103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1293

 

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Lakesia Collins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 335/12  from Ch. 124, par. 32
20 ILCS 505/5  from Ch. 23, par. 5005
305 ILCS 5/5-2  from Ch. 23, par. 5-2
705 ILCS 405/2-23  from Ch. 37, par. 802-23
705 ILCS 405/2-31  from Ch. 37, par. 802-31
705 ILCS 405/2-33
705 ILCS 405/2-34

    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Redefines the term "children" to include persons under the age of 23 (rather than 21) who were committed to the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and who continue under the jurisdiction of the court. Requires the Department to provide or authorize child welfare services, aimed at assisting minors to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency as independent adults, for any minor eligible for the reinstatement to wardship pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, whether or not such reinstatement is sought or allowed, provided that the minor consents to such services and has not yet attained the age of 23 (rather than 21). Makes conforming changes in the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Illinois Identification Card Act, and the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning foster youth.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended
5by changing Section 12 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 335/12)  (from Ch. 124, par. 32)
7    Sec. 12. Fees concerning standard Illinois Identification
8Cards. The fees required under this Act for standard Illinois
9Identification Cards must accompany any application provided
10for in this Act, and the Secretary shall collect such fees as
11follows:
12    a. Original card...............................$20
13    b. Renewal card................................20
14    c. Corrected card..............................10
15    d. Duplicate card..............................20
16    e. Certified copy with seal ...................5
17    f. (Blank)
18    g. Applicant 65 years of age or over ..........No Fee
19    h. (Blank)
20    i. Individual living in Veterans
21        Home or Hospital ...........................No Fee
22    j. Original card under 18 years of age..........$5
23    k. Renewal card under 18 years of age...........$5

 

 

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1    l. Corrected card under 18 years of age.........$5
2    m. Duplicate card under 18 years of age.........$5
3    n. Homeless person..............................No Fee
4    o. Duplicate card issued to an active-duty
5        member of the United States Armed Forces,
6        the member's spouse, or dependent
7        children living with the member.............No Fee
8    p. Duplicate temporary card.....................$5
9    q. First card issued to a youth
10        for whom the Department of Children
11        and Family Services is legally responsible
12        or a foster child upon turning the age of
13        16 years old until he or she reaches
14        the age of 23 21 years old................... No Fee
15    r. Original card issued to a committed
16        person upon release on parole,
17        mandatory supervised release,
18        aftercare release, final
19        discharge, or pardon from the
20        Department of Corrections or
21        Department of Juvenile Justice..............No Fee
22    s. Limited-term Illinois Identification
23        Card issued to a committed person
24        upon release on parole, mandatory
25        supervised release, aftercare
26        release, final discharge, or pardon

 

 

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1        from the Department of
2        Corrections or Department of
3        Juvenile Justice............................No Fee
4    t. Original card issued to a
5        person up to 14 days prior
6        to or upon conditional release
7        or absolute discharge from
8        the Department of Human Services............ No Fee
9    u. Limited-term Illinois Identification
10        Card issued to a person up to
11        14 days prior to or upon
12        conditional release or absolute discharge
13        from the Department of Human Services....... No Fee
14    All fees collected under this Act shall be paid into the
15Road Fund of the State treasury, except that the following
16amounts shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund: (i) 80% of
17the fee for an original, renewal, or duplicate Illinois
18Identification Card issued on or after January 1, 2005; and
19(ii) 80% of the fee for a corrected Illinois Identification
20Card issued on or after January 1, 2005.
21    An individual, who resides in a veterans home or veterans
22hospital operated by the State or federal government, who
23makes an application for an Illinois Identification Card to be
24issued at no fee, must submit, along with the application, an
25affirmation by the applicant on a form provided by the
26Secretary of State, that such person resides in a veterans

 

 

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1home or veterans hospital operated by the State or federal
2government.
3    The application of a homeless individual for an Illinois
4Identification Card to be issued at no fee must be accompanied
5by an affirmation by a qualified person, as defined in Section
64C of this Act, on a form provided by the Secretary of State,
7that the applicant is currently homeless as defined in Section
81A of this Act.
9    For the application for the first Illinois Identification
10Card of a youth for whom the Department of Children and Family
11Services is legally responsible or a foster child to be issued
12at no fee, the youth must submit, along with the application,
13an affirmation by his or her court appointed attorney or an
14employee of the Department of Children and Family Services on
15a form provided by the Secretary of State, that the person is a
16youth for whom the Department of Children and Family Services
17is legally responsible or a foster child.
18    The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be
19waived for any person who presents the Secretary of State's
20Office with a police report showing that his or her
21identification card was stolen.
22    The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be
23waived for any person age 60 or older whose identification
24card has been lost or stolen.
25    As used in this Section, "active-duty member of the United
26States Armed Forces" means a member of the Armed Services or

 

 

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1Reserve Forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
2National Guard who is called to active duty pursuant to an
3executive order of the President of the United States, an act
4of the Congress of the United States, or an order of the
5Governor.
6(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-717, eff. 7-1-19;
7100-827, eff. 8-13-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-232, eff.
81-1-20.)
 
9    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
10by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
11    (20 ILCS 505/5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5005)
12    Sec. 5. Direct child welfare services; Department of
13Children and Family Services. To provide direct child welfare
14services when not available through other public or private
15child care or program facilities.
16    (a) For purposes of this Section:
17        (1) "Children" means persons found within the State
18    who are under the age of 18 years. The term also includes
19    persons under age 23 21 who:
20            (A) were committed to the Department pursuant to
21        the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of
22        1987 and who continue under the jurisdiction of the
23        court; or
24            (B) were accepted for care, service and training

 

 

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1        by the Department prior to the age of 18 and whose best
2        interest in the discretion of the Department would be
3        served by continuing that care, service and training
4        because of severe emotional disturbances, physical
5        disability, social adjustment or any combination
6        thereof, or because of the need to complete an
7        educational or vocational training program.
8        (2) "Homeless youth" means persons found within the
9    State who are under the age of 19, are not in a safe and
10    stable living situation and cannot be reunited with their
11    families.
12        (3) "Child welfare services" means public social
13    services which are directed toward the accomplishment of
14    the following purposes:
15            (A) protecting and promoting the health, safety
16        and welfare of children, including homeless,
17        dependent, or neglected children;
18            (B) remedying, or assisting in the solution of
19        problems which may result in, the neglect, abuse,
20        exploitation, or delinquency of children;
21            (C) preventing the unnecessary separation of
22        children from their families by identifying family
23        problems, assisting families in resolving their
24        problems, and preventing the breakup of the family
25        where the prevention of child removal is desirable and
26        possible when the child can be cared for at home

 

 

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1        without endangering the child's health and safety;
2            (D) restoring to their families children who have
3        been removed, by the provision of services to the
4        child and the families when the child can be cared for
5        at home without endangering the child's health and
6        safety;
7            (E) placing children in suitable adoptive homes,
8        in cases where restoration to the biological family is
9        not safe, possible, or appropriate;
10            (F) assuring safe and adequate care of children
11        away from their homes, in cases where the child cannot
12        be returned home or cannot be placed for adoption. At
13        the time of placement, the Department shall consider
14        concurrent planning, as described in subsection (l-1)
15        of this Section so that permanency may occur at the
16        earliest opportunity. Consideration should be given so
17        that if reunification fails or is delayed, the
18        placement made is the best available placement to
19        provide permanency for the child;
20            (G) (blank);
21            (H) (blank); and
22            (I) placing and maintaining children in facilities
23        that provide separate living quarters for children
24        under the age of 18 and for children 18 years of age
25        and older, unless a child 18 years of age is in the
26        last year of high school education or vocational

 

 

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1        training, in an approved individual or group treatment
2        program, in a licensed shelter facility, or secure
3        child care facility. The Department is not required to
4        place or maintain children:
5                (i) who are in a foster home, or
6                (ii) who are persons with a developmental
7            disability, as defined in the Mental Health and
8            Developmental Disabilities Code, or
9                (iii) who are female children who are
10            pregnant, pregnant and parenting, or parenting, or
11                (iv) who are siblings, in facilities that
12            provide separate living quarters for children 18
13            years of age and older and for children under 18
14            years of age.
15    (b) (Blank).
16    (c) The Department shall establish and maintain
17tax-supported child welfare services and extend and seek to
18improve voluntary services throughout the State, to the end
19that services and care shall be available on an equal basis
20throughout the State to children requiring such services.
21    (d) The Director may authorize advance disbursements for
22any new program initiative to any agency contracting with the
23Department. As a prerequisite for an advance disbursement, the
24contractor must post a surety bond in the amount of the advance
25disbursement and have a purchase of service contract approved
26by the Department. The Department may pay up to 2 months

 

 

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1operational expenses in advance. The amount of the advance
2disbursement shall be prorated over the life of the contract
3or the remaining months of the fiscal year, whichever is less,
4and the installment amount shall then be deducted from future
5bills. Advance disbursement authorizations for new initiatives
6shall not be made to any agency after that agency has operated
7during 2 consecutive fiscal years. The requirements of this
8Section concerning advance disbursements shall not apply with
9respect to the following: payments to local public agencies
10for child day care services as authorized by Section 5a of this
11Act; and youth service programs receiving grant funds under
12Section 17a-4.
13    (e) (Blank).
14    (f) (Blank).
15    (g) The Department shall establish rules and regulations
16concerning its operation of programs designed to meet the
17goals of child safety and protection, family preservation,
18family reunification, and adoption, including, but not limited
19to:
20        (1) adoption;
21        (2) foster care;
22        (3) family counseling;
23        (4) protective services;
24        (5) (blank);
25        (6) homemaker service;
26        (7) return of runaway children;

 

 

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1        (8) (blank);
2        (9) placement under Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court
3    Act or Section 2-27, 3-28, 4-25, or 5-740 of the Juvenile
4    Court Act of 1987 in accordance with the federal Adoption
5    Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980; and
6        (10) interstate services.
7    Rules and regulations established by the Department shall
8include provisions for training Department staff and the staff
9of Department grantees, through contracts with other agencies
10or resources, in screening techniques to identify substance
11use disorders, as defined in the Substance Use Disorder Act,
12approved by the Department of Human Services, as a successor
13to the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, for the
14purpose of identifying children and adults who should be
15referred for an assessment at an organization appropriately
16licensed by the Department of Human Services for substance use
17disorder treatment.
18    (h) If the Department finds that there is no appropriate
19program or facility within or available to the Department for
20a youth in care and that no licensed private facility has an
21adequate and appropriate program or none agrees to accept the
22youth in care, the Department shall create an appropriate
23individualized, program-oriented plan for such youth in care.
24The plan may be developed within the Department or through
25purchase of services by the Department to the extent that it is
26within its statutory authority to do.

