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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 164
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  164  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 4        "Section 5.  The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
 5    is  amended  by adding Sections 4.5, 7.3d, 8.2a, and 8.2b and
 6    changing Section 8.2  as follows:
 7        (325 ILCS 5/4.5 new)
 8        Sec. 4.5.  Drug-affected newborn  infant.   If  a  blood,
 9    urine,  or  meconium  test  administered  to a newborn infant
10    indicates  the  presence  of  any  amount  of  a   controlled
11    substance  as defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the
12    Illinois Controlled Substances Act,  or  a  metabolite  of  a
13    controlled   substance,  the  person  interpreting  the  test
14    results shall immediately report that fact, together with the
15    name and address of the infant's mother,  if  known,  to  the
16    Department.   If  a petition is filed with the court alleging
17    that the newborn infant or a sibling  of  that  infant  is  a
18    neglected  or  abused  minor  under the Juvenile Court Act of
19    1987, the Department shall make the  report  and  information
20    available to the court and to the parties.
21        (325 ILCS 5/7.3d new)
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 1        Sec.      7.3d.  Assessments     and     referrals     of
 2    substance-abusing parents with children.
 3        (a)  The Department of Human Services,  as  successor  to
 4    the  Department  of  Alcoholism  and  Substance  Abuse, shall
 5    select licensed programs to conduct  assessments,  referrals,
 6    and  monitoring  of  treatment outcomes for substance-abusing
 7    parents  with  children  involved  with  the  Department   of
 8    Children  and  Family Services system.  The licensed programs
 9    shall utilize a standardized assessment protocol developed by
10    the Department of Human Services.  The  Department  of  Human
11    Services   shall  ensure  that  assessments,  referrals,  and
12    monitoring  are  conducted   in   compliance   with   federal
13    regulations governing the confidentiality of drug and alcohol
14    treatment records.
15        (b)  If  the  Department  of Children and Family Services
16    petitions the court under the Juvenile Court Act of  1987  to
17    temporarily  remove the child from the parent's custody or to
18    take other action, the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
19    Services  shall  require  minimally  an  intake screening and
20    substance abuse assessment as deemed necessary by one of  the
21    licensed   programs  selected  by  the  Department  of  Human
22    Services.  Information gathered by the Department of Children
23    and Family Services that is relevant to the intake  screening
24    or assessment shall be made available to the licensed program
25    in  accordance of federal confidentiality laws.  The licensed
26    program shall report to the court the results of  the  intake
27    screening  or  assessment  and  recommend  whether the parent
28    should be placed in treatment.  The  court  may  require  the
29    parent  to  participate  in  treatment  in order to regain or
30    retain  custody  of  the  parent's  child.    In   evaluating
31    compliance with court-ordered treatment, the court shall give
32    consideration to the parent's ability to pay for treatment as
33    well  as  the  availability  of  and  access to the treatment
34    recommended.  If the parent elects to participate in  alcohol
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 1    or  drug  treatment,  the  licensed  program  selected by the
 2    Department of Human Services shall refer  the  parent  to  an
 3    appropriate  service  provider.   Nothing  contained  in this
 4    Section shall prohibit the licensed  program  performing  the
 5    assessment  from  referring the parent to one of its programs
 6    if that placement is appropriate.
 7        The service provider shall develop a case management plan
 8    for the parent's substance abuse treatment and other  related
 9    needs.   The  service  provider  shall  monitor  the parent's
10    compliance with and  progress  in  treatment.    The  service
11    provider   shall   obtain   appropriate   client  consent  in
12    accordance with federal confidentiality laws to disclose this
13    information  to  the  Department  of  Children   and   Family
14    Services, the court, and attorneys involved in the case.
15        (c)  If  the  Department  of Children and Family Services
16    does not petition the court, but instead opens the case,  the
17    Department  of  Children and Family Services shall notify one
18    of the licensed programs selected by the Department of  Human
19    Services  to  conduct  a  substance  abuse  assessment.  This
20    licensed program shall report to the Department  of  Children
21    and  Family  Services  the  results  of  the  assessment  and
22    recommend  whether  the parent should be placed in treatment.
23    The Department of Children and Family  Services  may  require
24    the  parent  to  participate  in  treatment  as  part  of the
25    Department's  family  preservation  efforts.   The   licensed
26    program  selected  by  the Department of Human Services shall
27    refer the parent to an appropriate service provider.  Nothing
28    contained in this Section shall prohibit the licensed program
29    performing the assessment from referring the parent to one of
30    its programs if placement is appropriate.
