set forth in | ||||||
11 | this Section. All reimbursements for services delivered shall | ||||||
12 | be absolutely inalienable by assignment, sale, attachment, or | ||||||
13 | garnishment or otherwise. | ||||||
14 | (n-1) The Department shall provide or authorize child | ||||||
15 | welfare services, aimed at assisting minors to achieve | ||||||
16 | sustainable self-sufficiency as independent adults, for any | ||||||
17 | minor eligible for the reinstatement of wardship pursuant to | ||||||
18 | subsection (2) of Section 2-33 of the Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
19 | 1987, whether or not such reinstatement is sought or allowed, | ||||||
20 | provided that the minor consents to such services and has not | ||||||
21 | yet attained the age of 21. The Department shall have | ||||||
22 | responsibility for the development and delivery of services | ||||||
23 | under this Section. An eligible youth may access services | ||||||
24 | under this Section through the Department of Children and | ||||||
25 | Family Services or by referral from the Department of Human | ||||||
26 | Services. Youth participating in services under this Section |
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1 | shall cooperate with the assigned case manager in developing | ||||||
2 | an agreement identifying the services to be provided and how | ||||||
3 | the youth will increase skills to achieve self-sufficiency. A | ||||||
4 | homeless shelter is not considered appropriate housing for any | ||||||
5 | youth receiving child welfare services under this Section. The | ||||||
6 | Department shall continue child welfare services under this | ||||||
7 | Section to any eligible minor until the minor becomes 21 years | ||||||
8 | of age, no longer consents to participate, or achieves | ||||||
9 | self-sufficiency as identified in the minor's service plan. | ||||||
10 | The Department of Children and Family Services shall create | ||||||
11 | clear, readable notice of the rights of former foster youth to | ||||||
12 | child welfare services under this Section and how such | ||||||
13 | services may be obtained. The Department of Children and | ||||||
14 | Family Services and the Department of Human Services shall | ||||||
15 | disseminate this information statewide. The Department shall | ||||||
16 | adopt regulations describing services intended to assist | ||||||
17 | minors in achieving sustainable self-sufficiency as | ||||||
18 | independent adults. | ||||||
19 | (o) The Department shall establish an administrative | ||||||
20 | review and appeal process for children and families who | ||||||
21 | request or receive child welfare services from the Department. | ||||||
22 | Youth in care who are placed by private child welfare | ||||||
23 | agencies, and foster families with whom those youth are | ||||||
24 | placed, shall be afforded the same procedural and appeal | ||||||
25 | rights as children and families in the case of placement by the | ||||||
26 | Department, including the right to an initial review of a |
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1 | private agency decision by that agency. The Department shall | ||||||
2 | ensure that any private child welfare agency, which accepts | ||||||
3 | youth in care for placement, affords those rights to children | ||||||
4 | and foster families. The Department shall accept for | ||||||
5 | administrative review and an appeal hearing a complaint made | ||||||
6 | by (i) a child or foster family concerning a decision | ||||||
7 | following an initial review by a private child welfare agency | ||||||
8 | or (ii) a prospective adoptive parent who alleges a violation | ||||||
9 | of subsection (j-5) of this Section. An appeal of a decision | ||||||
10 | concerning a change in the placement of a child shall be | ||||||
11 | conducted in an expedited manner. A court determination that a | ||||||
12 | current foster home placement is necessary and appropriate | ||||||
13 | under Section 2-28 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 does not | ||||||
14 | constitute a judicial determination on the merits of an | ||||||
15 | administrative appeal, filed by a former foster parent, | ||||||
16 | involving a change of placement decision. | ||||||
17 | (p) (Blank). | ||||||
18 | (q) The Department may receive and use, in their entirety, | ||||||
19 | for the benefit of children any gift, donation, or bequest of | ||||||
20 | money or other property which is received on behalf of such | ||||||
21 | children, or any financial benefits to which such children are | ||||||
22 | or may become entitled while under the jurisdiction or care of | ||||||
23 | the Department, except that the benefits described in Section | ||||||
24 | 5.46 must be used and conserved consistent with the provisions | ||||||
25 | under Section 5.46. | ||||||
26 | The Department shall set up and administer no-cost, |
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1 | interest-bearing accounts in appropriate financial | ||||||
2 | institutions for children for whom the Department is legally | ||||||
