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90_HB0090

      325 ILCS 5/7.3d new
          Amends the Abused  and  Neglected  Child  Reporting  Act.
      Requires  the  Department  of Children and Family Services to
      require substance abuse assessments of women  whose  children
      have  been  temporarily removed from their custody.  Requires
      that  the  assessments  be  conducted  by  licensed  programs
      selected by the Department of Human Services, as successor to
      the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse.    If  DCFS
      has  petitioned the court to limit custody, provides that the
      licensed program shall  report  the  assessment  results  and
      treatment recommendation to the court, which then may require
      treatment participation as a condition precedent to regaining
      or  retaining custody.  If DCFS has not petitioned the court,
      permits DCFS to require treatment participation  as  part  of
      family preservation efforts.
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 1        AN  ACT to amend the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
 2    Act by adding Section 7.3d.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
 6    is amended by adding Section 7.3d as follows:
 7        (325 ILCS 5/7.3d new)
 8        Sec.     7.3d.  Assessments     and     referrals      of
 9    substance-abusing women with children.
10        (a)  The  Department  of  Human Services, as successor to
11    the Department  of  Alcoholism  and  Substance  Abuse,  shall
12    select  licensed  programs to conduct assessments, referrals,
13    and monitoring of treatment  outcomes  for  substance-abusing
14    women with children involved with the Department system.  The
15    licensed  programs  shall  utilize  a standardized assessment
16    protocol developed by the Department of Human Services.   The
17    Department  of  Human Services shall ensure that assessments,
18    referrals, and monitoring are conducted  in  compliance  with
19    federal regulations governing the confidentiality of drug and
20    alcohol treatment records.
21        (b)  If  the  Department  petitions  the  court under the
22    Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to temporarily  remove  the  child
23    from  the  mother's  custody  or  to  take  other action, the
24    Department shall require a substance abuse assessment by  one
25    of  the licensed programs selected by the Department of Human
26    Services.  The licensed program shall report to the court the
27    results of the assessment and  recommend  whether  the  woman
28    should  be  placed  in  treatment.  The court may require the
29    woman to participate in  treatment  in  order  to  regain  or
30    retain  custody  of her child.  In evaluating compliance with
31    court-ordered treatment, the court shall  give  consideration
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 1    to  the  woman's  ability to pay for treatment as well as the
 2    availability of and access to the treatment recommended.   If
 3    the woman elects to participate in alcohol or drug treatment,
 4    the  licensed  program  selected  by  the Department of Human
 5    Services shall refer the  woman  to  an  appropriate  service
 6    provider.   Nothing  contained in this Section shall prohibit
 7    the licensed program performing the assessment from referring
 8    the woman to  one  of  its  programs  if  that  placement  is
 9    appropriate.
10        The service provider shall develop a case management plan
11    for  the  woman's substance abuse treatment and other related
12    needs.   The  service  provider  shall  monitor  the  woman's
13    compliance with and  progress  in  treatment.    The  service
14    provider   shall   obtain   appropriate   client  consent  in
15    accordance with federal confidentiality laws to disclose this
16    information to  the  Department,  the  court,  and  attorneys
17    involved in the case.
18        (c)  If  the  Department does not petition the court, but
19    instead opens the case, the Department shall  notify  one  of
20    the  licensed  programs  selected  by the Department of Human
21    Services to  conduct  a  substance  abuse  assessment.   This
22    licensed  program  shall report to the Department the results
23    of the assessment and recommend whether the woman  should  be
24    placed in treatment.  The Department may require the woman to
25    participate  in  treatment as part of the Department's family
26    preservation efforts.  The licensed program selected  by  the
27    Department  of  Human  Services  shall  refer the woman to an
28    appropriate service  provider.   Nothing  contained  in  this
29    Section  shall  prohibit  the licensed program performing the
30    assessment from referring the woman to one of its programs if
31    placement is appropriate.
32        The service provider, in cooperation with the  Department
33    caseworker,  shall  develop  a  case  management plan for the
34    woman's substance abuse treatment and  other  related  needs.
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 1    The  service  provider  shall  monitor the woman's compliance
 2    with progress in treatment and report back to the  Department
 3    on  her  progress  in  treatment.  The service provider shall
 4    obtain appropriate client consent in accordance with  federal
 5    confidentiality  laws  to  disclose  this  information to the
 6    Department.

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