HB4566enr 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4566 Enrolled LRB097 17400 KTG 62602 b

AN ACT concerning children.

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

Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is amended by adding Section 8.2a as follows:

(325 ILCS 5/8.2a new)

Sec. 8.2a. Developmental and social-emotional screening; indicated finding of abuse or neglect. The Department shall conduct a developmental and social-emotional screening within 45 days after the Department is granted temporary custody of a child. When a child under the age of 3 is engaged in intact family services, the Department shall offer to conduct a developmental screening within 60 days after the Department opens the case. For children in intact cases who are ages 3 through 5, the intact caseworker shall refer the child for a developmental screening. The Department shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this Section.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.