3 | responsible and who have been determined eligible for | ||||||
4 | Veterans' Benefits, Social Security benefits, assistance | ||||||
5 | allotments from the armed forces, court ordered payments, | ||||||
6 | parental voluntary payments, Supplemental Security Income, | ||||||
7 | Railroad Retirement payments, Black Lung benefits, or other | ||||||
8 | miscellaneous payments. Interest earned by each account shall | ||||||
9 | be credited to the account, unless disbursed in accordance | ||||||
10 | with this subsection. | ||||||
11 | In disbursing funds from children's accounts, the | ||||||
12 | Department shall: | ||||||
13 | (1) Establish standards in accordance with State and | ||||||
14 | federal laws for disbursing money from children's | ||||||
15 | accounts. In all circumstances, the Department's | ||||||
16 | "Guardianship Administrator" or his or her designee must | ||||||
17 | approve disbursements from children's accounts. The | ||||||
18 | Department shall be responsible for keeping complete | ||||||
19 | records of all disbursements for each account for any | ||||||
20 | purpose. | ||||||
21 | (2) Calculate on a monthly basis the amounts paid from | ||||||
22 | State funds for the child's board and care, medical care | ||||||
23 | not covered under Medicaid, and social services; and | ||||||
24 | utilize funds from the child's account, as covered by | ||||||
25 | regulation, to reimburse those costs. Monthly, | ||||||
26 | disbursements from all children's accounts, up to 1/12 of |
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1 | $13,000,000, shall be deposited by the Department into the | ||||||
2 | General Revenue Fund and the balance over 1/12 of | ||||||
3 | $13,000,000 into the DCFS Children's Services Fund. | ||||||
4 | (3) Maintain any balance remaining after reimbursing | ||||||
5 | for the child's costs of care, as specified in item (2). | ||||||
6 | The balance shall accumulate in accordance with relevant | ||||||
7 | State and federal laws and shall be disbursed to the child | ||||||
8 | or his or her guardian, or to the issuing agency. | ||||||
9 | (r) The Department shall promulgate regulations | ||||||
10 | encouraging all adoption agencies to voluntarily forward to | ||||||
11 | the Department or its agent names and addresses of all persons | ||||||
12 | who have applied for and have been approved for adoption of a | ||||||
13 | hard-to-place child or child with a disability and the names | ||||||
14 | of such children who have not been placed for adoption. A list | ||||||
15 | of such names and addresses shall be maintained by the | ||||||
16 | Department or its agent, and coded lists which maintain the | ||||||
17 | confidentiality of the person seeking to adopt the child and | ||||||
18 | of the child shall be made available, without charge, to every | ||||||
19 | adoption agency in the State to assist the agencies in placing | ||||||
20 | such children for adoption. The Department may delegate to an | ||||||
21 | agent its duty to maintain and make available such lists. The | ||||||
22 | Department shall ensure that such agent maintains the | ||||||
23 | confidentiality of the person seeking to adopt the child and | ||||||
24 | of the child. | ||||||
25 | (s) The Department of Children and Family Services may | ||||||
26 | establish and implement a program to reimburse Department and |
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1 | private child welfare agency foster parents licensed by the | ||||||
2 | Department of Children and Family Services for damages | ||||||
3 | sustained by the foster parents as a result of the malicious or | ||||||
4 | negligent acts of foster children, as well as providing third | ||||||
5 | party coverage for such foster parents with regard to actions | ||||||
6 | of foster children to other individuals. Such coverage will be | ||||||
7 | secondary to the foster parent liability insurance policy, if | ||||||
8 | applicable. The program shall be funded through appropriations | ||||||
9 | from the General Revenue Fund, specifically designated for | ||||||
10 | such purposes. | ||||||
11 | (t) The Department shall perform home studies and | ||||||
12 | investigations and shall exercise supervision over visitation | ||||||
13 | as ordered by a court pursuant to the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
14 | Dissolution of Marriage Act or the Adoption Act only if: | ||||||
15 | (1) an order entered by an Illinois court specifically | ||||||
16 | directs the Department to perform such services; and | ||||||
17 | (2) the court has ordered one or both of the parties to | ||||||
18 | the proceeding to reimburse the Department for its | ||||||
19 | reasonable costs for providing such services in accordance | ||||||
20 | with Department rules, or has determined that neither | ||||||
21 | party is financially able to pay. | ||||||
22 | The Department shall provide written notification to the | ||||||
23 | court of the specific arrangements for supervised visitation | ||||||
24 | and projected monthly costs within 60 days of the court order. | ||||||
