Full Text of SB2346 101st General Assembly
SB2346sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Julie A. Morrison Filed: 3/5/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2346
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2346 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 35.7 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/35.7)
| 7 | | Sec. 35.7. Error Reduction Training Implementations Plans ; | 8 | | Inspector General. | 9 | | (a) The Inspector General of the Department of Children and | 10 | | Family Services shall develop Error Reduction Training | 11 | | Implementation Plans , as necessary, to remedy patterns of | 12 | | errors or problematic practices that compromise or threaten the | 13 | | safety of children as identified in the DCFS Office of the | 14 | | Inspector General (OIG) death or serious injury | 15 | | investigations , and Child Death Review Teams recommendations , | 16 | | or by the Director of the Department . The Error Reduction |
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| 1 | | Training Implementation Plans shall include both classroom and | 2 | | web-based trainings. The Office of the Inspector General shall | 3 | | develop the curricula, provide for the initial training | 4 | | presentations, and collaborate with, and as needed, use the | 5 | | Child Protection Training Academy simulation model. Initial | 6 | | trainings shall include, but not be limited to, strengthening | 7 | | critical thinking, decision-making, interviewing, analytical, | 8 | | and problem-solving skills, as well as practice reviews and | 9 | | recertifications.
Following the initial training roll-out by | 10 | | the OIG, the Department's Division of Quality Enhancement shall | 11 | | identify outcome measures and track compliance with the | 12 | | training curriculum. Each quarter, the Department's Division | 13 | | of Quality Enhancement shall prepare a report detailing | 14 | | compliance with the Error Reduction Training and alert the | 15 | | Director to staffing needs or other needs to accomplish the | 16 | | goals of the Error Reduction Training. The report shall be | 17 | | transmitted to the Director, the OIG, and all management staff | 18 | | involved in the Error Reduction Training.
The Department's | 19 | | Office of Learning and Professional Development shall work with | 20 | | the Inspector General to implement trainings and continue to | 21 | | provide ongoing trainings on the identified topic for | 22 | | Department staff as well as for the employees of the | 23 | | Department's private agency partners.
The Department's Office | 24 | | of Learning and Professional Development shall work to ensure | 25 | | adherence to the Error Reduction Training, and shall maintain | 26 | | systems to continue reform efforts in an ongoing manner. |
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| 1 | | training and on-site components. The Inspector General shall | 2 | | submit proposed Error Reduction Implementation Plans to the | 3 | | Director for review. The Director may approve the plans | 4 | | submitted, or approve plans amended by the Office of the | 5 | | Inspector General, taking into consideration policies and | 6 | | procedures that govern the function and performance of any | 7 | | affected frontline staff. The Director shall document the basis | 8 | | for disapproval of any submitted or amended plan. The | 9 | | Department shall deploy Error Reduction Safety Teams to | 10 | | implement the Error Reduction Implementation Plans. The Error | 11 | | Reduction Safety Teams shall be composed of Quality Assurance | 12 | | and Division of Training staff to implement hands-on training | 13 | | and Error Reduction Implementation Plans. The teams shall work | 14 | | in the offices of the Department or of agencies, or both, as | 15 | | required by the Error Reduction Implementation Plans, and shall | 16 | | work to ensure that systems are in place to continue reform | 17 | | efforts after the departure of the teams. The Director shall | 18 | | develop a method to ensure consistent compliance with any Error | 19 | | Reduction Training Implementation Plans, the provisions of | 20 | | which shall be incorporated into the plan . | 21 | | (b) The Department's Division of Quality Enhancement, in | 22 | | collaboration with the OIG, Quality Assurance shall prepare | 23 | | public reports semiannually annually detailing the following: | 24 | | the substance of any Error Reduction Training Implementation | 25 | | Plan approved ; any deviations from the Error Reduction Training | 26 | | models Plan ; whether adequate staff was available to perform |
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| 1 | | functions necessary to the Error Reduction Training | 2 | | Implementation Plan , including identification and reporting of | 3 | | any staff needs; other problems noted or barriers to | 4 | | implementing the Error Reduction Training Implementation Plan ; | 5 | | and recommendations for additional training, amendments to | 6 | | rules and procedures, or other systemic reform identified by | 7 | | either the OIG or the Office of Learning and Professional | 8 | | Development or as identified from staff training evaluations | 9 | | and feedback. the teams. Quality Assurance shall work with | 10 | | affected frontline staff to implement provisions of the | 11 | | approved Error Reduction Implementation Plans related to staff | 12 | | function and performance. | 13 | | (c) The OIG shall serve as subject matter experts regarding | 14 | | training content and may, when necessary, review, evaluate, and | 15 | | provide direction for the instructional integrity of the | 16 | | training and the delivery method of the content being used for | 17 | | the purposes of either preservice or service training of staff. | 18 | | The Error Reduction Teams shall implement training and reform | 19 | | protocols through incubating change in each region, Department | 20 | | office, or purchase of service office, as required. The teams | 21 | | shall administer hands-on assistance, supervision, and | 22 | | management while ensuring that the office, region, or agency | 23 | | develops the skills and systems necessary to incorporate | 24 | | changes on a permanent basis. For each Error Reduction | 25 | | Implementation Plan, the Team shall determine whether adequate | 26 | | staff is available to fulfill the Error Reduction |
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| 1 | | Implementation Plan, provide case-by-case supervision to | 2 | | ensure that the plan is implemented, and ensure that management | 3 | | puts systems in place to enable the reforms to continue. Error | 4 | | Reduction Teams shall work with affected frontline staff to | 5 | | ensure that provisions of the approved Error Reduction | 6 | | Implementation Plans relating to staff functions and | 7 | | performance are achieved to effect necessary reforms. | 8 | | (d) The OIG shall develop and submit new Error Reduction | 9 | | Trainings Implementation Plans as necessary. To implement each | 10 | | Error Reduction Training Implementation Plan , as approved by | 11 | | the Director, the OIG shall work with the Office of Learning | 12 | | and Professional Development and the Division of Quality | 13 | | Enhancement. Quality Assurance members of the Error Reduction | 14 | | Teams designated by the Department. The teams shall be | 15 | | comprised of staff from Quality Assurance and Training. | 16 | | Training shall work with the OIG and with the child death | 17 | | review teams to develop a curriculum to address errors | 18 | | identified that compromise the safety of children. Following | 19 | | the training roll-out, the Teams shall work on-site in | 20 | | identified offices. The Teams shall review and supervise all | 21 | | work relevant to the Error Reduction Implementation Plan. | 22 | | Quality Assurance shall identify outcome measures and track | 23 | | compliance with the training curriculum. Each quarter, Quality | 24 | | Assurance shall prepare a report detailing compliance with the | 25 | | Error Reduction Implementation Plan and alert the Director to | 26 | | staffing needs or other needs to accomplish the goals of the |
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| 1 | | Error Reduction Implementation Plan. The report shall be | 2 | | transmitted to the Director, the OIG, and all management staff | 3 | | involved in the Error Reduction Implementation Plan. | 4 | | (e) The Director shall review semiannual quarterly Quality | 5 | | Enhancement Assurance reports and determine adherence to the | 6 | | Error Reduction Training Implementation Plan using criteria | 7 | | and standards developed by the Department. The Director, or his | 8 | | or her designee, shall meet, at a minimum, semiannually, and | 9 | | when necessary quarterly with Quality Enhancement, OIG, and all | 10 | | management staff involved in the Error Reduction Training to | 11 | | discuss the reports and may adjust the content of the Error | 12 | | Reduction Trainings.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)".
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