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1 | AN ACT concerning courts. | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3-5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (705 ILCS 405/3-5) (from Ch. 37, par. 803-5) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3-5. Interim crisis intervention services. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Any minor who is taken into limited custody, or who | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | independently requests or is referred for assistance, may be | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | provided crisis intervention services by an agency or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | association, as defined in this Act, provided the association | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | or agency staff (i) immediately investigate the circumstances | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | of the minor and the facts surrounding the minor being taken | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | into custody and promptly explain these facts and | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | circumstances to the minor, and (ii) make a reasonable effort | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | to inform the minor's parent, guardian , or custodian of the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | fact that the minor has been taken into limited custody and | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | where the minor is being kept, and (iii) if the minor consents, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | make a reasonable effort to transport, arrange for the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | transportation of, or otherwise release the minor to the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | parent, guardian , or custodian. Upon release of the child who | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | is believed to need or benefit from medical, psychological, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | psychiatric , or social services, the association or agency may |
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1 | inform the minor and the person to whom the minor is released | ||||||
2 | of the nature and location of appropriate services and shall, | ||||||
3 | if requested, assist in establishing contact between the | ||||||
4 | family and other associations or agencies providing such | ||||||
5 | services. If the agency or association is unable by all | ||||||
6 | reasonable efforts to contact a parent, guardian , or | ||||||
7 | custodian, or if the person contacted lives an unreasonable | ||||||
8 | distance away, or if the minor refuses to be taken to the | ||||||
9 | minor's home or other appropriate residence, or if the agency | ||||||
10 | or association is otherwise unable despite all reasonable | ||||||
11 | efforts to make arrangements for the safe return of the minor, | ||||||
12 | the minor may be taken to a temporary living arrangement which | ||||||
13 | is in compliance with the Child Care Act of 1969 or which is | ||||||
14 | with persons agreed to by the parents and the agency or | ||||||
15 | association. | ||||||
16 | (b) An agency or association is authorized to permit a | ||||||
17 | minor to be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement | ||||||
18 | provided the agency seeks to effect the minor's return home or | ||||||
19 | alternative living arrangements agreeable to the minor and the | ||||||
20 | parent, guardian, or custodian as soon as practicable. No | ||||||
21 | minor shall be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement for | ||||||
22 | more than 48 hours 21 business days . Throughout such limited | ||||||
23 | custody, the agency or association shall work with the parent, | ||||||
24 | guardian, or custodian and the minor's local school district, | ||||||
25 | the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
26 | and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and |
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1 | the Department of Children and Family Services to identify | ||||||
2 | immediate and long-term treatment or placement. If at any time | ||||||
3 | during the crisis intervention there is a concern that the | ||||||
4 | minor has experienced abuse or neglect, the Comprehensive | ||||||
5 | Community Based-Youth Services provider shall contact the | ||||||
6 | Department of Children and Family Services as provided in the | ||||||
7 | Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. the minor | ||||||
8 | (c) Any agency or association or employee thereof acting | ||||||
9 | reasonably and in good faith in the care of a minor being | ||||||
10 | provided interim crisis intervention services and shelter care | ||||||
11 | shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability resulting | ||||||
12 | from such care. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 103-22, eff. 8-8-23; 103-546, eff. 8-11-23; | ||||||
14 | revised 8-30-23.) |