25 | The Department shall send to the court information related to | ||||||
26 | the costs incurred except in cases where the court has |
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1 | determined the parties are financially unable to pay. The | ||||||
2 | court may order additional periodic reports as appropriate. | ||||||
3 | (u) In addition to other information that must be | ||||||
4 | provided, whenever the Department places a child with a | ||||||
5 | prospective adoptive parent or parents, in a licensed foster | ||||||
6 | home, group home, or child care institution, or in a relative | ||||||
7 | home, the Department shall provide to the prospective adoptive | ||||||
8 | parent or parents or other caretaker: | ||||||
9 | (1) available detailed information concerning the | ||||||
10 | child's educational and health history, copies of | ||||||
11 | immunization records (including insurance and medical card | ||||||
12 | information), a history of the child's previous | ||||||
13 | placements, if any, and reasons for placement changes | ||||||
14 | excluding any information that identifies or reveals the | ||||||
15 | location of any previous caretaker; | ||||||
16 | (2) a copy of the child's portion of the client | ||||||
17 | service plan, including any visitation arrangement, and | ||||||
18 | all amendments or revisions to it as related to the child; | ||||||
19 | and | ||||||
20 | (3) information containing details of the child's | ||||||
21 | individualized educational plan when the child is | ||||||
22 | receiving special education services. | ||||||
23 | The caretaker shall be informed of any known social or | ||||||
24 | behavioral information (including, but not limited to, | ||||||
25 | criminal background, fire setting, perpetuation of sexual | ||||||
26 | abuse, destructive behavior, and substance abuse) necessary to |
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1 | care for and safeguard the children to be placed or currently | ||||||
2 | in the home. The Department may prepare a written summary of | ||||||
3 | the information required by this paragraph, which may be | ||||||
4 | provided to the foster or prospective adoptive parent in | ||||||
5 | advance of a placement. The foster or prospective adoptive | ||||||
6 | parent may review the supporting documents in the child's file | ||||||
7 | in the presence of casework staff. In the case of an emergency | ||||||
8 | placement, casework staff shall at least provide known | ||||||
9 | information verbally, if necessary, and must subsequently | ||||||
10 | provide the information in writing as required by this | ||||||
11 | subsection. | ||||||
12 | The information described in this subsection shall be | ||||||
13 | provided in writing. In the case of emergency placements when | ||||||
14 | time does not allow prior review, preparation, and collection | ||||||
15 | of written information, the Department shall provide such | ||||||
16 | information as it becomes available. Within 10 business days | ||||||
17 | after placement, the Department shall obtain from the | ||||||
18 | prospective adoptive parent or parents or other caretaker a | ||||||
19 | signed verification of receipt of the information provided. | ||||||
20 | Within 10 business days after placement, the Department shall | ||||||
21 | provide to the child's guardian ad litem a copy of the | ||||||
22 | information provided to the prospective adoptive parent or | ||||||
23 | parents or other caretaker. The information provided to the | ||||||
24 | prospective adoptive parent or parents or other caretaker | ||||||
25 | shall be reviewed and approved regarding accuracy at the | ||||||
26 | supervisory level. |
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1 | (u-5) Effective July 1, 1995, only foster care placements | ||||||
2 | licensed as foster family homes pursuant to the Child Care Act | ||||||
3 | of 1969 shall be eligible to receive foster care payments from | ||||||
4 | the Department. Relative caregivers who, as of July 1, 1995, | ||||||
5 | were approved pursuant to approved relative placement rules | ||||||
6 | previously promulgated by the Department at 89 Ill. Adm. Code | ||||||
7 | 335 and had submitted an application for licensure as a foster | ||||||
8 | family home may continue to receive foster care payments only | ||||||
9 | until the Department determines that they may be licensed as a | ||||||
10 | foster family home or that their application for licensure is | ||||||
11 | denied or until September 30, 1995, whichever occurs first. | ||||||
12 | (u-6) Beginning on and after January 1, 2025, a foster | ||||||
13 | family home that includes a pregnant or parenting youth in | ||||||
14 | care and any child of the parenting youth shall be eligible to | ||||||
15 | receive additional foster care payments from the Department to | ||||||
16 | cover all reasonable costs incurred by the foster family in | ||||||
17 | caring for the pregnant or parenting youth and any child of the | ||||||
18 | parenting youth. A parenting youth must be the full-time | ||||||
19 | custodial parent of the child for whom the foster family is | ||||||
