Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that if a child is placed with a relative or fictive kin, then the relative or fictive kin must apply for licensure under the Child Care Act of 1969 within 3 months after the child is placed with the relative or fictive kin. Provides that foster care payments shall be made only to: (i) licensed foster family homes; and (ii) a relative or fictive kin with whom the child is placed if the relative or fictive kin applied to be a licensed foster family home (rather than only licensed foster family homes). Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall remove a child placed with a relative or fictive kin if the relative or fictive kin does not apply for a license as a foster family home within 3 months of the child being placed with the relative or fictive kin. Provides that the Department shall remove a child placed with a relative or fictive kin if the relative's or fictive kin's application to be a licensed foster family home is declined by the Department. Provides that the Department must inform the relative or fictive kin with whom a child is placed of the reason the Department declined to grant the person a license as a foster family home. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that for a relative or fictive kin who applies for a license as a foster family home, the Department shall: (1) require less training time than what is required for other applicants applying for a foster family license; (2) require training on child care only as it relates to the child placed with the relative or fictive kin; (3) require training that includes information about the foster system and the expectations of a foster parent; and (4) require training on trauma and how trauma presents in children. Makes other and conforming changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB3693 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

---

PolitiCorps Conversations

Start PolitiCorps Debate

Title	PolitiCorps	Access	Comments	Views	Last Post
There are no visible public or private PolitiCorps discussions concerning the 2023 Illinois SB3693 at this time.

Social Comments on IL SB3693