92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB0236
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House Sponsors:
FLOWERS-DAVIS,MONIQUE-HOWARD.

Short description: 
DCFS-CITIZEN REVIEW PANEL                                                  

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Children and Family Services Act.  Provides  that  the      
   Department  of  Children  and  Family Services shall establish a pilot      
   Citizen Review Panel in Cook County. Provides that a parent within the      
   pilot area who has participated in and  has  raised  concerns  at  the      
   Administrative  Case  Review  process  which resulted in a goal change      
   from return home to substitute  care  pending  a  legal  decision  may      
   request  a  review  by  the  Citizen Review Panel. Contains provisions      
   regarding review scheduling, standards, and recommendations and  other      
   matters.  Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Empowers the court to      
   order that a service plan include  specific  placements  or  services.      
   Amends  the  Adoption  Act.  Provides  that  the  ground  of  parental      
   unfitness  based  on  a child having been in foster care for 15 months      
   out of any 22 month period unless the child's parent can  prove  by  a      
   preponderance  of the evidence that it is more likely than not that it      
   will be in the best interests of the  child  to  be  returned  to  the      
   parent within 6 months of the date on which a petition for termination      
   of  parental  rights is filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 may      
   not be used as the sole ground for unfitness and that the  ground  may      
   be  used  only  in  conjunction  with  another  ground  for unfitness.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
          FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Children and Family Services)                  
          The increased cost of this legislation is estimated at               
          $2,680,000. There is also a potential loss of up to $300             
          million in revenues.                                                 
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Eliminates an amendment to the Juvenile Court Act  of  1987  that      
   would  have  empowered  the court to order that a service plan include      
   specific placements or services.  Adds  language  providing  that  the      
   court  may  recommend  to  DCFS  that  specific  placements,  specific      
   services,  or  specific  service providers be included in the plan, in      
   which case DCFS shall, in its new service plan or its changes  to  the      
   current  service  plan,  follow the recommendations or indicate why it      
   has not followed the recommendations.                                       
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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