 

 

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1    (i) Service programs shall be available throughout the
2State and shall include but not be limited to the following
3services:
4        (1) case management;
5        (2) homemakers;
6        (3) counseling;
7        (4) parent education;
8        (5) day care; and
9        (6) emergency assistance and advocacy.
10    In addition, the following services may be made available
11to assess and meet the needs of children and families:
12        (1) comprehensive family-based services;
13        (2) assessments;
14        (3) respite care; and
15        (4) in-home health services.
16    The Department shall provide transportation for any of the
17services it makes available to children or families or for
18which it refers children or families.
19    (j) The Department may provide categories of financial
20assistance and education assistance grants, and shall
21establish rules and regulations concerning the assistance and
22grants, to persons who adopt children with physical or mental
23disabilities, children who are older, or other hard-to-place
24children who (i) immediately prior to their adoption were
25youth in care or (ii) were determined eligible for financial
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1available for adoption because the prior adoption has been
2dissolved and the parental rights of the adoptive parents have
3been terminated or because the child's adoptive parents have
4died. The Department may continue to provide financial
5assistance and education assistance grants for a child who was
6determined eligible for financial assistance under this
7subsection (j) in the interim period beginning when the
8child's adoptive parents died and ending with the finalization
9of the new adoption of the child by another adoptive parent or
10parents. The Department may also provide categories of
11financial assistance and education assistance grants, and
12shall establish rules and regulations for the assistance and
13grants, to persons appointed guardian of the person under
14Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section 2-27, 3-28,
154-25, or 5-740 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for children
16who were youth in care for 12 months immediately prior to the
17appointment of the guardian.
18    The amount of assistance may vary, depending upon the
19needs of the child and the adoptive parents, as set forth in
20the annual assistance agreement. Special purpose grants are
21allowed where the child requires special service but such
22costs may not exceed the amounts which similar services would
23cost the Department if it were to provide or secure them as
24guardian of the child.
25    Any financial assistance provided under this subsection is
26inalienable by assignment, sale, execution, attachment,

 

 

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1garnishment, or any other remedy for recovery or collection of
2a judgment or debt.
3    (j-5) The Department shall not deny or delay the placement
4of a child for adoption if an approved family is available
5either outside of the Department region handling the case, or
6outside of the State of Illinois.
7    (k) The Department shall accept for care and training any
8child who has been adjudicated neglected or abused, or
9dependent committed to it pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act
10or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
11    (l) The Department shall offer family preservation
12services, as defined in Section 8.2 of the Abused and
13Neglected Child Reporting Act, to help families, including
14adoptive and extended families. Family preservation services
15shall be offered (i) to prevent the placement of children in
16substitute care when the children can be cared for at home or
17in the custody of the person responsible for the children's
18welfare, (ii) to reunite children with their families, or
19(iii) to maintain an adoptive placement. Family preservation
20services shall only be offered when doing so will not endanger
21the children's health or safety. With respect to children who
22are in substitute care pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of
231987, family preservation services shall not be offered if a
24goal other than those of subdivisions (A), (B), or (B-1) of
25subsection (2) of Section 2-28 of that Act has been set, except
26that reunification services may be offered as provided in

 

 

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1paragraph (F) of subsection (2) of Section 2-28 of that Act.
2Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to create a
3private right of action or claim on the part of any individual
4or child welfare agency, except that when a child is the
5subject of an action under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act
6of 1987 and the child's service plan calls for services to
7facilitate achievement of the permanency goal, the court
8hearing the action under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act
9of 1987 may order the Department to provide the services set
10out in the plan, if those services are not provided with
11reasonable promptness and if those services are available.
12    The Department shall notify the child and his family of
13the Department's responsibility to offer and provide family
14preservation services as identified in the service plan. The
15child and his family shall be eligible for services as soon as
16the report is determined to be "indicated". The Department may
17offer services to any child or family with respect to whom a
18report of suspected child abuse or neglect has been filed,
19prior to concluding its investigation under Section 7.12 of
20the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. However, the
21child's or family's willingness to accept services shall not
22be considered in the investigation. The Department may also
23provide services to any child or family who is the subject of
24any report of suspected child abuse or neglect or may refer
25such child or family to services available from other agencies
26in the community, even if the report is determined to be

 

 

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1unfounded, if the conditions in the child's or family's home
2are reasonably likely to subject the child or family to future
3reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. Acceptance of
4such services shall be voluntary. The Department may also
5provide services to any child or family after completion of a
6family assessment, as an alternative to an investigation, as
7provided under the "differential response program" provided
8for in subsection (a-5) of Section 7.4 of the Abused and
9Neglected Child Reporting Act.
10    The Department may, at its discretion except for those
11children also adjudicated neglected or dependent, accept for
12care and training any child who has been adjudicated addicted,
13as a truant minor in need of supervision or as a minor
14requiring authoritative intervention, under the Juvenile Court
15Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, but no such child shall
16be committed to the Department by any court without the
17approval of the Department. On and after January 1, 2015 (the
18effective date of Public Act 98-803) and before January 1,
192017, a minor charged with a criminal offense under the
20Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or
21adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the custody of
22or committed to the Department by any court, except (i) a minor
23less than 16 years of age committed to the Department under
24Section 5-710 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, (ii) a minor
25for whom an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency
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1minor for whom the court has granted a supplemental petition
2to reinstate wardship pursuant to subsection (2) of Section
32-33 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. On and after January 1,
42017, a minor charged with a criminal offense under the
5Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or
6adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the custody of
7or committed to the Department by any court, except (i) a minor
8less than 15 years of age committed to the Department under
9Section 5-710 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, ii) a minor
10for whom an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency
11exists, which must be defined by departmental rule, or (iii) a
12minor for whom the court has granted a supplemental petition
13to reinstate wardship pursuant to subsection (2) of Section
142-33 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. An independent basis
15exists when the allegations or adjudication of abuse, neglect,
16or dependency do not arise from the same facts, incident, or
17circumstances which give rise to a charge or adjudication of
18delinquency. The Department shall assign a caseworker to
19attend any hearing involving a youth in the care and custody of
20the Department who is placed on aftercare release, including
21hearings involving sanctions for violation of aftercare
22release conditions and aftercare release revocation hearings.
23    As soon as is possible after August 7, 2009 (the effective
24date of Public Act 96-134), the Department shall develop and
25implement a special program of family preservation services to
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1experiencing extreme hardships due to the difficulty and
2stress of caring for a child who has been diagnosed with a
3pervasive developmental disorder if the Department determines
4that those services are necessary to ensure the health and
5safety of the child. The Department may offer services to any
6family whether or not a report has been filed under the Abused
7and Neglected Child Reporting Act. The Department may refer
8the child or family to services available from other agencies
9in the community if the conditions in the child's or family's
10home are reasonably likely to subject the child or family to
11future reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. Acceptance
12of these services shall be voluntary. The Department shall
13develop and implement a public information campaign to alert
14health and social service providers and the general public
15about these special family preservation services. The nature
16and scope of the services offered and the number of families
17served under the special program implemented under this
18paragraph shall be determined by the level of funding that the
19Department annually allocates for this purpose. The term
20"pervasive developmental disorder" under this paragraph means
21a neurological condition, including, but not limited to,
22Asperger's Syndrome and autism, as defined in the most recent
23edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
24Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association.
25    (l-1) The legislature recognizes that the best interests
26of the child require that the child be placed in the most

 

 

