Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3834 Compare Versions

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1	1	SB3834
2	2	A BILL FOR
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4	4	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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6	6	State of Illinois
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8	8	2023 and 2024
9	9	SB3834
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11	11	Introduced 2/28/2024, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
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13	13	SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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15	15	Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent
16	16	expenses of the Department of Children and Family Services for
17	17	the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, as follows:
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19	19	General Funds $1,478,157,367
20	20	Other State Funds $ 866,456,100
21	21	Federal Funds $ 16,281,844
22	22	Total $2,360,895,311
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30	30	SB3834 OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
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32	32	AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
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34	34	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
35	35	in the General Assembly: 3
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37	37	ARTICLE 1 4
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39	39	Section 1. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5
40	40	as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 6
41	41	hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of 7
42	42	Children and Family Services: 8
43	43	ENTIRE AGENCY 9
44	44	PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FU ND 10
45	45	For Personal Services ........................... 373,730,500 11
46	46	For State Contributions to 12
47	47	Social Security ................................ .28,590,600 13
48	48	For Contractual Services ......................... 42,263,500 14
49	49	For Travel ................................ ..........779,800 15
50	50	For Commodities ................................ .....780,000 16
51	51	For Printing ................................ ........387,400 17
52	52	For Equipment ................................ .....6,323,900 18
53	53	For Electronic Data Processing ...................70,748,200 19
54	54	For Telecommunications ............................ 7,561,500 20
55	55	For Operation of Automotive Equipment ...............759,500 21
56	56	Total $531,924,900 22 SB3834 -2- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
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59	59	PAYABLE FROM THE DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 1
60	60	For Travel ................................ ........7,038,800 2
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62	62	Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 3
63	63	as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 4
64	64	hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of 5
65	65	Children and Family Services: 6
66	66	CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION 7
67	67	PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 8
68	68	For Attorney General Representation 9
69	69	on Child Welfare Litigation Issues .................585,900 10
70	70	PAYABLE FROM DCFS SPECIAL PURPOSES TRUST FUND 11
71	71	For Expenditures of Private Funds 12
72	72	for Child Welfare Improvements ...................2,794,500 13
73	73	PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 14
74	74	For Information Technology ....................... 88,501,800 15
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76	76	Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 16
77	77	as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 17
78	78	hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of 18
79	79	Children and Family Services: 19
80	80	REGULATION AND QUALITY CONTROL 20
81	81	PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FU ND 21
82	82	For Child Death Review Teams ........................ 104,000 22 SB3834 -3- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
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85	85	Section 15. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 1
86	86	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 2
87	87	Department of Children and Family Services: 3
88	88	CHILD WELFARE 4
89	89	PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 5
90	90	For Targeted Case Management ..................... 12,658,400 6
91	91	PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 7
92	92	For Independent Living Initiative ................11,457,700 8
93	93	PAYABLE FROM DCFS FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND 9
94	94	For Federal Child Welfare Projects ..................816,600 10
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96	96	Section 20. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 11
97	97	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 12
98	98	Department of Children and Family Services: 13
99	99	CHILD PROTECTION 14
100	100	PAYABLE FROM DCFS FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND 15
101	101	For Federal Grant Awards ......................... 15,000,000 16
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103	103	Section 25. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 17
104	104	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 18
105	105	Department of Children and Family Services: 19
106	106	BUDGET, LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE 20
107	107	PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 21
108	108	For Refunds ................................ ..........11,200 22 SB3834 -4- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
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110	110	PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S S ERVICES FUND 1
111	111	For Title IV-E Enhancement ........................ 4,228,800 2
112	112	For SSI Reimbursement ............................. 1,513,300 3
113	113	Total $5,742,100 4
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115	115	Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5
116	116	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 6
117	117	Department of Children and Family Services for payments for 7
118	118	care of children served by the Department of Children and Family 8
119	119	Services: 9
120	120	GRANTS-IN-AID 10
121	121	REGIONAL OFFICES 11
122	122	PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 12
123	123	For Foster Homes and Specialized 13
124	124	Foster Care and Prevention, 14
125	125	including prior years’ costs ...................421,389,400 15
126	126	For Counseling and Auxiliary Services ............16,018,900 16
127	127	For Institution and Group Home C are and 17
128	128	Prevention, including prior years’ costs .......222,052,100 18
129	129	For Services Associated with the Foster 19
130	130	Care Initiative ................................ ..6,169,800 20
131	131	For Purchase of Adoption and 21
132	132	Guardianship Services, including 22
133	133	prior years’ costs ............................. 153,274,000 23
134	134	For Cash Assistance a nd Housing 24 SB3834 -5- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
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136	136	Locator Service to Families in the 1
137	137	Class Defined in the Norman Consent Order ........3,313,700 2
