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1    AN ACT concerning children.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended  
5by adding Section 2.2 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/2.2 new)
7    Sec. 2.2. Annual reports on youth in care waiting for 
8placement. No later than December 31, 2018, and on December 31 
9of each year thereafter through December 31, 2023, the 
10Department shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering 
11the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly regarding 
12youth in care waiting for placements. The report shall include:
13        (1) the number of youth in care who remained in 
14    emergency placements, including but not limited to 
15    shelters and emergency foster homes, for longer than 30 
16    days, their genders and ages, their recommended placement 
17    type, the total length of time each youth remained in 
18    emergency care, the barriers to timely placement, and 
19    whether they were placed in the recommended placement type 
20    after they were removed from the emergency placement, and 
21    if not, what type of placement they were placed in;
22        (2) the number of youth in care who remained in 
23    psychiatric hospitals beyond the time they were clinically 
 
 
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1    ready for discharge or beyond medical necessity, whichever 
2    is sooner, their genders and ages, their recommended 
3    placement type, the total length of time each youth 
4    remained psychiatrically hospitalized beyond necessity, 
5    the barriers to timely placement, and whether they were 
6    placed in the recommended placement type after they were 
7    removed from the psychiatric hospital, and if not, what 
8    type of placement they were placed in;
9        (3) the number of youth in care who remained in a 
10    detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice 
11    facility solely because the Department cannot locate an 
12    appropriate placement for the youth, their genders and 
13    ages, their recommended placement type, the total length of 
14    time each youth remained in the detention center or 
15    Department of Juvenile Justice facility after they could 
16    have been released, the barriers to timely placement, and 
17    whether they were placed in the recommended placement type 
18    after being released from detention of the Juvenile Justice 
19    facility, and if not, what type of placement they were 
20    placed in;
21        (4) a description of how the Department collected the 
22    information reported and any difficulties the Department 
23    had in collecting the information and whether there are 
24    concerns about the validity of the information; and
25        (5) a description of any steps the Department is taking 
26    to reduce the length of time youth in care wait in 
 
 
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1    psychiatric hospitals, emergency placements, detention 
2    centers, and Department of Juvenile Justice facilities for 
3    clinically appropriate placements.