90th General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
KARPIEL-PARKER-SMITH-TROTTER-OBAMA, KEHOE, SHAW AND HALVORSON.

House Sponsors:
DART-CROTTY-FEIGENHOLTZ-GASH-SCOTT

Short description: 
CHILD WELFARE-PLACEMENT-REPORT                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Abused and Neglected Child  Reporting  Act.   Makes  a      
   stylistic change in provisions regarding how the Act is to be cited.        
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          325 ILCS 5/1                                                         
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          20 ILCS 505/8                   from Ch. 23, par. 5008               
        Deletes everything.  Amends the Children and Family Services Act.      
   Provides that a maximum of 48 (rather than 24) students may  be  given      
   DCFS  college  scholarships  or  fee waivers each year.  Provides that      
   children formerly under care who have been adopted and children in          
   the  subsidized guardianship program are eligible for the scholarships      
   or fee waivers.                                                             
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          20 ILCS 505/5                   from Ch. 23, par. 5005               
          20 ILCS 515/20                                                       
          210 ILCS 85/9                   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 150           
          325 ILCS 5/8.2                  from Ch. 23, par. 2058.2             
          410 ILCS 535/8                  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-8          
          705 ILCS 405/1-2                from Ch. 37, par. 801-2              
          705 ILCS 405/1-3                from Ch. 37, par. 801-3              
          705 ILCS 405/1-5                from Ch. 37, par. 801-5              
          705 ILCS 405/2-13               from Ch. 37, par. 802-13             
          705 ILCS 405/2-13.1 new                                              
          705 ILCS 405/2-14               from Ch. 37, par. 802-14             
          705 ILCS 405/2-15               from Ch. 37, par. 802-15             
          705 ILCS 405/2-16               from Ch. 37, par. 802-16             
          705 ILCS 405/2-18               from Ch. 37, par. 802-18             
          705 ILCS 405/2-21               from Ch. 37, par. 802-21             
          705 ILCS 405/2-22               from Ch. 37, par. 802-22             
          705 ILCS 405/2-23               from Ch. 37, par. 802-23             
          705 ILCS 405/2-27               from Ch. 37, par. 802-27             
          705 ILCS 405/2-28               from Ch. 37, par. 802-28             
          705 ILCS 405/2-28.1                                                  
          705 ILCS 405/2-29               from Ch. 37, par. 802-29             
          705 ILCS 405/2-31               from Ch. 37, par. 802-31             
          705 ILCS 405/2-28.01 rep.                                            
          740 ILCS 110/7.1                                                     
          740 ILCS 110/10                 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 810            
          750 ILCS 50/1                   from Ch. 40, par. 1501               
          750 ILCS 50/10                  from Ch. 40, par. 1512               
        Deletes everything.  Reinserts language in Senate  Amendment  No.      
   1.   Further amends the Children and Family Services Act.  Expands the      
   circumstances under  which  the  Department  of  Children  and  Family      
   Services  may  provide financial or other assistance with the adoption      
   of  physically  or  mentally   handicapped   and   older   and   other      
   hard-to-place children.  Makes changes regarding preservation services      
   offered  by  the  Department and complaints received by the Department      
   for administrative review or appeal and makes other  changes.   Amends      
   the  Child Death Review Team Act to include as a child whose death the      
   team shall review in addition to the  ones  listed,  any  other  child      
   whose  death  is reported to the State central register as a result of      
   alleged child abuse or neglect which report is subsequently indicated.      
   Amends the Hospital Licensing Act.  Provides that  the  Department  of      
   Public  Health  may  disclose certain information to the Department of      
   Children and Family Services in the course of a child abuse or neglect      
   investigation conducted by either Department.  Amends the  Abused  and      
   Neglected  Child  Reporting Act. Includes in the definition of "family      
   preservation services" services to adopted and extended  families  and      
   provides   that  these  services  shall  be  offered  where  safe  and      
   appropriate.  Amends the Vital Records Act to provide that each  local      
   registrar  shall  transmit  monthly  to  DCFS  a  copy  of  all  death      
   certificates of persons under 18 years.  Amends the Juvenile Court Act      
   of  1987.   Provides  that  the  Department  shall cause a petition to      
   terminate parental rights to be filed for certain minors committed  to      
   the  Department  under this Act.  Makes provision for circumstances in      
   which the Department of Children and  Family  Services  may  terminate      
   reasonable  efforts  to  reunify  a  minor  with  his  or her parents.      
   Expands the provisions regarding court review to all counties  in  the      
   State  rather than to just counties with a population under 3,000,000.      
   Provides for different notice to a parent  depending  on  his  or  her      
   status  in  the  case.    Makes changes with regard to substitution of      
   judges as of right. Makes other changes.  Amends the Mental Health and      
   Developmental  Disabilities   Confidentiality   Act.    Provides   for      
   interagency  disclosure  to  the  Department  of  Children  and Family      
