Bill Text: IL HB3618 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to develop a plan to phase in mandatory intact family services for at-risk families who are in need of continuing assistance and monitoring following a child abuse or neglect investigation. Provides that under the plan, if after conducting a child abuse or neglect investigation the Department determines that the family of the child who is the subject of the report qualifies for intact family services, the Department shall open an intact family services case for the child and enroll the family in the Department's Intact Family Services Program where the child and family shall be assigned to an intact family services provider contracted with the Department. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the phase-in plan for mandatory intact family services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3618 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3618-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3618 Introduced , by Rep. Steven Reick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
325 ILCS 5/7.5a new
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to develop a plan to phase in mandatory intact family services for at-risk families who are in need of continuing assistance and monitoring following a child abuse or neglect investigation. Provides that under the plan, if after conducting a child abuse or neglect investigation the Department determines that the family of the child who is the subject of the report qualifies for intact family services, the Department shall open an intact family services case for the child and enroll the family in the Department's Intact Family Services Program where the child and family shall be assigned to an intact family services provider contracted with the Department. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the phase-in plan for mandatory intact family services.
LRB103 30330 KTG 56760 b
A BILL FOR
HB3618 LRB103 30330 KTG 56760 b
AN ACT concerning children.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is
amended by adding Section 7.5a as follows:
(325 ILCS 5/7.5a new)
Sec. 7.5a. Phase-in plan for mandatory intact family
services. The Department shall develop a plan to phase in
mandatory intact family services for at-risk families who are
in need of continuing assistance and monitoring following a
child abuse or neglect investigation. Under the plan, if after
conducting a child abuse or neglect investigation the
Department determines that the family of the child who is the
subject of the report qualifies for intact family services,
the Department shall open an intact family services case for
the child and enroll the family in the Department's Intact
Family Services Program where the child and family shall be
assigned to an intact family services provider contracted with
the Department. The Department may adopt any rules necessary
to implement the phase-in plan for mandatory intact family
services.