31        The  Department   of   Children   and   Family   Services
32    caseworker,  in  cooperation with the service provider, shall
33    develop a case management plan that includes a  comprehensive
34    treatment  plan  designed  to  address the parent's needs for
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 1    substance  abuse  treatment   and   other   addiction-related
 2    services.  The  service  provider  shall monitor the parent's
 3    compliance with progress in treatment and report back to  the
 4    Department  of  Children  and Family Services on the parent's
 5    progress in treatment.  The  service  provider  shall  obtain
 6    appropriate   client   consent  in  accordance  with  federal
 7    confidentiality laws to  disclose  this  information  to  the
 8    Department.
 9        (325 ILCS 5/8.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2058.2)
10        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
11        Sec.   8.2.  If   the   Child   Protective  Service  Unit
12    determines,  following  an  investigation  made  pursuant  to
13    Section 7.4 of this Act, that there is credible evidence that
14    the child is abused or neglected, the Department shall assess
15    the family's need for services, and, as  necessary,  develop,
16    with the family, an appropriate service plan for the family's
17    voluntary  acceptance  or refusal. In any case where there is
18    evidence that the perpetrator of the abuse or neglect  is  an
19    addict  or  alcoholic  as defined in the Alcoholism and Other
20    Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, the  Department,  when  making
21    referrals for drug or alcohol abuse services, shall make such
22    referrals   to  facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of
23    Alcoholism and Substance Abuse or the  Department  of  Public
24    Health.  The  Department  shall  comply  with  Section 8.1 by
25    explaining  its  lack  of  legal  authority  to  compel   the
26    acceptance  of  services  and  may  explain  its noncommitant
27    authority to petition the Circuit court  under  the  Juvenile
28    Court  Act  of  1987  or  refer  the  case  to  the local law
29    enforcement  authority  or  State's  attorney  for   criminal
30    prosecution.
31        For  purposes  of this Act, the term "family preservation
32    services" refers to all services to prevent the placement  of
33    children  in  substitute  care,  to  reunite  them with their
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 1    families if so placed and if reunification is an  appropriate
 2    goal,  or  to  maintain  an  adoptive  placement.   The  term
 3    "homemaker"   includes   emergency   caretakers,  homemakers,
 4    caretakers,  housekeepers  and  chore  services.   The   term
 5    "counseling"  includes individual therapy, infant stimulation
 6    therapy, family therapy,  group  therapy,  self-help  groups,
 7    drug  and alcohol abuse counseling, vocational counseling and
 8    post-adoptive  services.   The  term  "day   care"   includes
 9    protective  day  care  and  day  care  to  meet  educational,
10    prevocational  or  vocational  needs.    The  term "emergency
11    assistance and advocacy"  includes  coordinated  services  to
12    secure  emergency  cash, food, housing and medical assistance
13    or advocacy  for  other  subsistence  and  family  protective
14    needs.
15        Before  July  1,  2000,  appropriate  family preservation
16    services shall, subject to appropriation, be included in  the
17    service  plan  if  the  Department  has determined that those
18    services are in the child's best interests and when the child
19    will not be in imminent risk  of  harm.   Beginning  July  1,
20    2000,  appropriate  family  preservation  services  shall  be
21    uniformly  available  throughout  the  State.  The Department
22    shall  promptly  notify  children   and   families   of   the
23    Department's  responsibility  to  offer  and  provide  family
24    preservation  services  as  identified  in  the service plan.
25    Such  plans  may  include  but  are  not  limited  to:   case
26    management    services;    homemakers;   counseling;   parent
27    education;  day  care;  emergency  assistance  and   advocacy
28    assessments;    respite    care;    in-home    health   care;
29    transportation to obtain  any  of  the  above  services;  and
30    medical  assistance.  Nothing  in  this  paragraph  shall  be
31    construed to create a private right of action or claim on the
32    part of any individual or child welfare agency.
33        The  Department shall provide a preliminary report to the
34    General Assembly no later than January 1, 1991, in regard  to
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 1    the   provision  of  services  authorized  pursuant  to  this
 2    Section. The report shall include:
 3             (a)  the number of families and children served,  by
 4        type of services;
 5             (b)  the   outcome   from   the  provision  of  such
 6        services, including the number of families which remained
 7        intact at least 6 months  following  the  termination  of
 8        services;
 9             (c)  the number of families which have been subjects
10        of  founded reports of abuse following the termination of
11        services;
12             (d)  an analysis of general family circumstances  in
13        which  family  preservation services have been determined
14        to be an effective intervention;
15             (e)  information regarding the number of families in
16        need of services but unserved due to  budget  or  program
17        criteria guidelines;
18             (f)  an  estimate  of the time necessary for and the
19        annual cost of statewide implementation of such services;
20             (g)  an  estimate  of  the  length  of  time  before
21        expansion of these  services  will  be  made  to  include
22        families with children over the age of 6; and
23             (h)  recommendations    regarding    any    proposed
24        legislative changes to this program.
