Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that no later than December 31, 2022, and no later than December 31 of each year thereafter, the Department of Children and Family Services shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly regarding racial disparities for children and families involved in the child welfare system. Provides that the report shall be conducted by a research institution at a public university and must include, at a minimum, the following de-aggregated data by race as compared, where appropriate, to population-level data: (1) education success, health and behavioral health, housing, jobs or economic justice, criminal justice, and other key metrics that serve as indicators of child and family well-being and can measure socioeconomic conditions in communities; and (2) children and families involved in a safety plan, the number of protective custodies, the number of investigations of each type of abuse and neglect allegation described in a specified provision of the Illinois Administrative Code and the findings of such investigations, the number of Department recommended court filings for each allegation type, the number of intakes into the foster care system, placement settings, lengths of stay, and permanency outcomes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0451 [HB2914 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

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Chaptered	2021-08-23	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2021-05-29	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2021-04-16	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2021-02-18	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

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No bill amendments currently on file for Illinois HB2914

Supplemental Documents

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