Bill Text: IL HB2357 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning plans for adoption and foster care placement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2357 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB2357-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 7.3 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 505/7.3)
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7 | Sec. 7.3. Placement plan. The
The Department shall develop | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | and implement a
written plan for placing children. The plan | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | shall include at least the
following features:
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10 | (1) A plan for recruiting minority adoptive and foster | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | families. The plan
shall include strategies for using | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | existing resources in minority communities,
use of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | minority outreach staff whenever possible, use of minority | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | foster homes
for placements after birth and before | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | adoption, and other techniques as
appropriate.
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16 | (2) A plan for training adoptive and foster families of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | minority children.
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18 | (3) A plan for employing social workers in adoption and | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | foster
care. The plan shall include staffing goals and | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | objectives.
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21 | (4) A plan for ensuring that adoption and foster care | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | workers attend
training offered or approved by the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Department regarding the State's goal of
encouraging |
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1 | cultural diversity and
the needs of special needs children.
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2 | (5) A plan that includes policies and procedures for | ||||||
3 | determining for
each
child requiring placement
outside of | ||||||
4 | his or her home, and who cannot be immediately returned to
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5 | his or her parents or guardian, the placement needs of that | ||||||
6 | child. In the
rare instance when an individualized | ||||||
7 | assessment identifies, documents,
and substantiates that | ||||||
8 | race, color, or national origin is a factor that needs
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9 | be considered in advancing a particular child's best | ||||||
10 | interests, it shall be
considered in making a placement.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 92-334, eff. 8-10-01.)
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