25        Each  Department  field  office shall maintain on a local
26    basis directories  of  services  available  to  children  and
27    families  in  the  local  area where the Department office is
28    located.
29        The Department shall refer children and  families  served
30    pursuant to this Section to private agencies and governmental
31    agencies, where available.
32        Where   there   are   2   equal  proposals  from  both  a
33    not-for-profit and a for-profit agency to  provide  services,
34    the Department shall give preference to the proposal from the
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 1    not-for-profit agency.
 2        No  service  plan  shall  compel  any  child or parent to
 3    engage in any activity or refrain from any activity which  is
 4    not reasonably related to remedying a condition or conditions
 5    that  gave  rise  or  which could give rise to any finding of
 6    child abuse or neglect.
 7        Family preservation programs provided by  the  Department
 8    or  through a private agency under contract to the Department
 9    shall be evaluated annually.  A family  preservation  program
10    shall be deemed successful if the program meets the following
11    standards:
12             (a)  Enables families to resolve their own problems,
13        effectively  utilize  service  systems,  and advocate for
14        their children in educational and social agencies.
15             (b)  Enhances  family  functioning  by  building  on
16        family strengths.
17             (c)  At least 75% of the children receiving services
18        remain in their own home for 6 months  after  termination
19        of services.
20             (d)  At least 95% of the children receiving services
21        are  not  the  subject  of  reports of severe physical or
22        sexual abuse by those receiving services.
23             (e)  During  the  first  year  after   services   to
24        families are terminated:
25                  (i)  At  least  60%  of  the children receiving
26             services remain at home one year after services  are
27             terminated.
28                  (ii)  The average length of stay in out-of-home
29             care  of  children  selected to receive services who
30             have already been removed from their home and placed
31             in out-of-home care is 50%  less  than  the  average
32             length  of  stay in out-of-home care of children who
33             do not receive program services.
34             (f)  Two  years  after  the  termination  of  family
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 1        preservation services:
 2                  (i)  The average length of out-of-home stay  of
 3             children  under  this  Section  who,  at any time of
 4             selection, are in out-of-home care, is 50% less than
 5             the average length of stay in out-of-home  care  for
 6             children in out-of-home care for children who do not
 7             receive services under this Section.
 8                  (ii)  At  least  60%  of  the children who were
 9             returned home under this Section remain at home.
10        The  complete  results  of  these  evaluations  shall  be
11    provided in an annual  report  to  the  General  Assembly  by
12    February  1  of  each  year.   In  the  event that any family
13    preservation program established under this Section is deemed
14    unsuccessful by the Department, the program shall not receive
15    further State funding until a corrective plan prepared by the
16    Department is implemented by the service provider.
17    (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-21, eff. 6-6-95.)
18        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
19        Sec.  8.2.  If  the   Child   Protective   Service   Unit
20    determines,  following  an  investigation  made  pursuant  to
21    Section 7.4 of this Act, that there is credible evidence that
22    the child is abused or neglected, the Department shall assess
23    the  family's  need for services, and, as necessary, develop,
24    with the family, an appropriate service plan for the family's
25    voluntary acceptance or refusal. In any case where  there  is
26    evidence  that  the perpetrator of the abuse or neglect is an
27    addict or alcoholic as defined in the  Alcoholism  and  Other
28    Drug  Abuse  and  Dependency Act, the Department, when making
29    referrals for drug or alcohol abuse services, shall make such
30    referrals to facilities licensed by the Department  of  Human
31    Services  or the Department of Public Health.  The Department
32    shall comply with Section 8.1 by explaining its lack of legal
33    authority to  compel  the  acceptance  of  services  and  may
34    explain  its  noncommitant  authority to petition the Circuit
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 1    court under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or refer the  case
 2    to  the  local  law enforcement authority or State's attorney
 3    for criminal prosecution.
