Illinois Senate Bill 4233 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 14 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-11-15 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to seek federal reimbursements under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for administrative costs associated with the provision of independent legal representation to foster children, and children who qualify for foster care, and their parents. Requires any federal reimbursements the Department receives for the purposes of the amendatory Act to be deposited into the Due Process for Youth and Families Fund. Provides that, subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be disbursed for fees and costs incurred by law practitioners and organizations that provide services as a child's lawyer or a respondent's lawyer as those terms are defined under the amendatory Act. Provides that units of local government and public and private agencies may apply for and receive federal or State funds from the Department in accordance with the purposes of the amendatory Act. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Due Process for Youth and Families Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that all receipts from federal financial participation in the Foster Care and Adoption Services program under Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act, including receipts for related indirect costs, shall be deposited into the DCFS Children's Services Fund or the Due Process for Youth and Families Fund as provided in Section 45 of the Children and Family Services Act. Effective immediately.

DCFS-TITLE-IV-E ADMIN COSTS

Sen. Ann Gillespie [D]

Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-11-15	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2022-11-14	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2022-11-14	Senate	First Reading
2022-11-14	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	505	45	New Code	See Bill Text
30	105	5.990	New Code	See Bill Text
30	105	8.27	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4233&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB4233.htm