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 1        AN ACT in relation to adoption procedures.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Children  and  Family  Services  Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 7.3 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 505/7.3)
 7        Sec.  7.3.  Placement plan.  The Department shall develop
 8    and implement a written plan for placing children.  The  plan
 9    must shall include at least the following features:
10             (1)  A  plan  for  recruiting  minority adoptive and
11        foster families.  The plan shall include  strategies  for
12        using  existing resources in minority communities, use of
13        minority  outreach  staff  whenever  possible,   use   of
14        minority  foster  homes  for  placements  after birth and
15        before adoption, and other techniques as appropriate.
16             (2)  A  plan  for  training  adoptive   and   foster
17        families of minority children.
18             (3)  A plan for employing social workers in adoption
19        and  foster  care.  The plan shall include staffing goals
20        and objectives.
21             (4)  A plan for ensuring that  adoption  and  foster
22        care  workers  attend training offered or approved by the
23        Department regarding  the  State's  goal  of  encouraging
24        cultural   diversity  and  the  needs  of  special  needs
25        children.
26             (5)  A plan that includes  policies  and  procedures
27        for   determining  for  each  child  requiring  placement
28        outside of his or her home, and who cannot be immediately
29        returned to his or her parents or guardian, the placement
30        needs of that  child.   In  the  rare  instance  when  an
31        individualized   assessment  identifies,  documents,  and
 
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 1        substantiates that race, color, or national origin  is  a
 2        factor  that  needs  to  be  considered  in  advancing  a
 3        particular child's best interests, it shall be considered
 4        in making a placement.
 5    (Source: P.A. 92-334, eff. 8-10-01.)

 6        Section 10.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
 7    changing Section 2-10.1 as follows:

 8        (705 ILCS 405/2-10.1) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-10.1)
 9        Sec.  2-10.1.   If  Whenever a minor is placed in shelter
10    care with the Department or a licensed child  welfare  agency
11    in accordance with Section 2-10, the Department or agency, as
12    appropriate,  shall prepare and file with the court within 45
13    days of placement  under  Section  2-10  a  case  plan  which
14    complies  with  the  federal  Adoption  Assistance  and Child
15    Welfare Act of 1980 and is consistent with the health, safety
16    and best interests of the minor.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-28, eff. 1-1-98.)

18        Section 15. The  Adoption  Act  is  amended  by  changing
19    Section 3 as follows:

20        (750 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1504)
21        Sec. 3. Who may be adopted.
22        A  male  or  female  child,  or an adult, may be adopted,
23    provided the other conditions set forth in this Act are  met,
24    and further provided, with respect to an adult, that the such
25    adult  has  resided  in  the home of the persons intending to
26    adopt him at any time for  more  than  2  years  continuously
27    preceding  the  commencement of an adoption proceeding, or in
28    the alternative that the such  persons  are  related  to  him
29    within  a  degree  set  forth  in the definition of a related
30    child in Section 1 of this Act.
 
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 1    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)