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1    AN ACT concerning children.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5by adding Section 2.2 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/2.2 new)
7    Sec. 2.2. Annual reports on youth in care waiting for
8placement. No later than December 31, 2018, and on December 31
9of each year thereafter through December 31, 2023, the
10Department shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering
11the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly regarding
12youth in care waiting for placements. The report shall include:
13        (1) the number of youth in care who remained in
14    emergency placements, including but not limited to
15    shelters and emergency foster homes, for longer than 30
16    days, their genders and ages, their recommended placement
17    type, the total length of time each youth remained in
18    emergency care, the barriers to timely placement, and
19    whether they were placed in the recommended placement type
20    after they were removed from the emergency placement, and
21    if not, what type of placement they were placed in;
22        (2) the number of youth in care who remained in
23    psychiatric hospitals beyond the time they were clinically

 

 

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1    ready for discharge or beyond medical necessity, whichever
2    is sooner, their genders and ages, their recommended
3    placement type, the total length of time each youth
4    remained psychiatrically hospitalized beyond necessity,
5    the barriers to timely placement, and whether they were
6    placed in the recommended placement type after they were
7    removed from the psychiatric hospital, and if not, what
8    type of placement they were placed in;
9        (3) the number of youth in care who remained in a
10    detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice
11    facility solely because the Department cannot locate an
12    appropriate placement for the youth, their genders and
13    ages, their recommended placement type, the total length of
14    time each youth remained in the detention center or
15    Department of Juvenile Justice facility after they could
16    have been released, the barriers to timely placement, and
17    whether they were placed in the recommended placement type
18    after being released from detention of the Juvenile Justice
19    facility, and if not, what type of placement they were
20    placed in;
21        (4) a description of how the Department collected the
22    information reported and any difficulties the Department
23    had in collecting the information and whether there are
24    concerns about the validity of the information; and
25        (5) a description of any steps the Department is taking
26    to reduce the length of time youth in care wait in

 

 

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1    psychiatric hospitals, emergency placements, detention
2    centers, and Department of Juvenile Justice facilities for
3    clinically appropriate placements.