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1permanent living arrangement as soon as is practically
2possible. To achieve this goal, the legislature directs the
3Department of Children and Family Services to conduct
4concurrent planning so that permanency may occur at the
5earliest opportunity. Permanent living arrangements may
6include prevention of placement of a child outside the home of
7the family when the child can be cared for at home without
8endangering the child's health or safety; reunification with
9the family, when safe and appropriate, if temporary placement
10is necessary; or movement of the child toward the most
11permanent living arrangement and permanent legal status.
12    When determining reasonable efforts to be made with
13respect to a child, as described in this subsection, and in
14making such reasonable efforts, the child's health and safety
15shall be the paramount concern.
16    When a child is placed in foster care, the Department
17shall ensure and document that reasonable efforts were made to
18prevent or eliminate the need to remove the child from the
19child's home. The Department must make reasonable efforts to
20reunify the family when temporary placement of the child
21occurs unless otherwise required, pursuant to the Juvenile
22Court Act of 1987. At any time after the dispositional hearing
23where the Department believes that further reunification
24services would be ineffective, it may request a finding from
25the court that reasonable efforts are no longer appropriate.
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1reunification services after such a finding.
2    A decision to place a child in substitute care shall be
3made with considerations of the child's health, safety, and
4best interests. At the time of placement, consideration should
5also be given so that if reunification fails or is delayed, the
6placement made is the best available placement to provide
7permanency for the child.
8    The Department shall adopt rules addressing concurrent
9planning for reunification and permanency. The Department
10shall consider the following factors when determining
11appropriateness of concurrent planning:
12        (1) the likelihood of prompt reunification;
13        (2) the past history of the family;
14        (3) the barriers to reunification being addressed by
15    the family;
16        (4) the level of cooperation of the family;
17        (5) the foster parents' willingness to work with the
18    family to reunite;
19        (6) the willingness and ability of the foster family
20    to provide an adoptive home or long-term placement;
21        (7) the age of the child;
22        (8) placement of siblings.
23    (m) The Department may assume temporary custody of any
24child if:
25        (1) it has received a written consent to such
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1    the parent having custody of the child if the parents are
2    not living together or by the guardian or custodian of the
3    child if the child is not in the custody of either parent,
4    or
5        (2) the child is found in the State and neither a
6    parent, guardian nor custodian of the child can be
7    located.
8If the child is found in his or her residence without a parent,
9guardian, custodian, or responsible caretaker, the Department
10may, instead of removing the child and assuming temporary
11custody, place an authorized representative of the Department
12in that residence until such time as a parent, guardian, or
13custodian enters the home and expresses a willingness and
14apparent ability to ensure the child's health and safety and
15resume permanent charge of the child, or until a relative
16enters the home and is willing and able to ensure the child's
17health and safety and assume charge of the child until a
18parent, guardian, or custodian enters the home and expresses
19such willingness and ability to ensure the child's safety and
20resume permanent charge. After a caretaker has remained in the
21home for a period not to exceed 12 hours, the Department must
22follow those procedures outlined in Section 2-9, 3-11, 4-8, or
235-415 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
24    The Department shall have the authority, responsibilities
25and duties that a legal custodian of the child would have
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1Court Act of 1987. Whenever a child is taken into temporary
2custody pursuant to an investigation under the Abused and
3Neglected Child Reporting Act, or pursuant to a referral and
4acceptance under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 of a minor in
5limited custody, the Department, during the period of
6temporary custody and before the child is brought before a
7judicial officer as required by Section 2-9, 3-11, 4-8, or
85-415 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, shall have the
9authority, responsibilities and duties that a legal custodian
10of the child would have under subsection (9) of Section 1-3 of
11the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
12    The Department shall ensure that any child taken into
13custody is scheduled for an appointment for a medical
14examination.
15    A parent, guardian, or custodian of a child in the
16temporary custody of the Department who would have custody of
17the child if he were not in the temporary custody of the
18Department may deliver to the Department a signed request that
19the Department surrender the temporary custody of the child.
20The Department may retain temporary custody of the child for
2110 days after the receipt of the request, during which period
22the Department may cause to be filed a petition pursuant to the
23Juvenile Court Act of 1987. If a petition is so filed, the
24Department shall retain temporary custody of the child until
25the court orders otherwise. If a petition is not filed within
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1custody of the requesting parent, guardian, or custodian not
2later than the expiration of the 10-day period, at which time
3the authority and duties of the Department with respect to the
4temporary custody of the child shall terminate.
5    (m-1) The Department may place children under 18 years of
6age in a secure child care facility licensed by the Department
7that cares for children who are in need of secure living
8arrangements for their health, safety, and well-being after a
9determination is made by the facility director and the
10Director or the Director's designate prior to admission to the
11facility subject to Section 2-27.1 of the Juvenile Court Act
12of 1987. This subsection (m-1) does not apply to a child who is
13subject to placement in a correctional facility operated
14pursuant to Section 3-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections,
15unless the child is a youth in care who was placed in the care
16of the Department before being subject to placement in a
17correctional facility and a court of competent jurisdiction
18has ordered placement of the child in a secure care facility.
19    (n) The Department may place children under 18 years of
20age in licensed child care facilities when in the opinion of
21the Department, appropriate services aimed at family
22preservation have been unsuccessful and cannot ensure the
23child's health and safety or are unavailable and such
24placement would be for their best interest. Payment for board,
25clothing, care, training and supervision of any child placed
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1Department, by the parents or guardians of the estates of
2those children, or by both the Department and the parents or
3guardians, except that no payments shall be made by the
4Department for any child placed in a licensed child care
5facility for board, clothing, care, training and supervision
6of such a child that exceed the average per capita cost of
7maintaining and of caring for a child in institutions for
8dependent or neglected children operated by the Department.
9However, such restriction on payments does not apply in cases
10where children require specialized care and treatment for
11problems of severe emotional disturbance, physical disability,
12social adjustment, or any combination thereof and suitable
13facilities for the placement of such children are not
14available at payment rates within the limitations set forth in
15this Section. All reimbursements for services delivered shall
16be absolutely inalienable by assignment, sale, attachment, or
17garnishment or otherwise.
18    (n-1) The Department shall provide or authorize child
19welfare services, aimed at assisting minors to achieve
20sustainable self-sufficiency as independent adults, for any
21minor eligible for the reinstatement of wardship pursuant to
22subsection (2) of Section 2-33 of the Juvenile Court Act of
231987, whether or not such reinstatement is sought or allowed,
24provided that the minor consents to such services and has not
25yet attained the age of 23 21. The Department shall have
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1under this Section. An eligible youth may access services
2under this Section through the Department of Children and
3Family Services or by referral from the Department of Human
4Services. Youth participating in services under this Section
5shall cooperate with the assigned case manager in developing
6an agreement identifying the services to be provided and how
7the youth will increase skills to achieve self-sufficiency. A
8homeless shelter is not considered appropriate housing for any
9youth receiving child welfare services under this Section. The
10Department shall continue child welfare services under this
11Section to any eligible minor until the minor becomes 23 21
12years of age, no longer consents to participate, or achieves
13self-sufficiency as identified in the minor's service plan.
14The Department of Children and Family Services shall create
15clear, readable notice of the rights of former foster youth to
16child welfare services under this Section and how such
17services may be obtained. The Department of Children and
18Family Services and the Department of Human Services shall
19disseminate this information statewide. The Department shall
20adopt regulations describing services intended to assist
21minors in achieving sustainable self-sufficiency as
22independent adults.
23    (o) The Department shall establish an administrative
24review and appeal process for children and families who
25request or receive child welfare services from the Department.
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1agencies, and foster families with whom those youth are
2placed, shall be afforded the same procedural and appeal
3rights as children and families in the case of placement by the
4Department, including the right to an initial review of a
5private agency decision by that agency. The Department shall
6ensure that any private child welfare agency, which accepts
7youth in care for placement, affords those rights to children
8and foster families. The Department shall accept for
9administrative review and an appeal hearing a complaint made
10by (i) a child or foster family concerning a decision
11following an initial review by a private child welfare agency
12or (ii) a prospective adoptive parent who alleges a violation
13of subsection (j-5) of this Section. An appeal of a decision
14concerning a change in the placement of a child shall be
15conducted in an expedited manner. A court determination that a
16current foster home placement is necessary and appropriate
17under Section 2-28 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 does not
18constitute a judicial determination on the merits of an
19administrative appeal, filed by a former foster parent,
20involving a change of placement decision.
21    (p) (Blank).
22    (q) The Department may receive and use, in their entirety,
23for the benefit of children any gift, donation, or bequest of
24money or other property which is received on behalf of such
25children, or any financial benefits to which such children are
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1the Department, except that the benefits described in Section
25.46 must be used and conserved consistent with the provisions
3under Section 5.46.
4    The Department shall set up and administer no-cost,
5interest-bearing accounts in appropriate financial
6institutions for children for whom the Department is legally
7responsible and who have been determined eligible for
8Veterans' Benefits, Social Security benefits, assistance
9allotments from the armed forces, court ordered payments,
10parental voluntary payments, Supplemental Security Income,
11Railroad Retirement payments, Black Lung benefits, or other
12miscellaneous payments. Interest earned by each account shall
13be credited to the account, unless disbursed in accordance
14with this subsection.
15    In disbursing funds from children's accounts, the
16Department shall:
17        (1) Establish standards in accordance with State and
18    federal laws for disbursing money from children's
19    accounts. In all circumstances, the Department's
20    "Guardianship Administrator" or his or her designee must
21    approve disbursements from children's accounts. The
22    Department shall be responsible for keeping complete
23    records of all disbursements for each account for any
24    purpose.
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1    not covered under Medicaid, and social services; and
2    utilize funds from the child's account, as covered by
3    regulation, to reimburse those costs. Monthly,
4    disbursements from all children's accounts, up to 1/12 of
5    $13,000,000, shall be deposited by the Department into the
6    General Revenue Fund and the balance over 1/12 of
7    $13,000,000 into the DCFS Children's Services Fund.
8        (3) Maintain any balance remaining after reimbursing
9    for the child's costs of care, as specified in item (2).
10    The balance shall accumulate in accordance with relevant
11    State and federal laws and shall be disbursed to the child
12    or his or her guardian, or to the issuing agency.
13    (r) The Department shall promulgate regulations
