Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2917 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2917 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 505/4a from Ch. 23, par. 5004a Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Permits the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and maintain locally held funds to be individually known as the Youth in Care Support Fund. Provides that moneys in these funds shall be used for purchases for the immediate needs of youth in care or for the immediate support needs of youth, families, and caregivers served by the Department. Provides that moneys paid into these funds shall be from appropriations made to the DCFS Children's Services Fund; and that any funds remaining in any Youth in Care Support Fund must be returned to the DCFS Children's Services Fund upon dissolution. Provides that any warrant for payment to a vendor for the same product or service for a youth in care shall be payable to the Department to reimburse the immediate payment from the Youth in Care Support Fund. LRB103 24990 KTG 51324 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2917 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 505/4a from Ch. 23, par. 5004a 20 ILCS 505/4a from Ch. 23, par. 5004a Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Permits the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and maintain locally held funds to be individually known as the Youth in Care Support Fund. Provides that moneys in these funds shall be used for purchases for the immediate needs of youth in care or for the immediate support needs of youth, families, and caregivers served by the Department. Provides that moneys paid into these funds shall be from appropriations made to the DCFS Children's Services Fund; and that any funds remaining in any Youth in Care Support Fund must be returned to the DCFS Children's Services Fund upon dissolution. Provides that any warrant for payment to a vendor for the same product or service for a youth in care shall be payable to the Department to reimburse the immediate payment from the Youth in Care Support Fund. LRB103 24990 KTG 51324 b LRB103 24990 KTG 51324 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2917 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Permits the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and maintain locally held funds to be individually known as the Youth in Care Support Fund. Provides that moneys in these funds shall be used for purchases for the immediate needs of youth in care or for the immediate support needs of youth, families, and caregivers served by the Department. Provides that moneys paid into these funds shall be from appropriations made to the DCFS Children's Services Fund; and that any funds remaining in any Youth in Care Support Fund must be returned to the DCFS Children's Services Fund upon dissolution. Provides that any warrant for payment to a vendor for the same product or service for a youth in care shall be payable to the Department to reimburse the immediate payment from the Youth in Care Support Fund.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning children.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
15	15	5 by changing Section 4a as follows:
16	16	6 (20 ILCS 505/4a) (from Ch. 23, par. 5004a)
17	17	7 Sec. 4a. (a) To administer child abuse prevention shelters
18	18	8 and service programs for abused and neglected children, or
19	19	9 provide for their administration by not-for-profit
20	20	10 corporations, community-based organizations or units of local
21	21	11 government.
22	22	12 The Department is hereby designated the single State
23	23	13 agency for planning and coordination of child abuse and
24	24	14 neglect prevention programs and services. On or before the
25	25	15 first Friday in October of each year, the Department shall
26	26	16 submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a State
27	27	17 comprehensive child abuse and neglect prevention plan. The
28	28	18 plan shall: identify priorities, goals and objectives;
29	29	19 identify the resources necessary to implement the plan,
30	30	20 including estimates of resources needed to investigate or
31	31	21 otherwise process reports of suspected child abuse or neglect
32	32	22 and to provide necessary follow-up services for child
33	33	23 protection, family preservation and family reunification in
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2917 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Permits the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and maintain locally held funds to be individually known as the Youth in Care Support Fund. Provides that moneys in these funds shall be used for purchases for the immediate needs of youth in care or for the immediate support needs of youth, families, and caregivers served by the Department. Provides that moneys paid into these funds shall be from appropriations made to the DCFS Children's Services Fund; and that any funds remaining in any Youth in Care Support Fund must be returned to the DCFS Children's Services Fund upon dissolution. Provides that any warrant for payment to a vendor for the same product or service for a youth in care shall be payable to the Department to reimburse the immediate payment from the Youth in Care Support Fund.
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68	68	1 "indicated" cases as determined under the Abused and Neglected
69	69	2 Child Reporting Act; make proposals for the most effective use
70	70	3 of existing resources to implement the plan, including
71	71	4 recommendations for the optimum use of private, local public,
72	72	5 State and federal resources; and propose strategies for the
73	73	6 development of additional resources to meet the goal of
74	74	7 reducing the incidence of child abuse and neglect and reducing
75	75	8 the number of reports of suspected child abuse and neglect
76	76	9 made to the Department.
77	77	10 (b) The administration of child abuse prevention, shelters
78	78	11 and service programs under subsection (a) shall be funded in
79	79	12 part by appropriations made from the Child Abuse Prevention
80	80	13 Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury, and in
81	81	14 part by appropriations from the General Revenue Fund. All
82	82	15 interest earned on monies in the Child Abuse Prevention Fund
83	83	16 shall remain in such fund. The Department and the State
84	84	17 Treasurer may accept funds as provided by Sections 507 and 508
85	85	18 of the Illinois Income Tax Act and unsolicited private
86	86	19 donations for deposit into the Child Abuse Prevention Fund.
87	87	20 Annual requests for appropriations for the purpose of
88	88	21 providing child abuse and neglect prevention programs and
89	89	22 services under this Section shall be made in separate and
90	90	23 distinct line-items. In setting priorities for the direction
91	91	24 and scope of such programs, the Director shall be advised by
92	92	25 the State-wide Citizen's Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect.
93	93	26 (c) Where the Department contracts with outside agencies
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104	104	1 to operate the shelters or programs, such outside agencies may
105	105	2 receive funding from the Department, except that the shelters
106	106	3 must certify a 20% financial match for operating expenses of
107	107	4 their programs. In selecting the outside agencies to
108	108	5 administer child shelters and service programs, and in
109	109	6 allocating funds for such agencies, the Department shall give
110	110	7 priority to new and existing shelters or programs offering the
111	111	8 broadest range of services to the community served.
112	112	9 (d) The Department shall have the power to make grants of
113	113	10 monies to fund comprehensive community-based services to
114	114	11 reduce the incidence of family dysfunction typified by child
115	115	12 abuse and neglect; to diminish those factors found to increase
116	116	13 family dysfunction; and to measure the effectiveness and costs
117	117	14 of such services.
118	118	15 (e) For implementing such intergovernmental cooperation
119	119	16 and involvement, units of local government and public and
120	120	17 private agencies may apply for and receive federal or State
121	121	18 funds from the Department under this Act or seek and receive
122	122	19 gifts from local philanthropic or other private local sources
123	123	20 in order to augment any State funds appropriated for the
124	124	21 purposes of this Act.
125	125	22 (e-5) The Department may establish and maintain locally
126	126	23 held funds to be individually known as the Youth in Care
127	127	24 Support Fund. Moneys in these funds shall be used for
128	128	25 purchases for the immediate needs of youth in care or for the
129	129	26 immediate support needs of youth, families, and caregivers
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140	140	1 served by the Department. Moneys paid into funds shall be from
141	141	2 appropriations made to the DCFS Children's Services Fund.
142	142	3 Funds remaining in any Youth in Care Support Fund must be
143	143	4 returned to the DCFS Children's Services Fund upon
144	144	5 dissolution. Any warrant for payment to a vendor for the same
145	145	6 product or service for a youth in care shall be payable to the
146	146	7 Department to reimburse the immediate payment from the Youth
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148	148	9 (f) For the purposes of this Section:
149	149	10 (1) The terms "abused child" and "neglected child"
150	150	11 have meanings ascribed to them in Section 3 of the Abused
151	151	12 and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
152	152	13 (2) "Shelter" has the meaning ascribed to it in
153	153	14 Section 1-3 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
154	154	15 (Source: P.A. 97-20, eff. 6-28-11.)
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