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90_HB0463

      20 ILCS 505/23.1 new
          Amends the Children and  Family  Services  Act.  Provides
      that  the  Department  of  Children and Family Services shall
      contract with additional fingerprinting agencies to eliminate
      any  fingerprinting  backlogs  by  September  30,  1997   for
      relative  caregivers  applying for licensure as foster family
      homes,  and  shall  provide   more   convenient   hours   and
      transportation   to   fingerprinting   sites   for   relative
      caregivers  applying  for  licensure  as foster family homes.
      Effective immediately.
                                                     LRB9001902PTcw
                                               LRB9001902PTcw
 1        AN ACT to amend the Children and Family Services  Act  by
 2    adding Section 23.1.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The  Children  and  Family  Services  Act  is
 6    amended by adding Section 23.1 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 505/23.1 new)
 8        Sec. 23.1.  Foster care; fingerprinting.
 9        (a)  The   Department   shall  contract  with  additional
10    fingerprinting  agencies  to  eliminate  any   fingerprinting
11    backlogs  by  September  30,  1997  for  relative  caregivers
12    applying for licensure as foster family homes.
13        (b)  The  Department  shall provide more convenient hours
14    and  transportation  to  fingerprinting  sites  for  relative
15    caregivers applying for licensure as foster family homes.
16        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
17    becoming law.

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