14encouraging all adoption agencies to voluntarily forward to
15the Department or its agent names and addresses of all persons
16who have applied for and have been approved for adoption of a
17hard-to-place child or child with a disability and the names
18of such children who have not been placed for adoption. A list
19of such names and addresses shall be maintained by the
20Department or its agent, and coded lists which maintain the
21confidentiality of the person seeking to adopt the child and
22of the child shall be made available, without charge, to every
23adoption agency in the State to assist the agencies in placing
24such children for adoption. The Department may delegate to an
25agent its duty to maintain and make available such lists. The
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1confidentiality of the person seeking to adopt the child and
2of the child.
3    (s) The Department of Children and Family Services may
4establish and implement a program to reimburse Department and
5private child welfare agency foster parents licensed by the
6Department of Children and Family Services for damages
7sustained by the foster parents as a result of the malicious or
8negligent acts of foster children, as well as providing third
9party coverage for such foster parents with regard to actions
10of foster children to other individuals. Such coverage will be
11secondary to the foster parent liability insurance policy, if
12applicable. The program shall be funded through appropriations
13from the General Revenue Fund, specifically designated for
14such purposes.
15    (t) The Department shall perform home studies and
16investigations and shall exercise supervision over visitation
17as ordered by a court pursuant to the Illinois Marriage and
18Dissolution of Marriage Act or the Adoption Act only if:
19        (1) an order entered by an Illinois court specifically
20    directs the Department to perform such services; and
21        (2) the court has ordered one or both of the parties to
22    the proceeding to reimburse the Department for its
23    reasonable costs for providing such services in accordance
24    with Department rules, or has determined that neither
25    party is financially able to pay.
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1court of the specific arrangements for supervised visitation
2and projected monthly costs within 60 days of the court order.
3The Department shall send to the court information related to
4the costs incurred except in cases where the court has
5determined the parties are financially unable to pay. The
6court may order additional periodic reports as appropriate.
7    (u) In addition to other information that must be
8provided, whenever the Department places a child with a
9prospective adoptive parent or parents, in a licensed foster
10home, group home, or child care institution, or in a relative
11home, the Department shall provide to the prospective adoptive
12parent or parents or other caretaker:
13        (1) available detailed information concerning the
14    child's educational and health history, copies of
15    immunization records (including insurance and medical card
16    information), a history of the child's previous
17    placements, if any, and reasons for placement changes
18    excluding any information that identifies or reveals the
19    location of any previous caretaker;
20        (2) a copy of the child's portion of the client
21    service plan, including any visitation arrangement, and
22    all amendments or revisions to it as related to the child;
23    and
24        (3) information containing details of the child's
25    individualized educational plan when the child is
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1    The caretaker shall be informed of any known social or
2behavioral information (including, but not limited to,
3criminal background, fire setting, perpetuation of sexual
4abuse, destructive behavior, and substance abuse) necessary to
5care for and safeguard the children to be placed or currently
6in the home. The Department may prepare a written summary of
7the information required by this paragraph, which may be
8provided to the foster or prospective adoptive parent in
9advance of a placement. The foster or prospective adoptive
10parent may review the supporting documents in the child's file
11in the presence of casework staff. In the case of an emergency
12placement, casework staff shall at least provide known
13information verbally, if necessary, and must subsequently
14provide the information in writing as required by this
15subsection.
16    The information described in this subsection shall be
17provided in writing. In the case of emergency placements when
18time does not allow prior review, preparation, and collection
19of written information, the Department shall provide such
20information as it becomes available. Within 10 business days
21after placement, the Department shall obtain from the
22prospective adoptive parent or parents or other caretaker a
23signed verification of receipt of the information provided.
24Within 10 business days after placement, the Department shall
25provide to the child's guardian ad litem a copy of the
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1parents or other caretaker. The information provided to the
2prospective adoptive parent or parents or other caretaker
3shall be reviewed and approved regarding accuracy at the
4supervisory level.
5    (u-5) Effective July 1, 1995, only foster care placements
6licensed as foster family homes pursuant to the Child Care Act
7of 1969 shall be eligible to receive foster care payments from
8the Department. Relative caregivers who, as of July 1, 1995,
9were approved pursuant to approved relative placement rules
10previously promulgated by the Department at 89 Ill. Adm. Code
11335 and had submitted an application for licensure as a foster
12family home may continue to receive foster care payments only
13until the Department determines that they may be licensed as a
14foster family home or that their application for licensure is
15denied or until September 30, 1995, whichever occurs first.
16    (v) The Department shall access criminal history record
17information as defined in the Illinois Uniform Conviction
18Information Act and information maintained in the adjudicatory
19and dispositional record system as defined in Section 2605-355
20of the Illinois State Police Law if the Department determines
21the information is necessary to perform its duties under the
22Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Child Care Act
23of 1969, and the Children and Family Services Act. The
24Department shall provide for interactive computerized
25communication and processing equipment that permits direct
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1criminal history data repository. The Department shall comply
2with all certification requirements and provide certified
3operators who have been trained by personnel from the Illinois
4State Police. In addition, one Office of the Inspector General
5investigator shall have training in the use of the criminal
6history information access system and have access to the
7terminal. The Department of Children and Family Services and
8its employees shall abide by rules and regulations established
9by the Illinois State Police relating to the access and
10dissemination of this information.
11    (v-1) Prior to final approval for placement of a child,
12the Department shall conduct a criminal records background
13check of the prospective foster or adoptive parent, including
14fingerprint-based checks of national crime information
15databases. Final approval for placement shall not be granted
16if the record check reveals a felony conviction for child
17abuse or neglect, for spousal abuse, for a crime against
18children, or for a crime involving violence, including rape,
19sexual assault, or homicide, but not including other physical
20assault or battery, or if there is a felony conviction for
21physical assault, battery, or a drug-related offense committed
22within the past 5 years.
23    (v-2) Prior to final approval for placement of a child,
24the Department shall check its child abuse and neglect
25registry for information concerning prospective foster and
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1prospective foster or adoptive parent or other adult living in
2the home has resided in another state in the preceding 5 years,
3the Department shall request a check of that other state's
4child abuse and neglect registry.
5    (w) Within 120 days of August 20, 1995 (the effective date
6of Public Act 89-392), the Department shall prepare and submit
7to the Governor and the General Assembly, a written plan for
8the development of in-state licensed secure child care
9facilities that care for children who are in need of secure
10living arrangements for their health, safety, and well-being.
11For purposes of this subsection, secure care facility shall
12mean a facility that is designed and operated to ensure that
13all entrances and exits from the facility, a building or a
14distinct part of the building, are under the exclusive control
15of the staff of the facility, whether or not the child has the
16freedom of movement within the perimeter of the facility,
17building, or distinct part of the building. The plan shall
18include descriptions of the types of facilities that are
19needed in Illinois; the cost of developing these secure care
20facilities; the estimated number of placements; the potential
21cost savings resulting from the movement of children currently
22out-of-state who are projected to be returned to Illinois; the
23necessary geographic distribution of these facilities in
24Illinois; and a proposed timetable for development of such
25facilities.
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1checks to determine the financial history of children placed
2under its guardianship pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of
31987. The Department shall conduct such credit checks starting
4when a youth in care turns 12 years old and each year
5thereafter for the duration of the guardianship as terminated
6pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The Department
7shall determine if financial exploitation of the child's
8personal information has occurred. If financial exploitation
9appears to have taken place or is presently ongoing, the
10Department shall notify the proper law enforcement agency, the
11proper State's Attorney, or the Attorney General.
12    (y) Beginning on July 22, 2010 (the effective date of
13Public Act 96-1189), a child with a disability who receives
14residential and educational services from the Department shall
15be eligible to receive transition services in accordance with
16Article 14 of the School Code from the age of 14.5 through age
1721, inclusive, notwithstanding the child's residential
18services arrangement. For purposes of this subsection, "child
19with a disability" means a child with a disability as defined
20by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
21Improvement Act of 2004.
22    (z) The Department shall access criminal history record
23information as defined as "background information" in this
24subsection and criminal history record information as defined
25in the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act for each
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1employee or Department applicant shall submit his or her
2fingerprints to the Illinois State Police in the form and
3manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. These
4fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint records
5now and hereafter filed in the Illinois State Police and the
6Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records
7databases. The Illinois State Police shall charge a fee for
8conducting the criminal history record check, which shall be
9deposited into the State Police Services Fund and shall not
10exceed the actual cost of the record check. The Illinois State
11Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive identification, all
12Illinois conviction information to the Department of Children
13and Family Services.
14    For purposes of this subsection:
15    "Background information" means all of the following:
16        (i) Upon the request of the Department of Children and
17    Family Services, conviction information obtained from the
18    Illinois State Police as a result of a fingerprint-based
19    criminal history records check of the Illinois criminal
20    history records database and the Federal Bureau of
21    Investigation criminal history records database concerning
22    a Department employee or Department applicant.
23        (ii) Information obtained by the Department of
24    Children and Family Services after performing a check of
25    the Illinois State Police's Sex Offender Database, as
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1    Notification Law, concerning a Department employee or
2    Department applicant.
3        (iii) Information obtained by the Department of
4    Children and Family Services after performing a check of
5    the Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS)
6    operated and maintained by the Department.
7    "Department employee" means a full-time or temporary
8employee coded or certified within the State of Illinois
9Personnel System.
10    "Department applicant" means an individual who has
11conditional Department full-time or part-time work, a
12contractor, an individual used to replace or supplement staff,
13an academic intern, a volunteer in Department offices or on
14Department contracts, a work-study student, an individual or
15entity licensed by the Department, or an unlicensed service
16provider who works as a condition of a contract or an agreement
17and whose work may bring the unlicensed service provider into
18contact with Department clients or client records.
19(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-79, eff. 7-12-19;
20101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff.
218-20-21; 102-1014, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
22    Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
23changing Section 5-2 as follows:
 
