Bill Amendment: IL SB2346 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

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Bill Title: CHILDREN-TECH

Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2346 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2346-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 3/5/2020

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2346
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2346 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
by changing Section 35.7 as follows:
(20 ILCS 505/35.7)
Sec. 35.7. Error Reduction Training Implementations Plans;
Inspector General.
(a) The Inspector General of the Department of Children and
Family Services shall develop Error Reduction Training
Implementation Plans, as necessary, to remedy patterns of
errors or problematic practices that compromise or threaten the
safety of children as identified in the DCFS Office of the
Inspector General (OIG) death or serious injury
investigations, and Child Death Review Teams recommendations,
or by the Director of the Department. The Error Reduction

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Training Implementation Plans shall include both classroom and
web-based trainings. The Office of the Inspector General shall
develop the curricula, provide for the initial training
presentations, and collaborate with, and as needed, use the
Child Protection Training Academy simulation model. Initial
trainings shall include, but not be limited to, strengthening
critical thinking, decision-making, interviewing, analytical,
and problem-solving skills, as well as practice reviews and
recertifications. Following the initial training roll-out by
the OIG, the Department's Division of Quality Enhancement shall
identify outcome measures and track compliance with the
training curriculum. Each quarter, the Department's Division
of Quality Enhancement shall prepare a report detailing
compliance with the Error Reduction Training and alert the
Director to staffing needs or other needs to accomplish the
goals of the Error Reduction Training. The report shall be
transmitted to the Director, the OIG, and all management staff
involved in the Error Reduction Training. The Department's
Office of Learning and Professional Development shall work with
the Inspector General to implement trainings and continue to
provide ongoing trainings on the identified topic for
Department staff as well as for the employees of the
Department's private agency partners. The Department's Office
of Learning and Professional Development shall work to ensure
adherence to the Error Reduction Training, and shall maintain
systems to continue reform efforts in an ongoing manner.

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training and on-site components. The Inspector General shall
submit proposed Error Reduction Implementation Plans to the
Director for review. The Director may approve the plans
submitted, or approve plans amended by the Office of the
Inspector General, taking into consideration policies and
procedures that govern the function and performance of any
affected frontline staff. The Director shall document the basis
for disapproval of any submitted or amended plan. The
Department shall deploy Error Reduction Safety Teams to
implement the Error Reduction Implementation Plans. The Error
Reduction Safety Teams shall be composed of Quality Assurance
and Division of Training staff to implement hands-on training
and Error Reduction Implementation Plans. The teams shall work
in the offices of the Department or of agencies, or both, as
required by the Error Reduction Implementation Plans, and shall
work to ensure that systems are in place to continue reform
efforts after the departure of the teams. The Director shall
develop a method to ensure consistent compliance with any Error
Reduction Training Implementation Plans, the provisions of
which shall be incorporated into the plan.
(b) The Department's Division of Quality Enhancement, in
collaboration with the OIG, Quality Assurance shall prepare
public reports semiannually annually detailing the following:
the substance of any Error Reduction Training Implementation
Plan approved; any deviations from the Error Reduction Training
models Plan; whether adequate staff was available to perform

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functions necessary to the Error Reduction Training
Implementation Plan, including identification and reporting of
any staff needs; other problems noted or barriers to
implementing the Error Reduction Training Implementation Plan;
and recommendations for additional training, amendments to
rules and procedures, or other systemic reform identified by
either the OIG or the Office of Learning and Professional
Development or as identified from staff training evaluations
and feedback. the teams. Quality Assurance shall work with
affected frontline staff to implement provisions of the
approved Error Reduction Implementation Plans related to staff
function and performance.
(c) The OIG shall serve as subject matter experts regarding
training content and may, when necessary, review, evaluate, and
provide direction for the instructional integrity of the
training and the delivery method of the content being used for
the purposes of either preservice or service training of staff.
The Error Reduction Teams shall implement training and reform
protocols through incubating change in each region, Department
office, or purchase of service office, as required. The teams
shall administer hands-on assistance, supervision, and
management while ensuring that the office, region, or agency
develops the skills and systems necessary to incorporate
changes on a permanent basis. For each Error Reduction
Implementation Plan, the Team shall determine whether adequate
staff is available to fulfill the Error Reduction

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Implementation Plan, provide case-by-case supervision to
ensure that the plan is implemented, and ensure that management
puts systems in place to enable the reforms to continue. Error
Reduction Teams shall work with affected frontline staff to
ensure that provisions of the approved Error Reduction
Implementation Plans relating to staff functions and
performance are achieved to effect necessary reforms.
(d) The OIG shall develop and submit new Error Reduction
Trainings Implementation Plans as necessary. To implement each
Error Reduction Training Implementation Plan, as approved by
the Director, the OIG shall work with the Office of Learning
and Professional Development and the Division of Quality
Enhancement. Quality Assurance members of the Error Reduction
Teams designated by the Department. The teams shall be
comprised of staff from Quality Assurance and Training.
Training shall work with the OIG and with the child death
review teams to develop a curriculum to address errors
identified that compromise the safety of children. Following
the training roll-out, the Teams shall work on-site in
identified offices. The Teams shall review and supervise all
work relevant to the Error Reduction Implementation Plan.
Quality Assurance shall identify outcome measures and track
compliance with the training curriculum. Each quarter, Quality
Assurance shall prepare a report detailing compliance with the
Error Reduction Implementation Plan and alert the Director to
staffing needs or other needs to accomplish the goals of the

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Error Reduction Implementation Plan. The report shall be
transmitted to the Director, the OIG, and all management staff
involved in the Error Reduction Implementation Plan.
(e) The Director shall review semiannual quarterly Quality
Enhancement Assurance reports and determine adherence to the
Error Reduction Training Implementation Plan using criteria
and standards developed by the Department. The Director, or his
or her designee, shall meet, at a minimum, semiannually, and
when necessary quarterly with Quality Enhancement, OIG, and all
management staff involved in the Error Reduction Training to
discuss the reports and may adjust the content of the Error
Reduction Trainings.
(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)".