96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2357


 
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













20 ILCS 505/7.3










    Amends the Children and Family Services Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning plans for adoption and foster care
placement. 















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning State government.

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

 
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    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended 
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by changing Section 7.3 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 505/7.3)



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    Sec. 7.3. Placement plan. The
The Department shall develop 
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and implement a
written plan for placing children.  The plan 
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shall include at least the
following features:

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        (1) A plan for recruiting minority adoptive and foster 
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    families.  The plan
shall include strategies for using 
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    existing resources in minority communities,
use of 
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    minority outreach staff whenever possible, use of minority 
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    foster homes
for placements after birth and before 
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    adoption, and other techniques as
appropriate.


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        (2) A plan for training adoptive and foster families of 
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    minority children.


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        (3) A plan for employing social workers in adoption and 
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    foster
care.  The plan shall include staffing goals and 
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    objectives.


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        (4) A plan for ensuring that adoption and foster care 
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    workers attend
training offered or approved by the 
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    Department regarding the State's goal of
encouraging 
 


 






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    cultural diversity and
the needs of special needs children.


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        (5) A plan that includes policies and procedures for 
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    determining for
each
child requiring placement
outside of 
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    his or her home, and who cannot be immediately returned to

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    his or her parents or guardian, the placement needs of that 
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    child.  In the
rare instance when an individualized 
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    assessment identifies, documents,
and substantiates that 
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    race, color, or national origin is a factor that needs
to 
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    be considered in advancing a particular child's best 
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    interests, it shall be
considered in making a placement.

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(Source: P.A. 92-334, eff. 8-10-01.)