Illinois House Bill 1721

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-03-21 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that beginning on and after January 1, 2026, a foster family home that includes a pregnant or parenting youth in care and any child of the parenting youth shall be eligible to receive additional foster care payments from the Department of Children and Family Services to cover all reasonable costs incurred by the foster family in caring for the pregnant or parenting youth and any child of the parenting youth. Provides that the parenting youth must be the full-time custodial parent of the child for whom the foster family is requesting additional payment. Permits the Department to prescribe by rule which costs and expenses qualify as "reasonable costs" eligible for payment. Grants the Department rulemaking authority. Effective January 1, 2026.

DCFS-FOSTER-PARENTING YOUTH

Rep. Amy Elik [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-21	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-18	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
2025-01-28	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-01-28	House	First Reading
2025-01-24	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Amy Elik

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	505	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1721&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=158891&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=198681&DocName=10400HB1721&DocNum=1721&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=158891&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=