Bill Text: IL HB3615 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall initialize, but not complete, the move of Family First functions, carried under the Act and the federal Family First Prevention Services Act (Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act) from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3615 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3615-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3615 Introduced , by Rep. Steven Reick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 505/5.47
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall initialize, but not complete, the move of Family First functions, carried under the Act and the federal Family First Prevention Services Act (Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act) from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
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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 5.47 as follows:
(20 ILCS 505/5.47)
Sec. 5.47 5.46. Extended Family Support Pilot Program. The
Department may consult with independent partners to review
Extended Family Support Program services and advise if
additional services are needed prior to the start of the pilot
program required under this Section. Beginning January 1,
2023, the Department shall implement a 3-year pilot program of
additional resources for families receiving Extended Family
Support Program services from the Department for the purpose
of supporting relative caregivers. These resources may
include, but are not limited to: (i) wraparound case
management services, (ii) home visiting services for
caregivers with children under the age of 5, and (iii) parent
mentors for caregivers with children over the age of 3.
The services for the Extended Family Support Program are
expanded given the program's inclusion in the Family First
Prevention Services Act's targeted populations. Other target
populations include intact families, pregnant and parenting

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youth, reunification within 6 months, and post adoption and
subsidized guardianship. Inclusion provides the array of
evidence-based interventions included within the State's
Family First Prevention Services plan. Funding through Title
IV-E of the Social Security Act shall be spent on services to
prevent children and youth who are candidates for foster care
from coming into care and allow them to remain with their
families. Given the inclusion of the Extended Family Support
Program in the Family First Prevention Services Act, the
program is a part of the independent evaluation of Family
First Prevention Services. This includes tracking deflection
from foster care.
The resources provided by the pilot program are voluntary
and refusing such resources shall not be used as evidence of
neglect of a child.
The Department shall arrange for an independent evaluation
of the pilot program to determine whether the pilot program is
successfully supporting families receiving Extended Family
Support Program services or Family First Prevention Program
services and preventing entrance into the foster care system.
This evaluation will support determining whether there is a
long-term cost benefit to continuing the pilot program.
At the end of the 3-year pilot program, the Department
shall submit a report to the General Assembly with its
findings of the evaluation. The report shall state whether the
Department intends to continue the pilot program and the

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rationale for its decision.
The Department of Children and Family Services shall
initialize, but not complete, the move of Family First
functions, carried under this Act and the federal Family First
Prevention Services Act (Title IV-E of the federal Social
Security Act) from the Department of Children and Family
Services to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
The Department may adopt rules and procedures to implement
and administer this Section.
(Source: P.A. 102-1029, eff. 5-27-22; revised 7-26-22.)