Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
Filed: 3/23/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1530




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1530 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended  
5by adding Section 4c as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/4c new)
7    Sec. 4c. Temporary residential shelter services. Any child 
8care facility authorized by the Department to provide temporary 
9residential shelter services to children in the guardianship, 
10temporary custody, or protective custody of the Department 
11shall:
12        (1)  provide interventions and activities that engage 
13    the children and youth in its care;
14        (2)  maintain staffing levels that ensure a safe 
15    environment;
16        (3)  implement protocols that require screening and 
 
 
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1    assessment upon admission to evaluate behaviors that 
2    indicate the risk of elopement and physical aggression, 
3    with the findings reflected in the individual service plan 
4    and updated periodically as new behaviors manifest;
5        (4) establish rules and procedures that prevent the 
6    violation of curfew laws and that do not permit any child 
7    under the age of 18 to leave the facility for any period of 
8    time prior to the child's complete discharge from the 
9    temporary shelter program, unless the child is accompanied 
10    by a responsible adult or the facility or the Department 
11    authorizes the child to leave the facility for a particular 
12    purpose; and
13        (5)  whenever a child or youth is absent from the 
14    facility without authorization, utilize the standards of 
15    best practice and adopt actionable steps to locate and 
16    return the child or youth to the facility, including, but 
17    not limited to, calling any known contacts, interviewing 
18    peer groups likely to know whereabouts, searching 
19    community places frequented by the child or youth, and 
20    checking schools and work sites;   actionable steps shall be 
21    frequent and documented and available for review by the 
22    Department.
23    A child care facility shall have its admissions placed on 
24hold by the Department whenever unauthorized absences from the 
25facility are excessive; the admissions  hold shall remain in 
26effect until the facility has complied with a corrective action 
 
 
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1plan prescribed by the Department, and if the facility is 
2non-compliant, the Department shall impose licensing sanctions 
3up to and including the revocation of the facility's license.
4    The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement 
5the requirements of this Section and shall monitor a  child care 
6facility to ensure that the facility establishes and adheres to 
7these requirements.  Nothing in this Section shall be 
8interpreted to create a "secure child care facility" as defined 
9in the Child Care Act of 1969.".