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1    Sec. 5-2. Classes of persons eligible. Medical assistance
2under this Article shall be available to any of the following
3classes of persons in respect to whom a plan for coverage has
4been submitted to the Governor by the Illinois Department and
5approved by him. If changes made in this Section 5-2 require
6federal approval, they shall not take effect until such
7approval has been received:
8        1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under
9    Articles III and IV.
10        2. Beginning January 1, 2014, persons otherwise
11    eligible for basic maintenance under Article III,
12    excluding any eligibility requirements that are
13    inconsistent with any federal law or federal regulation,
14    as interpreted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
15    Services, but who fail to qualify thereunder on the basis
16    of need, and who have insufficient income and resources to
17    meet the costs of necessary medical care, including, but
18    not limited to, the following:
19            (a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic
20        maintenance under Article III but who fail to qualify
21        under that Article on the basis of need and who meet
22        either of the following requirements:
23                (i) their income, as determined by the
24            Illinois Department in accordance with any federal
25            requirements, is equal to or less than 100% of the
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1                (ii) their income, after the deduction of
2            costs incurred for medical care and for other
3            types of remedial care, is equal to or less than
4            100% of the federal poverty level.
5            (b) (Blank).
6        3. (Blank).
7        4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding
8    paragraphs who fall sick, are injured, or die, not having
9    sufficient money, property or other resources to meet the
10    costs of necessary medical care or funeral and burial
11    expenses.
12        5.(a) Beginning January 1, 2020, individuals during
13    pregnancy and during the 12-month period beginning on the
14    last day of the pregnancy, together with their infants,
15    whose income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty
16    level. Until September 30, 2019, or sooner if the
17    maintenance of effort requirements under the Patient
18    Protection and Affordable Care Act are eliminated or may
19    be waived before then, individuals during pregnancy and
20    during the 12-month period beginning on the last day of
21    the pregnancy, whose countable monthly income, after the
22    deduction of costs incurred for medical care and for other
23    types of remedial care as specified in administrative
24    rule, is equal to or less than the Medical Assistance-No
25    Grant(C) (MANG(C)) Income Standard in effect on April 1,
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1        (b) The plan for coverage shall provide ambulatory
2    prenatal care to pregnant individuals during a presumptive
3    eligibility period and establish an income eligibility
4    standard that is equal to 200% of the federal poverty
5    level, provided that costs incurred for medical care are
6    not taken into account in determining such income
7    eligibility.
8        (c) The Illinois Department may conduct a
9    demonstration in at least one county that will provide
10    medical assistance to pregnant individuals together with
11    their infants and children up to one year of age, where the
12    income eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the
13    nonfarm income official poverty line, as defined by the
14    federal Office of Management and Budget. The Illinois
15    Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
16    provided under federal law to implement such a
17    demonstration. Such demonstration may establish resource
18    standards that are not more restrictive than those
19    established under Article IV of this Code.
20        6. (a) Subject to federal approval, children younger
21    than age 19 when countable income is at or below 313% of
22    the federal poverty level, as determined by the Department
23    and in accordance with all applicable federal
24    requirements. The Department is authorized to adopt
25    emergency rules to implement the changes made to this
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1    or sooner if the maintenance of effort requirements under
2    the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are
3    eliminated or may be waived before then, children younger
4    than age 19 whose countable monthly income, after the
5    deduction of costs incurred for medical care and for other
6    types of remedial care as specified in administrative
7    rule, is equal to or less than the Medical Assistance-No
8    Grant(C) (MANG(C)) Income Standard in effect on April 1,
9    2013 as set forth in administrative rule.
10        (b) Children and youth who are under temporary custody
11    or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family
12    Services or who receive financial assistance in support of
13    an adoption or guardianship placement from the Department
14    of Children and Family Services.
15        7. (Blank).
16        8. As required under federal law, persons who are
17    eligible for Transitional Medical Assistance as a result
18    of an increase in earnings or child or spousal support
19    received. The plan for coverage for this class of persons
20    shall:
21            (a) extend the medical assistance coverage to the
22        extent required by federal law; and
23            (b) offer persons who have initially received 6
24        months of the coverage provided in paragraph (a)
25        above, the option of receiving an additional 6 months
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1                (i) such coverage shall be pursuant to
2            provisions of the federal Social Security Act;
3                (ii) such coverage shall include all services
4            covered under Illinois' State Medicaid Plan;
5                (iii) no premium shall be charged for such
6            coverage; and
7                (iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the
8            event of a person's failure without good cause to
9            file in a timely fashion reports required for this
10            coverage under the Social Security Act and
11            coverage shall be reinstated upon the filing of
12            such reports if the person remains otherwise
13            eligible.
14        9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
15    (AIDS) or with AIDS-related conditions with respect to
16    whom there has been a determination that but for home or
17    community-based services such individuals would require
18    the level of care provided in an inpatient hospital,
19    skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility the
20    cost of which is reimbursed under this Article. Assistance
21    shall be provided to such persons to the maximum extent
22    permitted under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security
23    Act.
24        10. Participants in the long-term care insurance
25    partnership program established under the Illinois
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1    qualifications for protection of resources described in
2    Section 15 of that Act.
3        11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and
4    eligible for Medicaid, pursuant to Section
5    1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the Social Security Act, and,
6    subject to federal approval, persons with a medically
7    improved disability who are employed and eligible for
8    Medicaid pursuant to Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xvi) of
9    the Social Security Act, as provided by the Illinois
10    Department by rule. In establishing eligibility standards
11    under this paragraph 11, the Department shall, subject to
12    federal approval:
13            (a) set the income eligibility standard at not
14        lower than 350% of the federal poverty level;
15            (b) exempt retirement accounts that the person
16        cannot access without penalty before the age of 59
17        1/2, and medical savings accounts established pursuant
18        to 26 U.S.C. 220;
19            (c) allow non-exempt assets up to $25,000 as to
20        those assets accumulated during periods of eligibility
21        under this paragraph 11; and
22            (d) continue to apply subparagraphs (b) and (c) in
23        determining the eligibility of the person under this
24        Article even if the person loses eligibility under
25        this paragraph 11.
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1    eligible for medical assistance coverage under applicable
2    provisions of the federal Social Security Act and the
3    federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and
4    Treatment Act of 2000. Those eligible persons are defined
5    to include, but not be limited to, the following persons:
6            (1) persons who have been screened for breast or
7        cervical cancer under the U.S. Centers for Disease
8        Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer
9        Program established under Title XV of the federal
10        Public Health Service Act in accordance with the
11        requirements of Section 1504 of that Act as
12        administered by the Illinois Department of Public
13        Health; and
14            (2) persons whose screenings under the above
15        program were funded in whole or in part by funds
16        appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public
17        Health for breast or cervical cancer screening.
18        "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be
19    identical to the benefits provided under the State's
20    approved plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
21    The Department must request federal approval of the
22    coverage under this paragraph 12 within 30 days after July
23    3, 2001 (the effective date of Public Act 92-47).
24        In addition to the persons who are eligible for
25    medical assistance pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2)
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1    appropriated to the Department for its medical programs,
2    any uninsured person as defined by the Department in rules
3    residing in Illinois who is younger than 65 years of age,
4    who has been screened for breast and cervical cancer in
5    accordance with standards and procedures adopted by the
6    Department of Public Health for screening, and who is
7    referred to the Department by the Department of Public
8    Health as being in need of treatment for breast or
9    cervical cancer is eligible for medical assistance
10    benefits that are consistent with the benefits provided to
11    those persons described in subparagraphs (1) and (2).
12    Medical assistance coverage for the persons who are
13    eligible under the preceding sentence is not dependent on
14    federal approval, but federal moneys may be used to pay
15    for services provided under that coverage upon federal
16    approval.
17        13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval,
18    persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise
19    eligible under this Article and who qualify for services
20    covered under Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois
21    Department by rule.
22        14. Subject to the availability of funds for this
23    purpose, the Department may provide coverage under this
24    Article to persons who reside in Illinois who are not
25    eligible under any of the preceding paragraphs and who
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1    Section and (i) have an application for asylum pending
2    before the federal Department of Homeland Security or on
3    appeal before a court of competent jurisdiction and are
4    represented either by counsel or by an advocate accredited
5    by the federal Department of Homeland Security and
6    employed by a not-for-profit organization in regard to
7    that application or appeal, or (ii) are receiving services
8    through a federally funded torture treatment center.
