95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2879

 

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Kwame Raoul

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 505/41 new

    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services must establish and implement a program to monitor the minor children of incarcerated parents. Sets forth the objectives of the program.


LRB095 19230 HLH 45488 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2879 LRB095 19230 HLH 45488 b

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 adding Section 41 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 505/41 new)
7     Sec. 41. Children of incarcerated parents. The Department
8 must, in cooperation with the Department of Corrections,
9 establish and implement a program to monitor the minor children
10 of incarcerated parents. The program must enable the Department
11 to (i) obtain information regarding the location of the child
12 and the identity of the child's caretaker and (ii) provide
13 information to the child and the child's caretaker regarding
14 any State services that may be available to them.