   Services  for the purpose of a diligent search for a missing parent in      
   certain cases, limiting redisclosure of any information.  Provides for      
   the disclosure in civil, criminal, or other proceedings of records and      
   communications of a recipient of services under this  Act  in  certain      
   Juvenile Court Act proceedings.  Amends the Adoption Act.  Expands the      
   definition of "depravity."  Makes other changes.                            
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4.                                                
        In provisions requiring the Department of Children and Family          
   Services to request the State's Attorney to file a petition or motion       
   for termination of parental rights and appointment of a guardian of         
   the person with power to consent to adoption under certain circum-          
   stances and requiring the State's Attorney to file the petition or          
   motion if the Department's request for the filing of the petition or        
   motion meets certain requirements, provides that it is the State's          
   Attorney who shall determine whether the Department's request meets         
   those requirements.                                                         
          FISCAL NOTE (Dpt. Corrections)                                       
          No fiscal or prison population impact on DOC.                        
          JUDICIAL NOTE                                                        
          There may be a minimal increase in judicial workloads. There         
          would not be an increase in need for the number of judges.           
          FISCAL NOTE (Dpt. Children & Family Services)                        
          Net fiscal impact to DCCA is estimated at $108,000 in FY99.          
          Fiscal impact to publicly funded State college and university        
          system is estimated at $168,000 in FY99.                             
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE                                                    
          This bill has no fiscal or prison population impact.                 
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 5. (House recedes May 22, 1998)                    
        Adds an immediate effective date.                                      
        CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1.                                     
        Recommends that the House recede from H-am 5.                          
        Recommends that the bill be amended as follows:                        
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          20 ILCS 505/5c new                                                   
          20 ILCS 505/7                                                        
          225 ILCS 10/2.22 new                                                 
          225 ILCS 10/3.1 new                                                  
          325 ILCS 15/7.16                                                     
          705 ILCS 405/2-17.1                                                  
          705 ILCS 405/2-27.1 new                                              
          705 ILCS 405/2-32                                                    
          705 ILCS 405/2-33 new                                                
          750 ILCS 50/2                                                        
          750 ILCS 50/15.1                                                     
        Deletes everything. Amends the Children and Family Services  Act.      
   Makes  changes  in provisions regarding direct child welfare services,      
   placement of children, and scholarships and fee waivers,  and  adds  a      
   provision  regarding  direct  child welfare service employee licenses.      
   Amends the Child Death Review Team Act to change provisions  regarding      
   reviews  of  child  deaths.   Amends the Hospital Licensing Act making      
   changes with regard to inspections and  investigations.    Amends  the      
   Child  Care  Act of 1969.  Adds provisions regarding secure child care      
   facilities and licensing  those  facilities  and  amends  a  provision      
   regarding license requirements, applications, and notices.  Amends the      
   Abused  and Neglected Child Reporting Act.  Makes change in provisions      
   regarding records of investigations and  service  plans.   Amends  the      
   Vital Records Act to make changes with regard to the powers and duties      
   of  local  registrars.   Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.  Makes      
   changes in provisions regarding the purpose of the  Act,  definitions,      
   rights  of  parties to proceedings, petitions under the Act, dates for      
   adjudicatory  hearings,  summonses,  notice  by  certified   mail   or      
   publication, court appointed special advocates, evidence, findings and      
   adjudications,    dispositional    hearings,   dispositional   orders,      
   placement, court review, permanency hearings, adoptions,  duration  of      
   wardships,  and  time  limits  for  relief from final orders, and adds      
   provisions regarding early termination of reasonable  efforts,  secure      
   child care facilities, and petitions to reinstate a wardship.  Repeals      
   provision regarding court review in  counties  with  a  population  of      
   3,000,000  or  more.   Amends  the  Mental  Health  and  Developmental      
   Disabilities  Confidentiality  Act  by  changing  provisions regarding      
   interagency disclosures and disclosures in civil, criminal, and  other      
   proceedings.   Amends  the  Adoption Act.  Makes changes in provisions      
   regarding definitions, who may adopt  a  child,  forms,  and  licensed      
   foster parents. Effective immediately.                                      
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0608

   Last action date: 98-06-30

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   3


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