9    Medical coverage under this paragraph 14 may be provided
10    for up to 24 continuous months from the initial
11    eligibility date so long as an individual continues to
12    satisfy the criteria of this paragraph 14. If an
13    individual has an appeal pending regarding an application
14    for asylum before the Department of Homeland Security,
15    eligibility under this paragraph 14 may be extended until
16    a final decision is rendered on the appeal. The Department
17    may adopt rules governing the implementation of this
18    paragraph 14.
19        15. Family Care Eligibility.
20            (a) On and after July 1, 2012, a parent or other
21        caretaker relative who is 19 years of age or older when
22        countable income is at or below 133% of the federal
23        poverty level. A person may not spend down to become
24        eligible under this paragraph 15.
25            (b) Eligibility shall be reviewed annually.
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1            (d) (Blank).
2            (e) (Blank).
3            (f) (Blank).
4            (g) (Blank).
5            (h) (Blank).
6            (i) Following termination of an individual's
7        coverage under this paragraph 15, the individual must
8        be determined eligible before the person can be
9        re-enrolled.
10        16. Subject to appropriation, uninsured persons who
11    are not otherwise eligible under this Section who have
12    been certified and referred by the Department of Public
13    Health as having been screened and found to need
14    diagnostic evaluation or treatment, or both diagnostic
15    evaluation and treatment, for prostate or testicular
16    cancer. For the purposes of this paragraph 16, uninsured
17    persons are those who do not have creditable coverage, as
18    defined under the Health Insurance Portability and
19    Accountability Act, or have otherwise exhausted any
20    insurance benefits they may have had, for prostate or
21    testicular cancer diagnostic evaluation or treatment, or
22    both diagnostic evaluation and treatment. To be eligible,
23    a person must furnish a Social Security number. A person's
24    assets are exempt from consideration in determining
25    eligibility under this paragraph 16. Such persons shall be
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1    for so long as they need treatment for the cancer. A person
2    shall be considered to need treatment if, in the opinion
3    of the person's treating physician, the person requires
4    therapy directed toward cure or palliation of prostate or
5    testicular cancer, including recurrent metastatic cancer
6    that is a known or presumed complication of prostate or
7    testicular cancer and complications resulting from the
8    treatment modalities themselves. Persons who require only
9    routine monitoring services are not considered to need
10    treatment. "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 16
11    shall be identical to the benefits provided under the
12    State's approved plan under Title XIX of the Social
13    Security Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
14    the Department (i) does not have a claim against the
15    estate of a deceased recipient of services under this
16    paragraph 16 and (ii) does not have a lien against any
17    homestead property or other legal or equitable real
18    property interest owned by a recipient of services under
19    this paragraph 16.
20        17. Persons who, pursuant to a waiver approved by the
21    Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
22    Services, are eligible for medical assistance under Title
23    XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act.
24    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code and
25    consistent with the terms of the approved waiver, the
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1            (a) Limit the geographic areas in which the waiver
2        program operates.
3            (b) Determine the scope, quantity, duration, and
4        quality, and the rate and method of reimbursement, of
5        the medical services to be provided, which may differ
6        from those for other classes of persons eligible for
7        assistance under this Article.
8            (c) Restrict the persons' freedom in choice of
9        providers.
10        18. Beginning January 1, 2014, persons aged 19 or
11    older, but younger than 65, who are not otherwise eligible
12    for medical assistance under this Section 5-2, who qualify
13    for medical assistance pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
14    1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) and applicable federal
15    regulations, and who have income at or below 133% of the
16    federal poverty level plus 5% for the applicable family
17    size as determined pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(14) and
18    applicable federal regulations. Persons eligible for
19    medical assistance under this paragraph 18 shall receive
20    coverage for the Health Benefits Service Package as that
21    term is defined in subsection (m) of Section 5-1.1 of this
22    Code. If Illinois' federal medical assistance percentage
23    (FMAP) is reduced below 90% for persons eligible for
24    medical assistance under this paragraph 18, eligibility
25    under this paragraph 18 shall cease no later than the end
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1    reduction in FMAP takes effect.
2        19. Beginning January 1, 2014, as required under 42
3    U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(IX), persons older than age 18
4    and younger than age 26 who are not otherwise eligible for
5    medical assistance under paragraphs (1) through (17) of
6    this Section who (i) were in foster care under the
7    responsibility of the State on the date of attaining age
8    18 or on the date of attaining age 22 21 when a court has
9    continued wardship for good cause as provided in Section
10    2-31 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and (ii) received
11    medical assistance under the Illinois Title XIX State Plan
12    or waiver of such plan while in foster care.
13        20. Beginning January 1, 2018, persons who are
14    foreign-born victims of human trafficking, torture, or
15    other serious crimes as defined in Section 2-19 of this
16    Code and their derivative family members if such persons:
17    (i) reside in Illinois; (ii) are not eligible under any of
18    the preceding paragraphs; (iii) meet the income guidelines
19    of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2; and (iv) meet the
20    nonfinancial eligibility requirements of Sections 16-2,
21    16-3, and 16-5 of this Code. The Department may extend
22    medical assistance for persons who are foreign-born
23    victims of human trafficking, torture, or other serious
24    crimes whose medical assistance would be terminated
25    pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 16-5 if the
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1    initial eligibility (1) experienced a health crisis, (2)
2    has been unable, after reasonable attempts, to obtain
3    necessary information from a third party, or (3) has other
4    extenuating circumstances that prevented the person from
5    completing his or her application for status. The
6    Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the
7    provisions of this paragraph.
8        21. Persons who are not otherwise eligible for medical
9    assistance under this Section who may qualify for medical
10    assistance pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
11    1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XXIII) and 42 U.S.C. 1396(ss) for the
12    duration of any federal or State declared emergency due to
13    COVID-19. Medical assistance to persons eligible for
14    medical assistance solely pursuant to this paragraph 21
15    shall be limited to any in vitro diagnostic product (and
16    the administration of such product) described in 42 U.S.C.
17    1396d(a)(3)(B) on or after March 18, 2020, any visit
18    described in 42 U.S.C. 1396o(a)(2)(G), or any other
19    medical assistance that may be federally authorized for
20    this class of persons. The Department may also cover
21    treatment of COVID-19 for this class of persons, or any
22    similar category of uninsured individuals, to the extent
23    authorized under a federally approved 1115 Waiver or other
24    federal authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of
25    Section 1-11 of this Code, due to the nature of the
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1    and provide the medical assistance described in this
2    paragraph 21 to noncitizens who would otherwise meet the
3    eligibility requirements for the class of persons
4    described in this paragraph 21 for the duration of the
5    State emergency period.
6    In implementing the provisions of Public Act 96-20, the
7Department is authorized to adopt only those rules necessary,
8including emergency rules. Nothing in Public Act 96-20 permits
9the Department to adopt rules or issue a decision that expands
10eligibility for the FamilyCare Program to a person whose
11income exceeds 185% of the Federal Poverty Level as determined
12from time to time by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
13Services, unless the Department is provided with express
14statutory authority.
15    The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance
16under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant
17under the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities
18Property Tax Relief Act or any distributions or items of
19income described under subparagraph (X) of paragraph (2) of
20subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
21    The Department shall by rule establish the amounts of
22assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility for
23medical assistance, which shall at a minimum equal the amounts
24to be disregarded under the Federal Supplemental Security
25Income Program. The amount of assets of a single person to be
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1assets of a married couple to be disregarded shall not be less
2than $3,000.
3    To the extent permitted under federal law, any person
4found guilty of a second violation of Article VIIIA shall be
5ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as
6provided in Section 8A-8.
7    The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under
8this Article shall not be affected by the receipt by the person
9of donations or benefits from fundraisers held for the person
10in cases of serious illness, as long as neither the person nor
11members of the person's family have actual control over the
12donations or benefits or the disbursement of the donations or
13benefits.
14    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if the
15United States Supreme Court holds Title II, Subtitle A,
16Section 2001(a) of Public Law 111-148 to be unconstitutional,
17or if a holding of Public Law 111-148 makes Medicaid
18eligibility allowed under Section 2001(a) inoperable, the
19State or a unit of local government shall be prohibited from
20enrolling individuals in the Medical Assistance Program as the
21result of federal approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or
22after June 14, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-687),
23and any individuals enrolled in the Medical Assistance Program
24pursuant to eligibility permitted as a result of such a State
25Medicaid waiver shall become immediately ineligible.
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1Act of Congress that becomes a Public Law eliminates Section
22001(a) of Public Law 111-148, the State or a unit of local
3government shall be prohibited from enrolling individuals in
4the Medical Assistance Program as the result of federal
5approval of a State Medicaid waiver on or after June 14, 2012
6(the effective date of Public Act 97-687), and any individuals
7enrolled in the Medical Assistance Program pursuant to
8eligibility permitted as a result of such a State Medicaid
9waiver shall become immediately ineligible.
10    Effective October 1, 2013, the determination of
11eligibility of persons who qualify under paragraphs 5, 6, 8,
1215, 17, and 18 of this Section shall comply with the
13requirements of 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(14) and applicable federal