 4        For purposes of this Act, the term  "family  preservation
 5    services"  refers to all services to prevent the placement of
 6    children in substitute  care,  to  reunite  them  with  their
 7    families  if so placed and if reunification is an appropriate
 8    goal,  or  to  maintain  an  adoptive  placement.   The  term
 9    "homemaker"  includes   emergency   caretakers,   homemakers,
10    caretakers,   housekeepers  and  chore  services.   The  term
11    "counseling" includes individual therapy, infant  stimulation
12    therapy,  family  therapy,  group  therapy, self-help groups,
13    drug and alcohol abuse counseling, vocational counseling  and
14    post-adoptive   services.    The  term  "day  care"  includes
15    protective  day  care  and  day  care  to  meet  educational,
16    prevocational or  vocational  needs.    The  term  "emergency
17    assistance  and  advocacy"  includes  coordinated services to
18    secure emergency cash, food, housing and  medical  assistance
19    or  advocacy  for  other  subsistence  and  family protective
20    needs.
21        Before July  1,  2000,  appropriate  family  preservation
22    services  shall, subject to appropriation, be included in the
23    service plan if the  Department  has  determined  that  those
24    services are in the child's best interests and when the child
25    will  not  be  in  imminent  risk of harm.  Beginning July 1,
26    2000,  appropriate  family  preservation  services  shall  be
27    uniformly available throughout  the  State.   The  Department
28    shall   promptly   notify   children   and  families  of  the
29    Department's  responsibility  to  offer  and  provide  family
30    preservation services as  identified  in  the  service  plan.
31    Such   plans  may  include  but  are  not  limited  to:  case
32    management   services;   homemakers;    counseling;    parent
33    education;   day  care;  emergency  assistance  and  advocacy
34    assessments;   respite    care;    in-home    health    care;
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 1    transportation  to  obtain  any  of  the  above services; and
 2    medical  assistance.  Nothing  in  this  paragraph  shall  be
 3    construed to create a private right of action or claim on the
 4    part of any individual or child welfare agency.
 5        The Department shall provide a preliminary report to  the
 6    General  Assembly no later than January 1, 1991, in regard to
 7    the  provision  of  services  authorized  pursuant  to   this
 8    Section. The report shall include:
 9             (a)  the  number of families and children served, by
10        type of services;
11             (b)  the  outcome  from  the   provision   of   such
12        services, including the number of families which remained
13        intact  at  least  6  months following the termination of
14        services;
15             (c)  the number of families which have been subjects
16        of founded reports of abuse following the termination  of
17        services;
18             (d)  an  analysis of general family circumstances in
19        which family preservation services have  been  determined
20        to be an effective intervention;
21             (e)  information regarding the number of families in
22        need  of  services  but unserved due to budget or program
23        criteria guidelines;
24             (f)  an estimate of the time necessary for  and  the
25        annual cost of statewide implementation of such services;
26             (g)  an  estimate  of  the  length  of  time  before
27        expansion  of  these  services  will  be  made to include
28        families with children over the age of 6; and
29             (h)  recommendations    regarding    any    proposed
30        legislative changes to this program.
31        Each Department field office shall maintain  on  a  local
32    basis  directories  of  services  available  to  children and
33    families in the local area where  the  Department  office  is
34    located.
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 1        The  Department  shall refer children and families served
 2    pursuant to this Section to private agencies and governmental
 3    agencies, where available.
 4        Where  there  are  2  equal   proposals   from   both   a
 5    not-for-profit  and  a for-profit agency to provide services,
 6    the Department shall give preference to the proposal from the
 7    not-for-profit agency.
 8        No service plan shall  compel  any  child  or  parent  to
 9    engage  in any activity or refrain from any activity which is
10    not reasonably related to remedying a condition or conditions
11    that gave rise or which could give rise  to  any  finding  of
12    child abuse or neglect.
13        Family  preservation  programs provided by the Department
14    or through a private agency under contract to the  Department
15    shall  be  evaluated annually.  A family preservation program
16    shall be deemed successful if the program meets the following
17    standards:
18             (a)  Enables families to resolve their own problems,
19        effectively utilize service  systems,  and  advocate  for
20        their children in educational and social agencies.
21             (b)  Enhances  family  functioning  by  building  on
22        family strengths.
23             (c)  At least 75% of the children receiving services
24        remain  in  their own home for 6 months after termination
25        of services.
26             (d)  At least 95% of the children receiving services
27        are not the subject of  reports  of  severe  physical  or
28        sexual abuse by those receiving services.
29             (e)  During   the   first  year  after  services  to
30        families are terminated:
31                  (i)  At least 60%  of  the  children  receiving
32             services  remain at home one year after services are
33             terminated.
