SB1212 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1212

 

Introduced 1/30/2013, by Sen. Mattie Hunter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 505/1  from Ch. 23, par. 5001

    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5001)
7    Sec. 1. The purpose of this this Act is to create a
8Department of Children and Family Services to provide social
9services to children and their families, to operate children's
10institutions, and to provide certain other rehabilitative and
11residential services as enumerated in this Act.
12    It is the intent of this Act that the child welfare
13services herein provided do not release the parent or guardian
14from responsibility to provide for the financial support of
15their children.
16    This primary and continuing responsibility applies whether
17the family unit of parents and children remain intact and
18reside in a common household or whether the unit has been
19temporarily broken by reason of child abuse, neglect,
20dependency or other reasons necessitating state care and
21training.
22    It is the purpose of this Act to provide for determination
23for the appropriate level of support, from parents given their

 

 

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1financial circumstances.
2(Source: P.A. 83-1037.)