SB2879 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended by adding Section 41 as follows:

(20 ILCS 505/41 new)

Sec. 41. Children of incarcerated parents. The Department must, in cooperation with the Department of Corrections, establish and implement a program to monitor the minor children of incarcerated parents. The program must enable the Department to (i) obtain information regarding the location of the child and the identity of the child's caretaker and (ii) provide information to the child and the child's caretaker regarding any State services that may be available to them.