HB4305 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4305

Introduced 02/02/04, by James H. Meyer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 505/22.2-5 new

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to create and maintain an Internet-based information source to provide interactive training to assist foster parents in developing the skills necessary to care for the emotional, mental, and physical needs of children within the foster care system. Provides that the information source must include, at least once every 8 weeks, a web-cast seminar on varying topics selected by the Department concerning foster care and the foster children.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning foster care services.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended by adding Section 22.2-5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 505/22.2-5 new)

Sec. 22.2-5. Internet training for foster parents. The Department must create and maintain an Internet-based information source to provide, without limitation, interactive training to assist foster parents in developing the skills necessary to care for the emotional, mental, and physical needs of children within the foster care system. The information source must include, at once every 8 weeks, a web-cast seminar on varying topics, selected by the Department, concerning foster care and foster children.