20 | requesting additional payment under this subsection. The | ||||||
21 | Department may prescribe by rule which costs and expenses | ||||||
22 | qualify as "reasonable costs" eligible for payment under this | ||||||
23 | subsection. The Department may adopt any other rules necessary | ||||||
24 | to implement the provisions of this subsection. | ||||||
25 | (v) The Department shall access criminal history record | ||||||
26 | information as defined in the Illinois Uniform Conviction |
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1 | Information Act and information maintained in the adjudicatory | ||||||
2 | and dispositional record system as defined in Section 2605-355 | ||||||
3 | of the Illinois State Police Law if the Department determines | ||||||
4 | the information is necessary to perform its duties under the | ||||||
5 | Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Child Care Act | ||||||
6 | of 1969, and the Children and Family Services Act. The | ||||||
7 | Department shall provide for interactive computerized | ||||||
8 | communication and processing equipment that permits direct | ||||||
9 | on-line communication with the Illinois State Police's central | ||||||
10 | criminal history data repository. The Department shall comply | ||||||
11 | with all certification requirements and provide certified | ||||||
12 | operators who have been trained by personnel from the Illinois | ||||||
13 | State Police. In addition, one Office of the Inspector General | ||||||
14 | investigator shall have training in the use of the criminal | ||||||
15 | history information access system and have access to the | ||||||
16 | terminal. The Department of Children and Family Services and | ||||||
17 | its employees shall abide by rules and regulations established | ||||||
18 | by the Illinois State Police relating to the access and | ||||||
19 | dissemination of this information. | ||||||
20 | (v-1) Prior to final approval for placement of a child, | ||||||
21 | the Department shall conduct a criminal records background | ||||||
22 | check of the prospective foster or adoptive parent, including | ||||||
23 | fingerprint-based checks of national crime information | ||||||
24 | databases. Final approval for placement shall not be granted | ||||||
25 | if the record check reveals a felony conviction for child | ||||||
26 | abuse or neglect, for spousal abuse, for a crime against |
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1 | children, or for a crime involving violence, including rape, | ||||||
2 | sexual assault, or homicide, but not including other physical | ||||||
3 | assault or battery, or if there is a felony conviction for | ||||||
4 | physical assault, battery, or a drug-related offense committed | ||||||
5 | within the past 5 years. | ||||||
6 | (v-2) Prior to final approval for placement of a child, | ||||||
7 | the Department shall check its child abuse and neglect | ||||||
8 | registry for information concerning prospective foster and | ||||||
9 | adoptive parents, and any adult living in the home. If any | ||||||
10 | prospective foster or adoptive parent or other adult living in | ||||||
11 | the home has resided in another state in the preceding 5 years, | ||||||
12 | the Department shall request a check of that other state's | ||||||
13 | child abuse and neglect registry. | ||||||
14 | (w) Within 120 days of August 20, 1995 (the effective date | ||||||
15 | of Public Act 89-392), the Department shall prepare and submit | ||||||
16 | to the Governor and the General Assembly, a written plan for | ||||||
17 | the development of in-state licensed secure child care | ||||||
18 | facilities that care for children who are in need of secure | ||||||
19 | living arrangements for their health, safety, and well-being. | ||||||
20 | For purposes of this subsection, secure care facility shall | ||||||
21 | mean a facility that is designed and operated to ensure that | ||||||
22 | all entrances and exits from the facility, a building or a | ||||||
23 | distinct part of the building, are under the exclusive control | ||||||
24 | of the staff of the facility, whether or not the child has the | ||||||
25 | freedom of movement within the perimeter of the facility, | ||||||
26 | building, or distinct part of the building. The plan shall |
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1 | include descriptions of the types of facilities that are | ||||||
2 | needed in Illinois; the cost of developing these secure care | ||||||
3 | facilities; the estimated number of placements; the potential | ||||||
4 | cost savings resulting from the movement of children currently | ||||||
5 | out-of-state who are projected to be returned to Illinois; the | ||||||
6 | necessary geographic distribution of these facilities in | ||||||
7 | Illinois; and a proposed timetable for development of such | ||||||
8 | facilities. | ||||||
9 | (x) The Department shall conduct annual credit history | ||||||
10 | checks to determine the financial history of children placed | ||||||
11 | under its guardianship pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