14regulations.
15    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
16Department of Human Services, and the Illinois health
17insurance marketplace shall work cooperatively to assist
18persons who would otherwise lose health benefits as a result
19of changes made under Public Act 98-104 to transition to other
20health insurance coverage.
21(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20;
22102-43, eff. 7-6-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-665, eff.
2310-8-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
24    Section 15. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
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1    (705 ILCS 405/2-23)  (from Ch. 37, par. 802-23)
2    Sec. 2-23. Kinds of dispositional orders.
3    (1) The following kinds of orders of disposition may be
4made in respect of wards of the court:
5        (a) A minor found to be neglected or abused under
6    Section 2-3 or dependent under Section 2-4 may be (1)
7    continued in the custody of his or her parents, guardian
8    or legal custodian; (2) placed in accordance with Section
9    2-27; (3) restored to the custody of the parent, parents,
10    guardian, or legal custodian, provided the court shall
11    order the parent, parents, guardian, or legal custodian to
12    cooperate with the Department of Children and Family
13    Services and comply with the terms of an after-care plan
14    or risk the loss of custody of the child and the possible
15    termination of their parental rights; or (4) ordered
16    partially or completely emancipated in accordance with the
17    provisions of the Emancipation of Minors Act.
18        If the minor is being restored to the custody of a
19    parent, legal custodian, or guardian who lives outside of
20    Illinois, and an Interstate Compact has been requested and
21    refused, the court may order the Department of Children
22    and Family Services to arrange for an assessment of the
23    minor's proposed living arrangement and for ongoing
24    monitoring of the health, safety, and best interest of the
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1    supervision entered in accordance with Section 2-24.
2        However, in any case in which a minor is found by the
3    court to be neglected or abused under Section 2-3 of this
4    Act, custody of the minor shall not be restored to any
5    parent, guardian or legal custodian whose acts or
6    omissions or both have been identified, pursuant to
7    subsection (1) of Section 2-21, as forming the basis for
8    the court's finding of abuse or neglect, until such time
9    as a hearing is held on the issue of the best interests of
10    the minor and the fitness of such parent, guardian or
11    legal custodian to care for the minor without endangering
12    the minor's health or safety, and the court enters an
13    order that such parent, guardian or legal custodian is fit
14    to care for the minor.
15        (b) A minor found to be dependent under Section 2-4
16    may be (1) placed in accordance with Section 2-27 or (2)
17    ordered partially or completely emancipated in accordance
18    with the provisions of the Emancipation of Minors Act.
19        However, in any case in which a minor is found by the
20    court to be dependent under Section 2-4 of this Act,
21    custody of the minor shall not be restored to any parent,
22    guardian or legal custodian whose acts or omissions or
23    both have been identified, pursuant to subsection (1) of
24    Section 2-21, as forming the basis for the court's finding
25    of dependency, until such time as a hearing is held on the
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1    custodian to care for the minor without endangering the
2    minor's health or safety, and the court enters an order
3    that such parent, guardian or legal custodian is fit to
4    care for the minor.
5        (b-1) A minor between the ages of 18 and 23 21 may be
6    placed pursuant to Section 2-27 of this Act if (1) the
7    court has granted a supplemental petition to reinstate
8    wardship of the minor pursuant to subsection (2) of
9    Section 2-33, (2) the court has adjudicated the minor a
10    ward of the court, permitted the minor to return home
11    under an order of protection, and subsequently made a
12    finding that it is in the minor's best interest to vacate
13    the order of protection and commit the minor to the
14    Department of Children and Family Services for care and
15    service, or (3) the court returned the minor to the
16    custody of the respondent under Section 2-4b of this Act
17    without terminating the proceedings under Section 2-31 of
18    this Act, and subsequently made a finding that it is in the
19    minor's best interest to commit the minor to the
20    Department of Children and Family Services for care and
21    services.
22        (c) When the court awards guardianship to the
23    Department of Children and Family Services, the court
24    shall order the parents to cooperate with the Department
25    of Children and Family Services, comply with the terms of
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1    the child to be in care, or risk termination of their
2    parental rights.
3    (2) Any order of disposition may provide for protective
4supervision under Section 2-24 and may include an order of
5protection under Section 2-25.
6    Unless the order of disposition expressly so provides, it
7does not operate to close proceedings on the pending petition,
8but is subject to modification, not inconsistent with Section
92-28, until final closing and discharge of the proceedings
10under Section 2-31.
11    (3) The court also shall enter any other orders necessary
12to fulfill the service plan, including, but not limited to,
13(i) orders requiring parties to cooperate with services, (ii)
14restraining orders controlling the conduct of any party likely
15to frustrate the achievement of the goal, and (iii) visiting
16orders. When the child is placed separately from a sibling,
17the court shall review the Sibling Contact Support Plan
18developed under subsection (f) of Section 7.4 of the Children
19and Family Services Act, if applicable. If the Department has
20not convened a meeting to develop a Sibling Contact Support
21Plan, or if the court finds that the existing Plan is not in
22the child's best interest, the court may enter an order
23requiring the Department to develop and implement a Sibling
24Contact Support Plan under subsection (f) of Section 7.4 of
25the Children and Family Services Act or order mediation.
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1not empowered under this subsection (3) to order specific
2placements, specific services, or specific service providers
3to be included in the plan. If, after receiving evidence, the
4court determines that the services contained in the plan are
5not reasonably calculated to facilitate achievement of the
6permanency goal, the court shall put in writing the factual
7basis supporting the determination and enter specific findings
8based on the evidence. The court also shall enter an order for
9the Department to develop and implement a new service plan or
10to implement changes to the current service plan consistent
11with the court's findings. The new service plan shall be filed
12with the court and served on all parties within 45 days after
13the date of the order. The court shall continue the matter
14until the new service plan is filed. Except as authorized by
15subsection (3.5) of this Section or authorized by law, the
16court is not empowered under this Section to order specific
17placements, specific services, or specific service providers
18to be included in the service plan.
19    (3.5) If, after reviewing the evidence, including evidence
20from the Department, the court determines that the minor's
21current or planned placement is not necessary or appropriate
22to facilitate achievement of the permanency goal, the court
23shall put in writing the factual basis supporting its
24determination and enter specific findings based on the
25evidence. If the court finds that the minor's current or
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1may enter an order directing the Department to implement a
2recommendation by the minor's treating clinician or a
3clinician contracted by the Department to evaluate the minor
4or a recommendation made by the Department. If the Department
5places a minor in a placement under an order entered under this
6subsection (3.5), the Department has the authority to remove
7the minor from that placement when a change in circumstances
8necessitates the removal to protect the minor's health,
9safety, and best interest. If the Department determines
10removal is necessary, the Department shall notify the parties
11of the planned placement change in writing no later than 10
12days prior to the implementation of its determination unless
13remaining in the placement poses an imminent risk of harm to
14the minor, in which case the Department shall notify the
15parties of the placement change in writing immediately
16following the implementation of its decision. The Department
17shall notify others of the decision to change the minor's
18placement as required by Department rule.
19    (4) In addition to any other order of disposition, the
20court may order any minor adjudicated neglected with respect
21to his or her own injurious behavior to make restitution, in
22monetary or non-monetary form, under the terms and conditions
23of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections, except
24that the "presentence hearing" referred to therein shall be
25the dispositional hearing for purposes of this Section. The
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1or all of such restitution on the minor's behalf.
2    (5) Any order for disposition where the minor is committed
3or placed in accordance with Section 2-27 shall provide for
4the parents or guardian of the estate of such minor to pay to
5the legal custodian or guardian of the person of the minor such
6sums as are determined by the custodian or guardian of the
7person of the minor as necessary for the minor's needs. Such
8payments may not exceed the maximum amounts provided for by
9Section 9.1 of the Children and Family Services Act.
10    (6) Whenever the order of disposition requires the minor
11to attend school or participate in a program of training, the
12truant officer or designated school official shall regularly
13report to the court if the minor is a chronic or habitual
14truant under Section 26-2a of the School Code.
15    (7) The court may terminate the parental rights of a
16parent at the initial dispositional hearing if all of the
17conditions in subsection (5) of Section 2-21 are met.
18(Source: P.A. 101-79, eff. 7-12-19; 102-489, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
19    (705 ILCS 405/2-31)  (from Ch. 37, par. 802-31)
20    Sec. 2-31. Duration of wardship and discharge of
21proceedings.
22    (1) All proceedings under Article II of this Act in
23respect of any minor automatically terminate upon his or her
24attaining the age of 23 21 years.
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1factual findings, that health, safety, and the best interests
2of the minor and the public no longer require the wardship of
3the court, the court shall order the wardship terminated and
4all proceedings under this Act respecting that minor finally
5closed and discharged. The court may at the same time continue
6or terminate any custodianship or guardianship theretofore
7ordered but the termination must be made in compliance with
8Section 2-28. When terminating wardship under this Section, if
9the minor is over 18 or if wardship is terminated in
10conjunction with an order partially or completely emancipating
11the minor in accordance with the Emancipation of Minors Act,
12the court shall also consider the following factors, in
13addition to the health, safety, and best interest of the minor
14and the public: (A) the minor's wishes regarding case closure;
15(B) the manner in which the minor will maintain independence
16without services from the Department; (C) the minor's
17engagement in services including placement offered by the
18Department; (D) if the minor is not engaged, the Department's
19efforts to engage the minor; (E) the nature of communication
20between the minor and the Department; (F) the minor's
21involvement in other State systems or services; (G) the
