Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB2497

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2497

Introduced 2/4/2025, by Rep. Steven Reick

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 505/6b-5 new

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and operate a caseload tracking system which shall be designed to monitor and evaluate the interrelationship between client case plans, the Department's case tracking system, and the work responsibilities of the Department. Provides that the caseload tracking system shall prioritize the equal distribution of caseload burdens between the personnel of the Department. Provides that if the caseload tracking system generates data that shows a lack of equal distribution of caseload burdens between Department service areas, the Department shall prioritize the reorganization of the service areas so as to equalize caseload burdens.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended by adding Section 6b-5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 505/6b-5 new)

Sec. 6b-5. Caseload tracking system.

(a) The Department shall establish and operate a caseload tracking system which shall be designed to monitor and evaluate the interrelationship between case plans required under Section 6a, the case tracking system described in Section 6b, and the work responsibilities of the Department. The caseload tracking system shall prioritize the equal distribution of caseload burdens between the personnel of the Department.

(b) If the caseload tracking system generates data that shows a lack of equal distribution of caseload burdens between service areas of the Department established in accordance with Section 17a-2, the Department shall prioritize the reorganization of the service areas so as to equalize caseload burdens.