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1    AN ACT concerning children.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
5amended by adding Section 8.2a as follows:
 
6    (325 ILCS 5/8.2a new)
7    Sec. 8.2a. Developmental and social-emotional screening;
8indicated finding of abuse or neglect. The Department shall
9conduct a developmental and social-emotional screening within
1045 days after the Department is granted temporary custody of a
11child. When a child under the age of 3 is engaged in intact
12family services, the Department shall offer to conduct a
13developmental screening within 60 days after the Department
14opens the case. For children in intact cases who are ages 3
15through 5, the intact caseworker shall refer the child for a
16developmental screening. The Department shall promulgate rules
17necessary for the implementation of this Section.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.