22minor's connections with family and other community support;
23and (H) any other factor the court deems relevant. The minor's
24lack of cooperation with services provided by the Department
25of Children and Family Services shall not by itself be
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1live independently and that it is in the best interest of the
2minor to terminate wardship. It shall not be in the minor's
3best interest to terminate wardship of a minor over the age of
418 who is in the guardianship of the Department of Children and
5Family Services if the Department has not made reasonable
6efforts to ensure that the minor has documents necessary for
7adult living as provided in Section 35.10 of the Children and
8Family Services Act.
9    (3) The wardship of the minor and any custodianship or
10guardianship respecting the minor for whom a petition was
11filed after July 24, 1991 (the effective date of Public Act
1287-14) automatically terminates when he attains the age of 19
13years, except as set forth in subsection (1) of this Section.
14The clerk of the court shall at that time record all
15proceedings under this Act as finally closed and discharged
16for that reason. The provisions of this subsection (3) become
17inoperative on and after July 12, 2019 (the effective date of
18Public Act 101-78).
19    (4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
20the changes made by Public Act 101-78 apply to all cases that
21are pending on or after July 12, 2019 (the effective date of
22Public Act 101-78).
23(Source: P.A. 101-78, eff. 7-12-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
24    (705 ILCS 405/2-33)
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1    (1) Any time prior to a minor's 18th birthday, pursuant to
2a supplemental petition filed under this Section, the court
3may reinstate wardship and open a previously closed case when:
4        (a) wardship and guardianship under the Juvenile Court
5    Act of 1987 was vacated in conjunction with the
6    appointment of a private guardian under the Probate Act of
7    1975;
8        (b) the minor is not presently a ward of the court
9    under Article II of this Act nor is there a petition for
10    adjudication of wardship pending on behalf of the minor;
11    and
12        (c) it is in the minor's best interest that wardship
13    be reinstated.
14    (2) Any time prior to a minor's 23rd 21st birthday,
15pursuant to a supplemental petition filed under this Section,
16the court may reinstate wardship and open a previously closed
17case when:
18        (a) wardship and guardianship under this Act was
19    vacated pursuant to:
20            (i) an order entered under subsection (2) of
21        Section 2-31 in the case of a minor over the age of 18;
22            (ii) closure of a case under subsection (2) of
23        Section 2-31 in the case of a minor under the age of 18
24        who has been partially or completely emancipated in
25        accordance with the Emancipation of Minors Act; or
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1        Section 2-31 based on the minor's attaining the age of
2        19 years before the effective date of this amendatory
3        Act of the 101st General Assembly;
4        (b) the minor is not presently a ward of the court
5    under Article II of this Act nor is there a petition for
6    adjudication of wardship pending on behalf of the minor;
7    and
8        (c) it is in the minor's best interest that wardship
9    be reinstated.
10    (3) The supplemental petition must be filed in the same
11proceeding in which the original adjudication order was
12entered. Unless excused by court for good cause shown, the
13petitioner shall give notice of the time and place of the
14hearing on the supplemental petition, in person or by mail, to
15the minor, if the minor is 14 years of age or older, and to the
16parties to the juvenile court proceeding. Notice shall be
17provided at least 3 court days in advance of the hearing date.
18    (3.5) Whenever a petition is filed to reinstate wardship
19pursuant to subsection (1), prior to granting the petition,
20the court may order the Department of Children and Family
21Services to assess the minor's current and proposed living
22arrangements and to provide ongoing monitoring of the health,
23safety, and best interest of the minor during the pendency of
24the petition to assist the court in making that determination.
25    (4) A minor who is the subject of a petition to reinstate
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1representation in accordance with Sections 1-5 and 2-17 of
2this Act.
3    (5) Whenever a minor is committed to the Department of
4Children and Family Services for care and services following
5the reinstatement of wardship under this Section, the
6Department shall:
7        (a) Within 30 days of such commitment, prepare and
8    file with the court a case plan which complies with the
9    federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
10    and is consistent with the health, safety and best
11    interests of the minor; and
12        (b) Promptly refer the minor for such services as are
13    necessary and consistent with the minor's health, safety
14    and best interests.
15(Source: P.A. 101-78, eff. 7-12-19; 102-489, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
16    (705 ILCS 405/2-34)
17    Sec. 2-34. Motion to reinstate parental rights.
18    (1) For purposes of this subsection (1), the term "parent"
19refers to the person or persons whose rights were terminated
20as described in paragraph (a) of this subsection; and the term
21"minor" means a person under the age of 23 21 years subject to
22this Act for whom the Department of Children and Family
23Services Guardianship Administrator is appointed the temporary
24custodian or guardian.
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1the Department of Children and Family Services or the minor
2regarding any minor who is presently a ward of the court under
3Article II of this Act when all the conditions set out in
4paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of this
5subsection (1) are met:
6        (a) while the minor was under the jurisdiction of the
7    court under Article II of this Act, the minor's parent or
8    parents surrendered the minor for adoption to an agency
9    legally authorized to place children for adoption, or the
10    minor's parent or parents consented to his or her
11    adoption, or the minor's parent or parents consented to
12    his or her adoption by a specified person or persons, or
13    the parent or parents' rights were terminated pursuant to
14    a finding of unfitness pursuant to Section 2-29 of this
15    Act and a guardian was appointed with the power to consent
16    to adoption pursuant to Section 2-29 of this Act; and
17        (b) (i) since the signing of the surrender, the
18    signing of the consent, or the unfitness finding, the
19    minor has remained a ward of the Court under Article II of
20    this Act; or
21        (ii) the minor was made a ward of the Court, the minor
22    was placed in the private guardianship of an individual or
23    individuals, and after the appointment of a private
24    guardian and a new petition alleging abuse, neglect, or
25    dependency pursuant to Section 2-3 or 2-4 is filed, and
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1    neglected or dependent; or a supplemental petition to
2    reinstate wardship is filed pursuant to Section 2-33, and
3    the court reinstates wardship; or
4        (iii) the minor was made a ward of the Court, wardship
5    was terminated after the minor was adopted, after the
6    adoption a new petition alleging abuse, neglect, or
7    dependency pursuant to Section 2-3 or 2-4 is filed, and
8    the minor is again found by the court to be abused,
9    neglected, or dependent, and either (i) the adoptive
10    parent or parents are deceased, (ii) the adoptive parent
11    or parents signed a surrender of parental rights, or (iii)
12    the parental rights of the adoptive parent or parents were
13    terminated;
14        (c) the minor is not currently in a placement likely
15    to achieve permanency;
16        (d) it is in the minor's best interest that parental
17    rights be reinstated;
18        (e) the parent named in the motion wishes parental
19    rights to be reinstated and is currently appropriate to
20    have rights reinstated;
21        (f) more than 3 years have lapsed since the signing of
22    the consent or surrender, or the entry of the order
23    appointing a guardian with the power to consent to
24    adoption;
25        (g) (i) the child is 13 years of age or older or (ii)
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1    age or older, for whom reinstatement of parental rights is
2    being sought and the younger sibling independently meets
3    the criteria set forth in paragraphs (a) through (h) of
4    this subsection; and
5        (h) if the court has previously denied a motion to
6    reinstate parental rights filed by the Department, there
7    has been a substantial change in circumstances following
8    the denial of the earlier motion.
9    (2) The motion may be filed only by the Department of
10Children and Family Services or by the minor. Unless excused
11by the court for good cause shown, the movant shall give notice
12of the time and place of the hearing on the motion, in person
13or by mail, to the parties to the juvenile court proceeding.
14Notice shall be provided at least 14 days in advance of the
15hearing date. The motion shall include the allegations
16required in subsection (1) of this Section.
17    (3) Any party may file a motion to dismiss the motion with
18prejudice on the basis that the parent has intentionally acted
19to prevent the child from being adopted, after parental rights
20were terminated or the parent intentionally acted to disrupt
21the child's adoption. If the court finds by a preponderance of
22the evidence that the parent has intentionally acted to
23prevent the child from being adopted, after parental rights
24were terminated or that the parent intentionally acted to
25disrupt the child's adoption, the court shall dismiss the
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1    (4) The court shall not grant a motion for reinstatement
2of parental rights unless the court finds that the motion is
3supported by clear and convincing evidence. In ruling on a
4motion to reinstate parental rights, the court shall make
5findings consistent with the requirements in subsection (1) of
6this Section. The court shall consider the reasons why the
7child was initially brought to the attention of the court, the
8history of the child's case as it relates to the parent seeking
9reinstatement, and the current circumstances of the parent for
10whom reinstatement of rights is sought. If reinstatement is
11being considered subsequent to a finding of unfitness pursuant
12to Section 2-29 of this Act having been entered with respect to
13the parent whose rights are being restored, the court in
14determining the minor's best interest shall consider, in
15addition to the factors set forth in paragraph (4.05) of
16Section 1-3 of this Act, the specific grounds upon which the
17unfitness findings were made. Upon the entry of an order
18granting a motion to reinstate parental rights, parental
19rights of the parent named in the order shall be reinstated,
20any previous order appointing a guardian with the power to
21consent to adoption shall be void and with respect to the
22parent named in the order, any consent shall be void.
23    (5) If the case is post-disposition, the court, upon the
24entry of an order granting a motion to reinstate parental
25rights, shall schedule the matter for a permanency hearing
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1    (6) Custody of the minor shall not be restored to the
2parent, except by order of court pursuant to subsection (4) of
3Section 2-28 of this Act.
4    (7) In any case involving a child over the age of 13 who
5meets the criteria established in this Section for
6reinstatement of parental rights, the Department of Children
7and Family Services shall conduct an assessment of the child's
8circumstances to assist in future planning for the child,
9including, but not limited to a determination regarding the
10appropriateness of filing a motion to reinstate parental
11rights.
12    (8) (Blank).
13(Source: P.A. 98-477, eff. 8-16-13.)