IL SB3308 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-03 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 7 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-03 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act. Provides that the KIND Act creates the statutory vision and authority for the Department of Children and Family Services to execute a kin-first approach to service delivery and directs the juvenile courts to provide necessary oversight of the Department's obligations to maintain family connections and promote equitable opportunities for youth and families to thrive with relational permanence. Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Contains provisions concerning Department rules on relative, kinship, and licensed foster care; grants to subsidized guardians of hard-to-place children; a requirement on the Department to make reasonable efforts to place a child with a relative; documentation of the Department's reasons for failing to secure a relative placement; foster care maintenance payments for relatives who qualify for certification as a kinship caregiver home; subsidized guardianship support services for children and their guardians; certification and background checks on relative caregivers; annual reports regarding relative and kinship care placements; performance audits; and other matters. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Requires the Department to adopt standards for certifying kinship caregiver family homes that are different from licensing standards used for non-relative foster family homes. Contains provisions concerning background screenings of prospective kinship caregivers; a requirement that the Department assist relatives and prospective kinship caregivers with completing the steps required for approval as a kinship caregiver home; orientation activities for prospective kinship caregivers; Guardianship Assistance Program payments and services for relative caregivers; and other matters. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes changes to provisions concerning "best interest" determinations; emergency placement of a minor with a willing relative pending a temporary custody hearing; court assessments on the Department's effort to place a minor with a relative; court ordered family-finding efforts; required notification to a minor's located relatives that the minor has been removed from the custody of the minor's parents; and other matters. Effective immediately.
Title
DCFS-KINSHIP IN DEMAND
Sponsors
| Sen. Don Harmon [D] | Sen. Javier Cervantes [D] | Sen. Mattie Hunter [D] | Sen. Lakesia Collins [D] |
| Sen. Mary Edly-Allen [D] | Sen. Michael Halpin [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-03 | Senate | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| 2024-04-15 | Senate | Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon |
| 2024-04-05 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024 |
| 2024-03-15 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024 |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 2024-03-12 | Senate | Assigned to Appropriations - Health and Human Services |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen |
| 2024-02-21 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie |
Code Citations
Illinois State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3308&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103 |
| Text | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB3308.htm |