34                  (ii)  The average length of stay in out-of-home
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 1             care of children selected to  receive  services  who
 2             have already been removed from their home and placed
 3             in  out-of-home  care  is  50% less than the average
 4             length of stay in out-of-home care of  children  who
 5             do not receive program services.
 6             (f)  Two  years  after  the  termination  of  family
 7        preservation services:
 8                  (i)  The  average length of out-of-home stay of
 9             children under this Section  who,  at  any  time  of
10             selection, are in out-of-home care, is 50% less than
11             the  average  length of stay in out-of-home care for
12             children in out-of-home care for children who do not
13             receive services under this Section.
14                  (ii)  At least 60% of  the  children  who  were
15             returned home under this Section remain at home.
16        The  complete  results  of  these  evaluations  shall  be
17    provided  in  an  annual  report  to  the General Assembly by
18    February 1 of each  year.   In  the  event  that  any  family
19    preservation program established under this Section is deemed
20    unsuccessful by the Department, the program shall not receive
21    further State funding until a corrective plan prepared by the
22    Department is implemented by the service provider.
23    (Source: P.A.  88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-21,  eff.  6-6-95;
24    89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
25        (325 ILCS 5/8.2a new)
26        Sec.  8.2a.  Family  preservation or family reunification
27    parent education.  Each agency or entity that offers a parent
28    education course as a part of a family preservation or family
29    reunification effort for a parent or parents of a  child  who
30    has been the subject of a child abuse or neglect report under
31    this  Act, is subject to an adjudication or is in the process
32    of being adjudicated a dependent child of the court, or whose
33    family is participating in a  voluntary  maintenance  program
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 1    shall meet all of the requirements specified in this Section.
 2    Organizations  that  receive State funding for the purpose of
 3    providing parenting courses shall meet those requirements  as
 4    a condition of receiving State funding.  The requirements are
 5    as follows:
 6        (a)  Each parenting course shall be no more than 6 months
 7    in  duration  and  shall meet for a specified number of hours
 8    determined by each program as sufficient to meet all  of  the
 9    requirements listed in subdivision (b).
10        (b)  The   curriculum   shall   include   the   following
11    components:
12             (1)  Building   self-esteem,   including,   but  not
13        limited to, parents building a positive parental identity
14        and building the self-esteem of their children.
15             (2)  Handling stress and anger.
16             (3)  Fostering  the  growth   and   development   of
17        children,   including,   but   not  limited  to,  safety,
18        nutrition, and health.
19             (4)  Developing and increasing communication  skills
20        in order that a parent may learn to listen and speak with
21        his or her child or children.
22             (5)  Learning    to    use   positive   disciplinary
23        mechanisms as alternatives to the physical punishment  of
24        a  child,  including,  but  not limited to, learning what
25        constitutes abuse and neglect.
26             (6)  Learning the boundaries  of  permissive  sexual
27        conduct by adults with regard to children.
28             (7)  Referral   to  a  substance  or  alcohol  abuse
29        diagnostic program if there is a history of substance  or
30        alcohol abuse in the child's family.
31             (8)  Respect   for,  and  sensitivity  to,  cultural
32        differences in child rearing practices in addressing  all
33        of the topics listed in paragraphs (1) to (7), inclusive.
34        (c)  Each  parenting  course  is  encouraged  to  have  a
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 1    maximum parent teacher ratio of 15 parents for each teacher.
 2        (d)  Each  parenting  course  is encouraged to conduct an
 3    initial assessment and interview of each parent  enrolled  in
 4    the course.
 5        (e)  Each  parenting  course  shall  give  a  preliminary
 6    examination   prior  to  the  start  of  the  course  and  an
 7    examination at  the  conclusion  of  the  course  to  measure
 8    changes in parental attitudes.
 9        (f)  Each  parenting  course  shall  enter into a written
10    agreement   with   each   parent   with   respect   to    the
11    responsibilities  a parent shall satisfy in order to pass the
12    course.
13        (g)  The  staff  of  each  parenting  course  shall  have
14    training in the following areas:
15             (1)  The prevention of child abuse and neglect.
16             (2)  Parenting techniques.
17        (h)  Each parenting course shall  provide  the  following
18    information to the appropriate regional or area office of the
19    Department  for  the  region  or  area in which the course is
20    taught, for clients referred through the Department:
21             (1)  Level of participation by parents.
22             (2)  Number of course hours completed.
23             (3)  Topics covered during attendance in class by  a
24        parent  and topics covered during a parent's absence from
25        class.
26             (4)  Assessment of a parent's gain  in  his  or  her
27        knowledge  about parenting as demonstrated by tests prior
28        to and after the parenting course.
