Full Text of SR0140 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services is | 3 | | required by the Children and Family
Services Act (20 ILCS | 4 | | 505/7] to place children in its care in safe and adequate | 5 | | placements consistent with
each child's health, safety and best | 6 | | interests; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services has | 8 | | adopted rules, entitled "Placement
Selection Criteria", (89 | 9 | | Ill. Adm. Code Part 301.60) that provide that "all placement | 10 | | decisions will be
made consistent with the safety, best | 11 | | interests and special needs of the child" and that | 12 | | consideration
shall be given to "the least restrictive setting | 13 | | appropriate for the child which most closely approximates
a | 14 | | family"; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services has | 16 | | adopted procedures, entitled
"Psychiatric Hospitalization, | 17 | | Basic Premises Regarding Psychiatric Hospitalization" (DCFS | 18 | | Procedures
301.110(b)), that provide that "a psychiatric | 19 | | hospitalization is not a placement" and that "discharge and
| 20 | | placement planning shall begin from the moment of admission"; | 21 | | and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services is |
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| 1 | | the party to a federal court consent decree
(B.H. et al., 88 C | 2 | | 5599, N.D. ILL) that provides that emergency shelter placements | 3 | | "shall be limited to 30
days"; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is | 6 | | directed to conduct a performance audit of the Department of | 7 | | Children and
Family Services' compliance with its obligations | 8 | | to place children in its care in placements consistent
with | 9 | | their best interests; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | 11 | | the following determinations as they pertain to
children (up to | 12 | | the age of 21) in the care of the Department of Children and | 13 | | Family Services in calendar
years 2014 and 2015: | 14 | | (1) The number of children who remain psychiatrically | 15 | | hospitalized beyond the time when they
are clinically ready | 16 | | for discharge or beyond medical necessity for | 17 | | hospitalization, whichever
is sooner, the reason they | 18 | | remain hospitalized, the length of time they remain | 19 | | hospitalized,
the type of recommended placement, the | 20 | | barriers to timely placement, and whether they
were placed | 21 | | in the recommended placement type after leaving the | 22 | | hospital; |
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| 1 | | (2) The number of children who remain in emergency | 2 | | shelters beyond 30 days, the reason they
remain in an | 3 | | emergency shelter, the length of time they remain in an | 4 | | emergency shelter,
the type of recommended placement, the | 5 | | barriers to timely placement, and whether they
were placed | 6 | | in the recommended placement type after they were moved | 7 | | from the shelter;
and | 8 | | (3) The number of children who remain in a detention | 9 | | center or Department of Juvenile Justice
(DJJ) facility | 10 | | solely because the Department cannot locate a placement for | 11 | | the child, the
length of time they remain in a detention | 12 | | center or DJJ facility, the type of recommended
placement, | 13 | | the barriers to timely placement, and whether they were | 14 | | placed in the recommended placement type after being | 15 | | released from detention or from the DJJ facility;
and be it | 16 | | further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Children and Family | 18 | | Services shall cooperate fully and promptly with
the Auditor | 19 | | General's Office in conducting this audit; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 22 | | soon as possible and distribute the report
upon completion in | 23 | | accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing |
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