Illinois-2023-HB4462-Introduced

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4462

Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

705 ILCS 405/3-5 from Ch. 37, par. 803-5

Amends the Minors Requiring Authoritative Intervention Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that no minor shall be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement for more than 48 hours (rather than 21 business days.)

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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning courts.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by

5 changing Section 3-5 as follows:

6 (705 ILCS 405/3-5) (from Ch. 37, par. 803-5)

7 Sec. 3-5. Interim crisis intervention services.

8 (a) Any minor who is taken into limited custody, or who

9 independently requests or is referred for assistance, may be

10 provided crisis intervention services by an agency or

11 association, as defined in this Act, provided the association

12 or agency staff (i) immediately investigate the circumstances

13 of the minor and the facts surrounding the minor being taken

14 into custody and promptly explain these facts and

15 circumstances to the minor, and (ii) make a reasonable effort

16 to inform the minor's parent, guardian, or custodian of the

17 fact that the minor has been taken into limited custody and

18 where the minor is being kept, and (iii) if the minor consents,

19 make a reasonable effort to transport, arrange for the

20 transportation of, or otherwise release the minor to the

21 parent, guardian, or custodian. Upon release of the child who

22 is believed to need or benefit from medical, psychological,

23 psychiatric, or social services, the association or agency may

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1 inform the minor and the person to whom the minor is released

2 of the nature and location of appropriate services and shall,

3 if requested, assist in establishing contact between the

4 family and other associations or agencies providing such

5 services. If the agency or association is unable by all

6 reasonable efforts to contact a parent, guardian, or

7 custodian, or if the person contacted lives an unreasonable

8 distance away, or if the minor refuses to be taken to the

9 minor's home or other appropriate residence, or if the agency

10 or association is otherwise unable despite all reasonable

11 efforts to make arrangements for the safe return of the minor,

12 the minor may be taken to a temporary living arrangement which

13 is in compliance with the Child Care Act of 1969 or which is

14 with persons agreed to by the parents and the agency or

15 association.

16 (b) An agency or association is authorized to permit a

17 minor to be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement

18 provided the agency seeks to effect the minor's return home or

19 alternative living arrangements agreeable to the minor and the

20 parent, guardian, or custodian as soon as practicable. No

21 minor shall be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement for

22 more than 48 hours ~~21 business days~~. Throughout such limited

23 custody, the agency or association shall work with the parent,

24 guardian, or custodian and the minor's local school district,

25 the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare

26 and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and

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