Full Text of SB0973 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning children.
| 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 2.2 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/2.2 new) | 7 | | Sec. 2.2. Annual reports on youth in care waiting for | 8 | | placement. No later than December 31, 2018, and on December 31 | 9 | | of each year thereafter through December 31, 2023, the | 10 | | Department shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering | 11 | | the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly regarding | 12 | | youth in care waiting for placements. The report shall include: | 13 | | (1) the number of youth in care who remained in | 14 | | emergency placements, including but not limited to | 15 | | shelters and emergency foster homes, for longer than 30 | 16 | | days, their genders and ages, their recommended placement | 17 | | type, the total length of time each youth remained in | 18 | | emergency care, the barriers to timely placement, and | 19 | | whether they were placed in the recommended placement type | 20 | | after they were removed from the emergency placement, and | 21 | | if not, what type of placement they were placed in; | 22 | | (2) the number of youth in care who remained in | 23 | | psychiatric hospitals beyond the time they were clinically |
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| 1 | | ready for discharge or beyond medical necessity, whichever | 2 | | is sooner, their genders and ages, their recommended | 3 | | placement type, the total length of time each youth | 4 | | remained psychiatrically hospitalized beyond necessity, | 5 | | the barriers to timely placement, and whether they were | 6 | | placed in the recommended placement type after they were | 7 | | removed from the psychiatric hospital, and if not, what | 8 | | type of placement they were placed in; | 9 | | (3) the number of youth in care who remained in a | 10 | | detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice | 11 | | facility solely because the Department cannot locate an | 12 | | appropriate placement for the youth, their genders and | 13 | | ages, their recommended placement type, the total length of | 14 | | time each youth remained in the detention center or | 15 | | Department of Juvenile Justice facility after they could | 16 | | have been released, the barriers to timely placement, and | 17 | | whether they were placed in the recommended placement type | 18 | | after being released from detention of the Juvenile Justice | 19 | | facility, and if not, what type of placement they were | 20 | | placed in; | 21 | | (4) a description of how the Department collected the | 22 | | information reported and any difficulties the Department | 23 | | had in collecting the information and whether there are | 24 | | concerns about the validity of the information; and | 25 | | (5) a description of any steps the Department is taking | 26 | | to reduce the length of time youth in care wait in |
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| 1 | | psychiatric hospitals, emergency placements, detention | 2 | | centers, and Department of Juvenile Justice facilities for | 3 | | clinically appropriate placements.
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