HB1530 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1530

Introduced 2/6/2015, by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 505/4c new

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that no facility authorized by the Department of Children and Family Services to provide temporary residential shelter services to wards of the Department shall permit any child under the age of 18 to leave the facility for any period of time prior to the child's complete discharge from the temporary shelter program, unless the child is accompanied by a responsible adult or the facility authorizes the child to leave the facility for a particular purpose. Requires the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement this provision. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended by adding Section 4c as follows:

(20 ILCS 505/4c new)

Sec. 4c. Youth shelters; program restrictions. No facility authorized by the Department to provide temporary residential shelter services to wards of the Department shall permit any child under the age of 18 to leave the facility for any period of time prior to the child's complete discharge from the temporary shelter program, unless the child is accompanied by a responsible adult or the facility authorizes the child to leave the facility for a particular purpose. The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this Section.

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