29        (325 ILCS 5/8.2b new)
30        Sec.  8.2b.  Service  plan  guidelines.   The   following
31    guidelines shall be fully considered when determining whether
32    the  child's  family is willing and able to provide the child
33    with a safe family home:
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 1             (1)  The   age   and   the   physical   and   mental
 2        vulnerability of the child.
 3             (2)  The date or dates  upon  which  the  child  was
 4        placed  out  of the family home, and the date or dates of
 5        any subsequent change in placement.
 6             (3)  The magnitude  of  the  harm  suffered  by  the
 7        child.
 8             (4)  The  frequency  of  the  harm  suffered  by the
 9        child.
10             (5)  Whether  the  child  has  been  the  victim  of
11        repeated harm after an initial report and intervention by
12        a social agency.
13             (6)  Whether the child is fearful of  living  in  or
14        returning to the child's family home.
15             (7)  The   results  of  psychiatric,  psychological,
16        developmental  evaluations  of  the  child,  the  alleged
17        perpetrator, and other appropriate family members who are
18        parties.
19             (8)  Whether  there  is  a  history  of  abusive  or
20        assaultive conduct by the child's family  or  others  who
21        have access to the child's family home.
22             (9)  Whether  the non-perpetrators who reside in the
23        child's home are willing and able to protect the child.
24             (10)  Whether the perpetrator of  the  harm  to  the
25        child is identified.
26             (11)  Whether   the  perpetrator  has  admitted  and
27        acknowledged his or her responsibility for the harm.
28             (12)  Whether the perpetrator has been removed  from
29        the child's family home prior to any removal of the child
30        and   will  not  return  for  any  reason  without  prior
31        permission of the court. If  necessary,  the  perpetrator
32        shall  be  removed  from the child's family home by court
33        order under Section 2-25 of the  Juvenile  Court  Act  of
34        1987.
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 1             (13)  The  willingness  and  ability  of the child's
 2        family to  seek  out,  accept,  and  complete  counseling
 3        services,  and  to  cooperate  with  and facilitate close
 4        supervision by an appropriate social agency.
 5             (14)  The willingness and  ability  of  the  child's
 6        family  to  effect  positive  environmental  and personal
 7        changes within a reasonable period of time.
 8             (15)  Whether  the   child's   family   demonstrates
 9        adequate  parenting  skills,  such as providing the child
10        and other children under their care with the following:
11                  (A)  Minimally adequate health and  nutritional
12             care.
13                  (B)  Stimulation,    care,    nurturance,   and
14             appropriate discipline consistent with  the  child's
15             physical and psychological development.
16                  (C)  Guidance  and  supervision consistent with
17             the child's safety.
18                  (D)  A safe physical home environment.
19                  (E)  Protection  from  repeated   exposure   to
20             violence, even though not directed at the child.
21             (16)  Whether  the  child's family problems relating
22        to  the  safety  of  the  family  home  are  sufficiently
23        resolved.
24             (17)  Whether a competent person knows  the  child's
25        family   well  enough  to  have  sufficient  contact  and
26        knowledge  to  recognize  both  immediate   and   pending
27        problems.
28             (18)  Whether the competent person in paragraph (17)
29        can  and will intervene and help, as well as report, when
30        a problem is recognized.
31             (19)  Whether there is available  a  social  support
32        system consisting of an extended family and friends.
33             (20)  Whether   there   are   other   professionals,
34        agencies,  or  relatives  who have provided evidence that
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 1        the child's family home is safe.
 2        Section 10.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
 3    changing Sections 2-24 and 2-25 as follows:
 4        (705 ILCS 405/2-24) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-24)
 5        Sec. 2-24. Protective supervision.
 6        (1)  If   the   order   of   disposition,   following   a
 7    determination of the best interests of  the  minor,  releases
 8    the  minor  to  the custody of his parents, guardian or legal
 9    custodian, or continues him in such custody, the  court  may,
10    if it is in the best interests of the minor, place the person
11    having  custody  of  the minor, except for representatives of
12    private or public agencies or governmental departments, under
13    supervision of the probation office. Rules or orders of court
14    shall  define  the  terms  and   conditions   of   protective
15    supervision,  which  may  be  modified or terminated when the
16    court finds that the best interests  of  the  minor  and  the
17    public will be served thereby.