138	138	For Youth in Transition Program ...................2,708,600 3
139	139	For Assisting in the Development 4
140	140	of Children's Advocacy Centers ...................1,998,600 5
141	141	For Family Preservation Services .................38,229,100 6
142	142	For Court Appointed Special Advocates .............2,000,000 7
143	143	Total $867,154,200 8
144	144	PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 9
145	145	For Foster Homes and Specialized 10
146	146	Foster Care and Prevention, 11
147	147	including prior years’ costs ...................291,445,900 12
148	148	For Cash Assistance and Housing Locator 13
149	149	Services to Families in the 14
150	150	Class Defined in the Norman 15
151	151	Consent Order ................................ ....6,071,300 16
152	152	For Counseling and Auxiliary Services ............19,269,100 17
153	153	For Institution and Group Home Care and 18
154	154	Prevention, including prior years ’ costs .......125,900,200 19
155	155	For Assisting in the development 20
156	156	of Children's Advocacy Centers ...................5,290,600 21
157	157	For Psychological Assessments 22
158	158	Including Operations and 23
159	159	Administrative Expenses .......................... 3,100,400 24
160	160	For Children's Personal and 25 SB3834 -6- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
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162	162	Physical Maintenance ............................. 5,471,800 1
163	163	For Services Associated with the Foster 2
164	164	Care Initiative ................................ ..1,705,600 3
165	165	For Purchase of Adoption and 4
166	166	Guardianship Services, including prior 5
167	167	years’ costs ................................ ....50,160,100 6
168	168	For Family Preservation Services .................44,125,300 7
169	169	For Family Centered Services Initiative ..........17,234,600 8
170	170	For Court Appointed Special Advocates .............5,344,900 9
171	171	Total $575,119,800 10
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173	173	Section 35. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 11
174	174	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 12
175	175	Department of Children and Family Services for: 13
176	176	GRANTS-IN-AID 14
177	177	CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION 15
178	178	PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 16
179	179	For Department Scholarship Program ...............11,160,400 17
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181	181	Section 40. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 18
182	182	as may be necessary, respectively, are approp riated to the 19
183	183	Department of Children and Family Services for: 20
184	184	GRANTS-IN-AID 21
185	185	CHILD PROTECTION 22
186	186	PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 23 SB3834 -7- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
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188	188	For Protective/Family Maintenance 1
189	189	Day Care ................................ ........51,425,700 2
190	190	For Residential Construction Services Grants, or 3
191	191	for deposit into the DCFS Special Purposes 4
192	192	Trust Fund ................................ .........900,000 5
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194	194	Section 45. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 6
195	195	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 7
196	196	Department of Children and Family Services for: 8
197	197	GRANTS-IN-AID 9
198	198	BUDGET, LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE 10
199	199	PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 11
200	200	For Tort Claims ................................ ......66,000 12
201	201	PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 13
202	202	For expenses related to litigation ................4,220,000 14
203	203	For all expenditures related to the 15
204	204	collection and distribution of Title IV -E 16
205	205	Reimbursement ................................ ....3,000,000 17
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207	207	Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 18
208	208	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 19
209	209	Department of Children and Family Services for: 20
210	210	GRANTS-IN-AID 21
211	211	CLINICAL SERVICES 22
212	212	PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 23 SB3834 -8- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
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214	214	For Foster Care and Adoptive Care Training .....18,581,400 1
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216	216	Section 55. The sum of $100,000,000, or so much thereof 2
217	217	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Build Illinois 3
218	218	Bond Fund to the Department of Children and Family Ser vices for 4
219	219	grants and administrative expenses associated with Level of 5
220	220	Care Support Services. 6
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222	222	Section 60. The sum of $50,000,000, or so much thereof as 7
223	223	may be necessary, is appropriated from the DCFS Special 8
224	224	Purposes Trust Fund to the Department of Chi ldren and Family 9
225	225	Services for grants and administrative expenses associated with 10
226	226	the Level of Care Support Services, including prior years’ 11
227	227	costs. 12
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229	229	Section 65. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much of that amount 13
230	230	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 14
231	231	Fund to the Department of Children and Family Services 15
232	232	for grants to assist the Court Appointed Special Advocates in 16
233	233	its efforts to advocate for timely placement of children in 17
234	234	permanent, safe, stable homes. 18
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236	236	Section 70. The sum of $166 ,667, or so much thereof as may 19
237	237	be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 20
238	238	on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretofore made for 21 SB3834 -9- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
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240	240	such purpose in Article 44, Section 70 of Public Act 103 -0006, 1
241	241	as amended, is reappropriated from the G eneral Revenue Fund to 2
242	242	the Department of Children and Family Services for a grant to 3
243	243	the Maryville Crisis Nursery for costs associated with the 4
244	244	operating costs, including, but not limited to, respite and 5
245	245	short-term childcare services. 6
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247	247	ARTICLE 2 7
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249	249	Section 5. The sum of $465,244, or so much thereof as may 8
250	250	be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 9
251	251	on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretofore made for 10
252	252	such purpose in Article 123, Section 5 of Public Act 103 -0006, 11
253	253	as amended, is reappropriated from the State Coronavirus Urgent 12
254	254	Remediation Emergency Fund to the Department of Children and 13
255	255	Family Services for grants to Child Advocacy Centers, including 14
256	256	but not limited to, for purposes allowed by Section 9901 of the 15
257	257	American Rescue Plan Ac t of 2021 and any associated federal 16
258	258	guidance, including prior years’ costs. 17
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260	260	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 18
261	261	2024. 19