Bill Text: IL HB3153 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to place a locked suggestion box in each group home, shelter, and transitional living arrangement that accepts youth in care for placement by the Department. Requires the Department to submit a report to the General Assembly each year outlining the issues and concerns submitted to the locked suggestion box and the solution to each issue and concern.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-31 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB3153 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3153-Engrossed.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,
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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 39.3 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 505/39.3) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 39.3. Suggestion boxes. The Department must place in | ||||||
8 | each residential treatment center , group home, shelter, and | ||||||
9 | transitional living arrangement that accepts youth in care for | ||||||
10 | placement by the Department a locked suggestion box into which | ||||||
11 | residents may place comments and concerns to be addressed by | ||||||
12 | the Department. Only employees of the Department shall have | ||||||
13 | access to the contents of the locked suggestion boxes. An | ||||||
14 | employee of the Department must check the locked suggestion | ||||||
15 | boxes at least once per week. The Department shall submit a | ||||||
16 | report to the General Assembly each year outlining the issues | ||||||
17 | and concerns submitted to the locked suggestion box and the | ||||||
18 | solution to each issue and concern.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 99-342, eff. 8-11-15; 100-159, eff. 8-18-17.)
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