Full Text of HB1551 101st General Assembly
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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 Children and Family Services Act is amended | 5 | | by adding Section 7.8 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/7.8 new) | 7 | | Sec. 7.8. Home safety checklist; aftercare services; | 8 | | immunization checks. | 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "purchase of service agency" | 10 | | means any entity that contracts with the Department to provide | 11 | | services that are consistent with the purposes of this Act. | 12 | | (b) Whenever a child is placed in the custody or | 13 | | guardianship of the Department or a child is returned to the | 14 | | custody of a parent or guardian and the court retains | 15 | | jurisdiction of the case, the Department must ensure that the | 16 | | child is up to date on his or her well-child visits, including | 17 | | age-appropriate immunizations, or that there is a documented | 18 | | religious or medical reason the child did not receive the | 19 | | immunizations. | 20 | | (c) Whenever a child has been placed in foster or | 21 | | substitute care by court order and the court later determines | 22 | | that the child can return to the custody of his or her parent | 23 | | or guardian, the Department must complete, prior to the child's |
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| 1 | | discharge from foster or substitute care, a home safety | 2 | | checklist to ensure that the conditions of the child's home are | 3 | | sufficient to ensure the child's safety and well-being, as | 4 | | defined in Department rules and procedures. At a minimum, the | 5 | | home safety checklist shall be completed within 24 hours prior | 6 | | to the child's return home and completed again or recertified | 7 | | in the absence of any environmental barriers or hazards within | 8 | | 5 working days after a child is returned home and every month | 9 | | thereafter until the child's case is closed pursuant to the | 10 | | Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The home safety checklist shall | 11 | | include a certification that there are no environmental | 12 | | barriers or hazards to prevent returning the child home. | 13 | | (d) When a court determines that a child should return to | 14 | | the custody or guardianship of a parent or guardian, any | 15 | | aftercare services provided to the child and the child's family | 16 | | by the Department or a purchase of service agency shall | 17 | | commence on the date upon which the child is returned to the | 18 | | custody or guardianship of his or her parent or guardian. If | 19 | | children are returned to the custody of a parent at different | 20 | | times, the Department or purchase of service agency shall | 21 | | provide a minimum of 6 months of aftercare services to each | 22 | | child commencing on the date each individual child is returned | 23 | | home. | 24 | | (e) One year after the effective date of this amendatory | 25 | | Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Auditor General shall | 26 | | commence a performance audit of the Department of Children and |
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| 1 | | Family Services to determine whether the Department is meeting | 2 | | the requirements of this Section. Within 2 years after the | 3 | | audit's release, the Auditor General shall commence a follow-up | 4 | | performance audit to determine whether the Department has | 5 | | implemented the recommendations contained in the initial | 6 | | performance audit. Upon completion of each audit, the Auditor | 7 | | General shall report its findings to the General Assembly. The | 8 | | Auditor General's reports shall include any issues or | 9 | | deficiencies and recommendations. The audits required by this | 10 | | Section shall be in accordance with and subject to the Illinois | 11 | | State Auditing Act. | 12 | | Section 10. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is | 13 | | amended by adding Section 7.01 as follows: | 14 | | (325 ILCS 5/7.01 new) | 15 | | Sec. 7.01. Safety assessments for reports made by mandated | 16 | | reporters. | 17 | | (a) When a report is made by a mandated reporter to the | 18 | | statewide toll-free telephone number established under Section | 19 | | 7.6 of this Act and there is a prior indicated report of abuse | 20 | | or neglect, or there is a prior open service case involving any | 21 | | member of the household, the Department must, at a minimum, | 22 | | accept the report as a child welfare services referral. If the | 23 | | family refuses to cooperate or refuses access to the home or | 24 | | children, then a child protective services investigation shall |
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| 1 | | be initiated if the facts otherwise meet the criteria to accept | 2 | | a report. | 3 | | As used in this Section, "child welfare services referral" | 4 | | means an assessment of the family for service needs and linkage | 5 | | to available local community resources for the purpose of | 6 | | preventing or remedying or assisting in the solution of | 7 | | problems which may result in the neglect, abuse, exploitation, | 8 | | or delinquency of children, and as further defined in | 9 | | Department rules and procedures. | 10 | | As used in this Section, "prior open service case" means a | 11 | | case in which the Department has provided services to the | 12 | | family either directly or through a purchase of service agency. | 13 | | (b) One year after the effective date of this amendatory | 14 | | Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Auditor General shall | 15 | | commence a performance audit of the Department of Children and | 16 | | Family Services to determine whether the Department is meeting | 17 | | the requirements of this Section. Within 2 years after the | 18 | | audit's release, the Auditor General shall commence a follow-up | 19 | | performance audit to determine whether the Department has | 20 | | implemented the recommendations contained in the initial | 21 | | performance audit. Upon completion of each audit, the Auditor | 22 | | General shall report its findings to the General Assembly. The | 23 | | Auditor General's reports shall include any issues or | 24 | | deficiencies and recommendations. The audits required by this | 25 | | Section shall be in accordance with and subject to the Illinois | 26 | | State Auditing Act.
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