18        (2)  Following   a   temporary   custody   hearing  or  a
19    determination  of  the  best  interests  of  a  minor  at   a
20    dispositional  hearing,  the  court  shall  enter an order of
21    protective supervision if the court releases the minor to the
22    custody of the minor's parent, guardian, or  legal  custodian
23    or  continues the minor in the custody of the minor's parent,
24    guardian, or legal custodian and  if  the  court  also  makes
25    either of the following findings:
26             (a)  The  minor  is  a  newborn  infant whose blood,
27        urine, or meconium contains any amount  of  a  controlled
28        substance  as defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of
29        the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or a metabolite of
30        such a controlled substance; or
31             (b)  The minor was adjudicated an abused minor or  a
32        neglected  minor  based  in whole or in part on a finding
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 1        that the minor's parent or other person  responsible  for
 2        the minor's care illegally used a controlled substance or
 3        cannabis  and  that  the  use  contributed to the minor's
 4        abuse or neglect.
 5        The order of protective supervision shall require,  as  a
 6    condition  of  the  placement  of  the minor, that each adult
 7    individual residing in the household in which  the  minor  is
 8    placed and for whom there is reason to believe that the adult
 9    is  a  substance  abuser  undergo  drug  testing as is deemed
10    appropriate  to  determine  the  presence  of  the  suspected
11    illegal use of a controlled substance or cannibis.
12        The entity conducting the drug  test  or  tests  required
13    under  the order of protective supervision shall be a program
14    licensed by the Department of Human Services and  shall  make
15    the  test  results available to the court and to the parties.
16    After receiving the test results, the  court  may  enter  any
17    necessary order based on the best interests of the minor.
18    (Source: P.A. 88-7.)
19        (705 ILCS 405/2-25) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-25)
20        Sec. 2-25.  Order of protection.
21        (1)  The  court  may  make  an  order  of  protection  in
22    assistance of or as a condition of any other order authorized
23    by  this  Act.  The order of protection shall be based on the
24    best interests of the minor  and  may  set  forth  reasonable
25    conditions of behavior to be observed for a specified period.
26    Such an order may require a person:
27             (a)  To stay away from the home or the minor;
28             (b)  To permit a parent to visit the minor at stated
29        periods;
30             (c)  To  abstain  from offensive conduct against the
31        minor, his parent or any person to whom  custody  of  the
32        minor is awarded;
33             (d)  To  give  proper  attention  to the care of the
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 1        home;
 2             (e)  To cooperate in good faith with  an  agency  to
 3        which  custody  of  a  minor is entrusted by the court or
 4        with an agency or  association  to  which  the  minor  is
 5        referred by the court;
 6             (f)  To  prohibit and prevent any contact whatsoever
 7        with the respondent minor by a  specified  individual  or
 8        individuals  who  are  alleged  in  either  a criminal or
 9        juvenile proceeding to have caused injury to a respondent
10        minor or a sibling of a respondent minor;
11             (g)  To refrain from acts of commission or  omission
12        that  tend  to  make  the home not a proper place for the
13        minor.
14        (2)  The court shall enter  an  order  of  protection  to
15    prohibit  and  prevent any contact between a respondent minor
16    or a sibling of a respondent minor and any person named in  a
17    petition   seeking  an  order  of  protection  who  has  been
18    convicted of heinous battery under Section 12-4.1, aggravated
19    battery of a child  under  Section  12-4.3,  criminal  sexual
20    assault  under  Section  12-13,  aggravated  criminal  sexual
21    assault   under  Section  12-14,  predatory  criminal  sexual
22    assault of a child under  Section  12-14.1,  criminal  sexual
23    abuse  under  Section  12-15,  or  aggravated criminal sexual
24    abuse under Section 12-16 of the Criminal Code  of  1961,  or
25    has  been  convicted of an offense that resulted in the death
26    of a child, or has violated a previous  order  of  protection
27    under this Section.
28        (3)  When the court issues an order of protection against
29    any  person  as  provided  by  this  Section, the court shall
30    direct a copy of such order to the Sheriff  of  that  county.
31    The  Sheriff  shall furnish a copy of the order of protection
32    to the Department of State Police with 24 hours  of  receipt,
33    in  the  form  and  manner  required  by the Department.  The
34    Department of State Police shall maintain a  complete  record
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 1    and  index  of  such  orders of protection and make this data
 2    available to all local law enforcement agencies.
 3        (4)  After notice and opportunity for hearing afforded to
 4    a person subject to an order of protection, the order may  be
 5    modified  or  extended for a further specified period or both
 6    or may be  terminated  if  the  court  finds  that  the  best
 7    interests of the minor and the public will be served thereby.
