Illinois House Bill 1229 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 relating to abused, neglected, and dependent minors who have been removed from the parent's custody. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall conduct a study every 4 months for the first year that the child has not been reunited with his or her family. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall document in detail why the parent and child have not been reunited and what specific steps are being taken to reunite the family. Provides that the court may appoint an independent third party to review the service plan as to whether the goal has been achieved, including a determination that all necessary steps have been taken to reunite the child with his or her family and that the return of the child home cannot be achieved under the plan. Provides that the appointment may include, but is not limited to, court appointed special advocates.

JUV CT-PERMANENCY-REUNITE FAM

Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2011-03-17	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-14	House	Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
2011-02-08	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-08	House	First Reading
2011-02-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
705	405	2-28	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1229&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB1229.htm