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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3212
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3212 on page 2, | ||||||
| 3 | lines 14 and 15, by replacing "Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
| 4 | Disabilities Code" with "Juvenile Court Act of 1987"; and | ||||||
| 5 | on page 2, line 20, after "neglected", by inserting "and the | ||||||
| 6 | minor does not require placement in a residential facility, as | ||||||
| 7 | defined by 89 Ill. Adm. Code 301.20"; and | ||||||
| 8 | on page 4, by inserting immediately below line 4 the following: | ||||||
| 9 | "(g) Beginning January 1, 2019, and annually thereafter | ||||||
| 10 | through January 1, 2024, the Department of Human Services shall | ||||||
| 11 | submit annual reports to the General Assembly regarding | ||||||
| 12 | homeless minors older than 16 years of age but less than 18 | ||||||
| 13 | years of age referred to a youth transitional housing program | ||||||
| 14 | for whom parental consent to enter the program is not obtained. | ||||||
| 15 | The report shall include the following information: | ||||||
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| 1 | (1) the number of homeless minors referred to youth | ||||||
| 2 | transitional housing programs; | ||||||
| 3 | (2) the number of homeless minors who were referred but | ||||||
| 4 | a licensed youth transitional housing program was not able | ||||||
| 5 | to provide housing and services, and what subsequent steps, | ||||||
| 6 | if any, were taken to ensure that the homeless minors were | ||||||
| 7 | referred to an appropriate and available alternative | ||||||
| 8 | placement; | ||||||
| 9 | (3) the number of homeless minors who were referred but | ||||||
| 10 | determined to be ineligible for a youth transitional | ||||||
| 11 | housing program and the reason why the homeless minors were | ||||||
| 12 | determined to be ineligible, and what subsequent steps, if | ||||||
| 13 | any, were taken to ensure that the homeless minors were | ||||||
| 14 | referred to an appropriate and available alternative | ||||||
| 15 | placement; and | ||||||
| 16 | (4) the number of homeless minors who voluntarily left | ||||||
| 17 | the program and who were dismissed from the program while | ||||||
| 18 | they were under the age of 18, and what subsequent steps, | ||||||
| 19 | if any, were taken to ensure that the homeless minors were | ||||||
| 20 | referred to an appropriate and available alternative | ||||||
| 21 | placement.".
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