 8        (5)  An  order  of  protection  may be sought at any time
 9    during the course of any  proceeding  conducted  pursuant  to
10    this  Act  if  such  an order is in the best interests of the
11    minor.  Any person against whom an  order  of  protection  is
12    sought  may retain counsel to represent him at a hearing, and
13    has rights to be present at the hearing, to be informed prior
14    to the hearing in writing of the  contents  of  the  petition
15    seeking a protective order and of the date, place and time of
16    such  hearing,  and  to cross examine witnesses called by the
17    petitioner  and  to  present  witnesses   and   argument   in
18    opposition to the relief sought in the petition.
19        (6)  Diligent  efforts shall be made by the petitioner to
20    serve any  person  or  persons  against  whom  any  order  of
21    protection  is  sought with written notice of the contents of
22    the petition seeking a protective  order  and  of  the  date,
23    place  and time at which the hearing on the petition is to be
24    held.  When a protective order is being sought in conjunction
25    with a temporary custody hearing, if the court finds that the
26    person against whom the protective order is being sought  has
27    been  notified  of  the hearing or that diligent efforts have
28    been made to notify such person,  the  court  may  conduct  a
29    hearing.   If  a protective order is sought at any time other
30    than in conjunction with a  temporary  custody  hearing,  the
31    court  may  not  conduct   a  hearing  on the petition in the
32    absence of the person against whom the order is sought unless
33    the petitioner has notified such person by  personal  service
34    at  least   3  days  before  the  hearing or has sent written
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 1    notice by first  class  mail  to  such  person's  last  known
 2    address at least 5 days before the hearing.
 3        (7)  A  person  against  whom  an  order of protection is
 4    being  sought  who  is  neither  a  parent,  guardian,  legal
 5    custodian or responsible relative as described in Section 1-5
 6    is not a party or respondent as defined in that  Section  and
 7    shall  not  be  entitled to the rights provided therein. Such
 8    person does not have a right to appointed counsel  or  to  be
 9    present  at  any  hearing other than the hearing in which the
10    order of protection is being sought  or  a  hearing  directly
11    pertaining to that order.  Unless the court orders otherwise,
12    such person does not have a right to inspect the court file.
13        (8)  All  protective  orders  entered  under this Section
14    shall be in writing.  Unless  the  person  against  whom  the
15    order  was  obtained  was present in court when the order was
16    issued,  the  sheriff,  other  law  enforcement  official  or
17    special process server shall promptly serve that  order  upon
18    that  person  and  file  proof of such service, in the manner
19    provided for service of process in  civil  proceedings.   The
20    person  against  whom  the  protective order was obtained may
21    seek a modification of the order by filing a  written  motion
22    to modify the order within 7 days after actual receipt by the
23    person of a copy of the order.  Any modification of the order
24    granted by the court must be determined to be consistent with
25    the best interests of the minor.
26        (9)  Following   a   temporary   custody   hearing  or  a
27    determination  of  the  best  interests  of  a  minor  at   a
28    dispositional  hearing,  the  court  shall  enter an order of
29    protection if the court releases the minor to the custody  of
30    the minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian or continues
31    the  minor in the custody of the minor's parent, guardian, or
32    legal custodian and if the court also  makes  either  of  the
33    following findings:
34             (a)  The  minor  is  a  newborn  infant whose blood,
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 1        urine, or meconium contains any amount  of  a  controlled
 2        substance  as defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of
 3        the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or a metabolite of
 4        such a controlled substance; or
 5             (b)  The minor was adjudicated an abused minor or  a
 6        neglected  minor  based  in whole or in part on a finding
 7        that the minor's parent or other person  responsible  for
 8        the minor's care illegally used a controlled substance or
 9        cannabis  and  that  the  use  contributed to the minor's
10        abuse or neglect.
11        The order of protection shall require, as a condition  of
12    the  placement  of  the  minor,  that  each  adult individual
13    residing in the household in which the minor  is  placed  and
14    for  whom  there  is  reason  to  believe that the adult is a
15    substance  abuser  undergo  drug   testing   as   is   deemed
16    appropriate  to  determine  the  presence  of  the  suspected
17    illegal use of a controlled substance or cannabis.
18        The  entity  conducting  the  drug test or tests required
19    under the order of protection shall be a program licensed  by
20    the  Department  of  Human  Service  and  shall make the test
21    results available to the court and  to  the  parties.   After
22    receiving the test results, the court may enter any necessary
23    order based on the best interests of the minor.
24    (Source:  P.A.  88-7;  89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;  89-462, eff.
25    5-29-96.)
26        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
27    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
28    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
29    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
30    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
31    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
32    any other Public Act.
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.".

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