HOWARD-FORBY-CROTTY. (WOOLARD-MADIGAN,L-OBAMA-VIVERITO) 20 ILCS 505/5d new 20 ILCS 505/7 from Ch. 23, par. 5007 20 ILCS 505/7.3 20 ILCS 505/35.6 Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department to create an advocacy office to receive and resolve complaints about a child's services. Provides that when a child must be placed outside his or her home and cannot be returned immediately to parents or guardian, an assessment of the child's special needs must be conducted and race, color, or national origin may be considered in the placement only if that has been assessed as advancing the child's best interests. Makes the state-wide foster parent phone number available to any person wishing to report problems concerning a child's welfare services. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Children and Family Services) The Deparment has already established an Advocacy Office for children and families to receive and respond to complaints with a statewide toll-free telephone number. Codification of that office would not result in additional costs to the Department. Most of the policies and procedures which would result from codification already exist. The requirement that, in the re- latively rare special instances where the best interests of the child require it, the child's race, color or national origin be considered conforms to federal law and will neither cause a fiscal impact to the Department to implement nor cause the federal government to impose financial penalties. The pro- vision expanding the use of the foster parent statewide toll-free telephone number would have minimal impact, as that number is available to all persons now and calls alleging pro- blems with child welfare services are accepted. FEB-06-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-06-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-06-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-07-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CHLDRN YOUTH FEB-09-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FORBY FEB-09-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED FEB-09-2001 H COMMITTEE CHLDRN YOUTH FEB-22-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HCHY FEB-22-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROTTY FEB-27-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-27-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-01-2001 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 MAR-06-2001 S ARRIVE IN SENATE MAR-06-2001 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-03-07 MAR-08-2001 S CHIEF SPONSOR WOOLARD MAR-20-2001 S FIRST READING MAR-20-2001 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES MAY-02-2001 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH MAY-08-2001 S DO PASS 010-000-000 SPBH MAY-08-2001 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-09 MAY-10-2001 S SECOND READING MAY-10-2001 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-11 MAY-15-2001 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MADIGAN,L MAY-15-2001 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OBAMA MAY-15-2001 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR VIVERITO MAY-15-2001 S THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 MAY-15-2001 H PASSED BOTH HOUSES JUN-13-2001 H SENT TO THE GOVERNOR AUG-10-2001 H GOVERNOR APPROVED AUG-10-2001 H EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-10 AUG-10-2001 H PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0334 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary