Bill Text: IL SB2760 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to submit annual reports to the General Assembly concerning youth in care who are awaiting placement, provides that the reports are to be submitted no later than December 31, of each year (rather than on December 31 of each year through December 31, 2023). Requires the reports to be posted on the Department's website and to include specified information, including: (i) the number of youth in care placed in out-of-state residential treatment facilities, whether each youth was referred to any in-state programs for placement and, if so, the number of in-state referrals for each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state programs; and (ii) the number of youth not in the temporary custody or guardianship of the Department who are the subjects of open child protection cases, intact family cases, or any other type of child welfare case, including, but not limited to, those youth for whom the Department is required to make medical assistance payments because they were hospitalized in inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond medical necessity during the Department's involvement with the case. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2760 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2760-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2760 Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 505/2.2
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to submit annual reports to the General Assembly concerning youth in care who are awaiting placement, provides that the reports are to be submitted no later than December 31, of each year (rather than on December 31 of each year through December 31, 2023). Requires the reports to be posted on the Department's website and to include specified information, including: (i) the number of youth in care placed in out-of-state residential treatment facilities, whether each youth was referred to any in-state programs for placement and, if so, the number of in-state referrals for each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state programs; and (ii) the number of youth not in the temporary custody or guardianship of the Department who are the subjects of open child protection cases, intact family cases, or any other type of child welfare case, including, but not limited to, those youth for whom the Department is required to make medical assistance payments because they were hospitalized in inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond medical necessity during the Department's involvement with the case. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
by changing Section 2.2 as follows:
(20 ILCS 505/2.2)
Sec. 2.2. Annual reports on youth in care waiting for
placement. No later than December 31, 2018, and on December 31
of each year thereafter through December 31, 2023, the
Department shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering
the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly regarding
youth in care waiting for placements. The report shall also be
posted on the Department's website. The report shall include:
(1) the number of youth in care who remained in
emergency placements, including but not limited to
shelters and emergency foster homes, for longer than 30
days, their genders and ages, their recommended placement
type, the total length of time each youth remained in
emergency care, the barriers to timely placement, and
whether they were placed in the recommended placement type
after they were removed from the emergency placement, and
if not, what type of placement they were placed in;
(2) the number of youth in care who remained in

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psychiatric hospitals beyond the time they were clinically
ready for discharge or beyond medical necessity, whichever
is sooner, their genders and ages, their recommended
placement type, the total length of time each youth
remained psychiatrically hospitalized beyond necessity,
the barriers to timely placement, and whether they were
placed in the recommended placement type after they were
removed from the psychiatric hospital, and if not, what
type of placement they were placed in;
(3) the number of youth in care who remained in a
detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice
facility solely because the Department cannot locate an
appropriate placement for the youth, their genders and
ages, their recommended placement type, the total length of
time each youth remained in the detention center or
Department of Juvenile Justice facility after they could
have been released, the barriers to timely placement, and
whether they were placed in the recommended placement type
after being released from detention of the Juvenile Justice
facility, and if not, what type of placement they were
placed in;
(3.1) the number of youth in care placed in
out-of-state residential treatment facilities, whether
each youth was referred to any in-state programs for
placement and, if so, the number of in-state referrals for
each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state

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programs; whether the youth was psychiatrically
hospitalized beyond medical necessity prior to being sent
out-of-state; the state each youth is placed in; and
whether the youth is placed in a secure facility out of
state;
(3.2) the number of youth not in the temporary custody
or guardianship of the Department who are the subjects of
open child protection cases, intact family cases, or any
other type of child welfare case, including, but not
limited to, those youth for whom the Department is required
to make payments in accordance with Section 5-5.07 of the
Illinois Public Aid Code because they were hospitalized in
inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond
medical necessity during the Department's involvement with
the case. At a minimum, the report shall include the
following information regarding each youth: age, region,
date of hospitalization, date the youth was beyond medical
necessity, date and reason for the Department's
involvement, length of time the youth was beyond medical
necessity, whether the youth was referred for services
under the Department of Healthcare and Family Services'
Family Support Program, whether and when the Department
petitioned for custody of the youth, and the youth's living
arrangement upon being discharged from the hospital;
(4) a description of how the Department collected the
information reported and any difficulties the Department

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had in collecting the information and whether there are
concerns about the validity of the information; and
(5) a description of any steps the Department is taking
to reduce the length of time youth in care wait in
psychiatric hospitals, emergency placements, detention
centers, and Department of Juvenile Justice facilities for
clinically appropriate placements.
(Source: P.A. 100-87, eff. 1-1-18.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.