12 | 1987. The Department shall conduct such credit checks starting | ||||||
13 | when a youth in care turns 12 years old and each year | ||||||
14 | thereafter for the duration of the guardianship as terminated | ||||||
15 | pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The Department | ||||||
16 | shall determine if financial exploitation of the child's | ||||||
17 | personal information has occurred. If financial exploitation | ||||||
18 | appears to have taken place or is presently ongoing, the | ||||||
19 | Department shall notify the proper law enforcement agency, the | ||||||
20 | proper State's Attorney, or the Attorney General. | ||||||
21 | (y) Beginning on July 22, 2010 (the effective date of | ||||||
22 | Public Act 96-1189), a child with a disability who receives | ||||||
23 | residential and educational services from the Department shall | ||||||
24 | be eligible to receive transition services in accordance with | ||||||
25 | Article 14 of the School Code from the age of 14.5 through age | ||||||
26 | 21, inclusive, notwithstanding the child's residential |
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1 | services arrangement. For purposes of this subsection, "child | ||||||
2 | with a disability" means a child with a disability as defined | ||||||
3 | by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education | ||||||
4 | Improvement Act of 2004. | ||||||
5 | (z) The Department shall access criminal history record | ||||||
6 | information as defined as "background information" in this | ||||||
7 | subsection and criminal history record information as defined | ||||||
8 | in the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act for each | ||||||
9 | Department employee or Department applicant. Each Department | ||||||
10 | employee or Department applicant shall submit his or her | ||||||
11 | fingerprints to the Illinois State Police in the form and | ||||||
12 | manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. These | ||||||
13 | fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint records | ||||||
14 | now and hereafter filed in the Illinois State Police and the | ||||||
15 | Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records | ||||||
16 | databases. The Illinois State Police shall charge a fee for | ||||||
17 | conducting the criminal history record check, which shall be | ||||||
18 | deposited into the State Police Services Fund and shall not | ||||||
19 | exceed the actual cost of the record check. The Illinois State | ||||||
20 | Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive identification, all | ||||||
21 | Illinois conviction information to the Department of Children | ||||||
22 | and Family Services. | ||||||
23 | For purposes of this subsection: | ||||||
24 | "Background information" means all of the following: | ||||||
25 | (i) Upon the request of the Department of Children and | ||||||
26 | Family Services, conviction information obtained from the |
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1 | Illinois State Police as a result of a fingerprint-based | ||||||
2 | criminal history records check of the Illinois criminal | ||||||
3 | history records database and the Federal Bureau of | ||||||
4 | Investigation criminal history records database concerning | ||||||
5 | a Department employee or Department applicant. | ||||||
6 | (ii) Information obtained by the Department of | ||||||
7 | Children and Family Services after performing a check of | ||||||
8 | the Illinois State Police's Sex Offender Database, as | ||||||
9 | authorized by Section 120 of the Sex Offender Community | ||||||
10 | Notification Law, concerning a Department employee or | ||||||
11 | Department applicant. | ||||||
12 | (iii) Information obtained by the Department of | ||||||
13 | Children and Family Services after performing a check of | ||||||
14 | the Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS) | ||||||
15 | operated and maintained by the Department. | ||||||
16 | "Department employee" means a full-time or temporary | ||||||
17 | employee coded or certified within the State of Illinois | ||||||
18 | Personnel System. | ||||||
19 | "Department applicant" means an individual who has | ||||||
20 | conditional Department full-time or part-time work, a | ||||||
21 | contractor, an individual used to replace or supplement staff, | ||||||
22 | an academic intern, a volunteer in Department offices or on | ||||||
23 | Department contracts, a work-study student, an individual or | ||||||
24 | entity licensed by the Department, or an unlicensed service | ||||||
25 | provider who works as a condition of a contract or an agreement | ||||||
26 | and whose work may bring the unlicensed service provider into |
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1 | contact with Department clients or client records. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-79, eff. 7-12-19; | ||||||
3 | 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. | ||||||
4 | 8-20-21; 102-1014, eff. 5-27-22.) | ||||||
5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
6 | 1, 2025. |