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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5076 Introduced , by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to place a locked suggestion box in each group home, shelter, and transitional living arrangement that accepts youth in care for
placement by the Department.
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| | HB5076 | | LRB100 17354 KTG 32518 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 39.3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/39.3) |
| 7 | | Sec. 39.3. Suggestion boxes. The Department must place in |
| 8 | | each residential treatment center, group home, shelter, and |
| 9 | | transitional living arrangement that accepts youth in care for |
| 10 | | placement by the Department a locked suggestion box into which |
| 11 | | residents may place comments and concerns to be addressed by |
| 12 | | the Department. Only employees of the Department shall have |
| 13 | | access to the contents of the locked suggestion boxes. An |
| 14 | | employee of the Department must check the locked suggestion |
| 15 | | boxes at least once per week.
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| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 99-342, eff. 8-11-15; 100-159, eff. 8-18-17.)
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