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92_SB0842
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1 AN ACT concerning children and family services.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is
5 amended by changing Section 22.2 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 505/22.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5022.2)
7 Sec. 22.2. To provide training programs for the
8 provision of foster care and adoptive care services.
9 Training provided to foster parents shall include training
10 and information on their right to be heard, to bring a
11 mandamus action, and to intervene in juvenile court as set
12 forth under subsection (2) of Section 1-5 of the Juvenile
13 Court Act of 1987 and the availability of the hotline
14 established under Section 35.6 of this Act, that foster
15 parents may use to report incidents of misconduct or
16 violation of rules by Department employees, service
17 providers, or contractors. Monies for such training programs
18 shall be derived from the Department of Children and Family
19 Services Training Fund, hereby created in the State Treasury.
20 Deposits to this fund shall consist of federal financial
21 participation in foster care and adoption care training
22 programs, public and unsolicited private grants and fees for
23 such training, and royalties earned from the publication of
24 materials owned by or licensed to the Department. In
25 addition, with the approval of the Governor, the Department
26 may transfer amounts not exceeding $2,000,000 in each fiscal
27 year from the DCFS Children's Services Fund to the Department
28 of Children and Family Services Training Fund. Disbursements
29 from the Department of Children and Family Services Training
30 Fund shall be made by the Department for foster care and
31 adoptive care training services in accordance with federal
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1 standards.
2 (Source: P.A. 91-712, eff. 7-1-00.)