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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 645

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  645  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Juvenile  Court  Act of 1987 by
 5    changing Section 2-22."; and

 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:

 8        "Section 5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
 9    changing Section 2-22 as follows:

10        (705 ILCS 405/2-22) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-22)
11        Sec. 2-22. Dispositional hearing; evidence; continuance.
12        (1)  At   the  dispositional  hearing,  the  court  shall
13    determine whether it is in the best interests  of  the  minor
14    and  the  public that he be made a ward of the court, and, if
15    he is to be made  a  ward  of  the  court,  the  court  shall
16    determine  the  proper  disposition  best serving the health,
17    safety and interests of the minor and the public.  The  court
18    also  shall  consider  the permanency goal set for the minor,
19    the nature of the service plan for the minor and the services
20    delivered and to be delivered under the  plan.  All  evidence
21    helpful  in  determining  these questions, including oral and
 
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 1    written reports, may be admitted and may be  relied  upon  to
 2    the  extent of its probative value, even though not competent
 3    for the purposes of the adjudicatory hearing.
 4        (1.5)  At the dispositional hearing,  the  Department  of
 5    Children and Family Services shall file an affidavit with the
 6    court stating that the caseworker has advised the mother of a
 7    child or children placed under Section 2-27 of local publicly
 8    funded   or   subsidized   contraceptive   options  generally
 9    available and where she  may  obtain  contraceptive  devices,
10    prescriptions, or implants.
11        (2)  Notice in compliance with Supreme Court Rule 11 must
12    be  given  to all parties-respondent prior to proceeding to a
13    dispositional hearing.  Before making an order of disposition
14    the court shall advise the  State's  Attorney,  the  parents,
15    guardian,  custodian or responsible relative or their counsel
16    of the factual contents and the conclusions  of  the  reports
17    prepared  for  the use of the court and considered by it, and
18    afford fair opportunity, if requested,  to  controvert  them.
19    The  court  may order, however, that the documents containing
20    such reports need not be submitted  to  inspection,  or  that
21    sources  of  confidential  information  need not be disclosed
22    except to the attorneys for the  parties.  Factual  contents,
23    conclusions,  documents  and  sources  disclosed by the court
24    under this paragraph shall not be further  disclosed  without
25    the  express  approval  of the court pursuant to an in camera
26    hearing.
27        (3)  A record of a prior  continuance  under  supervision
28    under  Section  2-20,  whether  successfully  completed  with
29    regard  to  the  child's health, safety and best interest, or
30    not, is admissible at the dispositional hearing.
31        (4)  On its own motion or that of the State's Attorney, a
32    parent, guardian, custodian, responsible relative or counsel,
33    the court may adjourn the hearing for a reasonable period  to
34    receive  reports  or  other  evidence,  if the adjournment is
 
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 1    consistent with the health, safety and best interests of  the
 2    minor,  but in no event shall continuances be granted so that
 3    the dispositional hearing occurs more than 6 months after the
 4    initial removal  of  a  minor  from  his  or  her  home.   In
 5    scheduling  investigations and hearings, the court shall give
 6    priority to proceedings in which a  minor  has  been  removed
 7    from  his or her home before an order of disposition has been
 8    made.
 9        (5)  Unless already set by the court, at  the  conclusion
10    of  the  dispositional  hearing, the court shall set the date
11    for the first  permanency  hearing,  to  be  conducted  under
12    subsection  (2)  of  Section  2-28,  which shall be held: (a)
13    within 12 months from the date temporary custody  was  taken,
14    (b)  if  the  parental  rights  of  both  parents  have  been
15    terminated  in  accordance  with  the  procedure described in
16    subsection (5)  of  Section  2-21,  within  30  days  of  the
17    termination  of parental rights and appointment of a guardian
18    with power to consent to adoption, or (c) in accordance  with
19    subsection (2) of Section 2-13.1.
20        (6)  When  the court declares a child to be a ward of the
21    court and awards guardianship to the Department  of  Children
22    and  Family  Services,  (a)  the  court  shall  admonish  the
23    parents, guardian, custodian or responsible relative that the
24    parents  must  cooperate  with the Department of Children and
25    Family Services, comply with the terms of the service  plans,
26    and  correct  the conditions which require the child to be in
27    care, or risk  termination  of  their  parental  rights;  and
28    (b)  the  court shall inquire of the parties of any intent to
29    proceed with termination of parental rights of a parent:
30             (A)  whose identity still remains unknown;
31             (B)  whose whereabouts remain unknown; or
32             (C)  who was found in default  at  the  adjudicatory
33        hearing  and  has not obtained an order setting aside the
34        default in accordance with Section 2-1301 of the Code  of
 
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 1        Civil Procedure.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-17, eff. 5-31-95; 90-28, eff. 1-1-98; 90-87,
 3    eff. 9-1-97; 90-608, eff. 6-30-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)".

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