Bill Text: IL SB0206 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall develop an appropriate licensing and monitoring system that recognizes the unique population and programming for youth served by the Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services program. Provides that the Department shall maintain licensing staff who are knowledgeable of Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services program standards, as set forth by the Department of Human Services. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall be responsible for the development and implementation of a training curriculum for host homes that recognizes the unique population and programming of youth served in Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services. Provides that host homes licensed by the Department shall not be utilized for a child who is a youth in care of the Department. Defines "host homes". Effective July 1, 2022.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-04 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa [SB0206 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0206-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 2.17 and by adding Section 3.6 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 10/2.17) (from Ch. 23, par. 2212.17)
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7 | Sec. 2.17.
"Foster family home" means a facility for child | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | care in
residences of families who receive no more than 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | children unrelated to them,
unless all the children are of | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | common parentage, or residences of relatives who
receive no | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | more than 6 related children placed by the Department, unless | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | the
children are of common parentage, for the purpose of | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | providing family care and
training for the children on a | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | full-time basis, except the Director of Children
and Family | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Services, pursuant to Department regulations, may waive the | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | numerical limitation of foster children who may be cared for | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | in a foster family home for any of the following reasons to | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | allow: (1) a parenting youth in foster care to remain with the | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | child of the parenting youth; (2) siblings to remain together; | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (3) a child with an established meaningful relationship with | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the family to remain with the family; or (4) a family with | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | special training or skills to provide care to a child who has a | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | severe disability. The family's or relative's own children,
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1 | under 18 years of age, shall be included in determining the
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2 | maximum number of children served. For purposes of this | ||||||
3 | Section, a "relative"
includes any person, 21 years of age or | ||||||
4 | over, other than the parent, who (i) is
currently related to | ||||||
5 | the child in any of the following ways by blood or
adoption: | ||||||
6 | grandparent, sibling, great-grandparent, uncle, aunt, nephew, | ||||||
7 | niece,
first cousin, great-uncle, or great-aunt; or (ii) is | ||||||
8 | the spouse of such a
relative; or (iii) is a child's | ||||||
9 | step-father, step-mother, or adult step-brother
or | ||||||
10 | step-sister; or (iv) is a fictive kin; "relative" also | ||||||
11 | includes a person related in any of the
foregoing ways to a | ||||||
12 | sibling of a child, even though the person is not related
to | ||||||
13 | the child, when the child and its sibling are placed together | ||||||
14 | with that
person. For purposes of placement of children | ||||||
15 | pursuant to Section 7 of the Children and Family Services Act | ||||||
16 | and for purposes of licensing requirements set forth in | ||||||
17 | Section 4 of this Act, for children under the custody or | ||||||
18 | guardianship of the Department pursuant to the Juvenile Court | ||||||
19 | Act of 1987, after a parent signs a consent, surrender, or | ||||||
20 | waiver or after a parent's rights are otherwise terminated, | ||||||
21 | and while the child remains in the custody or guardianship of | ||||||
22 | the Department, the child is considered to be related to those | ||||||
23 | to whom the child was related under this Section prior to the | ||||||
24 | signing of the consent, surrender, or waiver or the order of | ||||||
25 | termination of parental rights. The term "foster family home" | ||||||
26 | includes homes receiving children from
any State-operated |
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1 | institution for child care; or from any agency established
by | ||||||
2 | a municipality or other political subdivision of the State of | ||||||
3 | Illinois
authorized to provide care for children outside their | ||||||
4 | own homes. The term
"foster family home" does not include an | ||||||
5 | "adoption-only home" as defined in
Section 2.23 of this Act. | ||||||
6 | The types of
foster family homes are defined as follows:
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7 | (a) "Boarding home" means a foster family home which | ||||||
8 | receives payment
for regular full-time care of a child or | ||||||
9 | children.
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10 | (b) "Free home" means a foster family home other than | ||||||
11 | an adoptive home
which does not receive payments for the | ||||||
12 | care of a child or children.
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13 | (c) "Adoptive home" means a foster family home which | ||||||
14 | receives a child or
children for the purpose of adopting | ||||||
15 | the child or children, but does not include an | ||||||
16 | adoption-only home.
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17 | (d) "Work-wage home" means a foster family home which | ||||||
18 | receives a child
or children who pay part or all of their | ||||||
19 | board by rendering some services
to the family not | ||||||
20 | prohibited by the Child Labor Law or by standards or
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21 | regulations of the Department prescribed under this Act. | ||||||
22 | The child or
children may receive a wage in connection | ||||||
23 | with the services rendered the
foster family.
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24 | (e) "Agency-supervised home" means a foster family | ||||||
25 | home under the direct
and regular supervision of a | ||||||
26 | licensed child welfare agency, of the
Department of |
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1 | Children and Family Services, of a circuit court, or of | ||||||
2 | any
other State agency which has authority to place | ||||||
3 | children in child care
facilities, and which receives no | ||||||
4 | more than 8 children, unless of common
parentage, who are | ||||||
5 | placed and are regularly supervised by one of the
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6 | specified agencies.
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7 | (f) "Independent home" means a foster family home, | ||||||
8 | other than an
adoptive home, which receives no more than 4 | ||||||
9 | children, unless of common
parentage, directly from | ||||||
10 | parents, or other legally responsible persons, by
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11 | independent arrangement and which is not subject to direct | ||||||
12 | and regular
supervision of a specified agency except as | ||||||
13 | such supervision pertains to
licensing by the Department.
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14 | (g) "Host home" means an emergency foster family home | ||||||
15 | under the direction and regular supervision of a licensed | ||||||
16 | child welfare agency, contracted to provide short-term | ||||||
17 | crisis intervention services to youth served under the | ||||||
18 | Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services program, | ||||||
19 | under the direction of the Department of Human Services. | ||||||
20 | The youth shall not be under the custody or guardianship | ||||||
21 | of the Department pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
22 | 1987. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 101-63, eff. 7-12-19.)
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24 | (225 ILCS 10/3.6 new) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 3.6. Licenses for host homes. The Department shall |
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1 | develop an appropriate licensing and monitoring system that | ||||||
2 | recognizes the unique population and programming for youth | ||||||
3 | served by the Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services | ||||||
4 | program. The Department shall maintain licensing staff who are | ||||||
5 | knowledgeable of Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services | ||||||
6 | program standards, as set forth by the Department of Human | ||||||
7 | Services. The Department of Human Services shall be solely | ||||||
8 | responsible for the development and implementation of a | ||||||
9 | training curriculum for host homes that recognizes the unique | ||||||
10 | population and programming of youth served in Comprehensive | ||||||
11 | Community-Based Youth Services. Host homes licensed by the | ||||||
12 | Department shall not be utilized for a child who is a youth in | ||||||
13 | care as defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family | ||||||
14 | Services Act.
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
16 | 2022.
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