Bill Text: IL HB2357 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2357 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB2357-Introduced.html

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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.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
by changing Section 7.3 as follows:
(20 ILCS 505/7.3)
Sec. 7.3. Placement plan. The The Department shall develop
and implement a written plan for placing children. The plan
shall include at least the following features:
(1) A plan for recruiting minority adoptive and foster
families. The plan shall include strategies for using
existing resources in minority communities, use of
minority outreach staff whenever possible, use of minority
foster homes for placements after birth and before
adoption, and other techniques as appropriate.
(2) A plan for training adoptive and foster families of
minority children.
(3) A plan for employing social workers in adoption and
foster care. The plan shall include staffing goals and
objectives.
(4) A plan for ensuring that adoption and foster care
workers attend training offered or approved by the
Department regarding the State's goal of encouraging

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cultural diversity and the needs of special needs children.
(5) A plan that includes policies and procedures for
determining for each child requiring placement outside of
his or her home, and who cannot be immediately returned to
his or her parents or guardian, the placement needs of that
child. In the rare instance when an individualized
assessment identifies, documents, and substantiates that
race, color, or national origin is a factor that needs to
be considered in advancing a particular child's best
interests, it shall be considered in making a placement.
(Source: P.A. 92-334, eff. 8-10-01.)