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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5443 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to publicly release performance data that the Department is required to collect under the terms of the B.H. Consent Decree and to also submit that performance data to the federal government as required under the consent decree. Provides that no later than December 31, 2024, and on December 31 of each year thereafter, the Department shall prepare and submit to the General Assembly annual data reports that include the performance data required under the B.H. Consent Decree. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department shall implement a data system that allows the Department to quickly analyze trends and evaluate multivariate correlations on collected performance data. Effective immediately. |
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| | HB5443 | | LRB103 39085 KTG 69223 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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended |
| 5 | | by adding Section 50 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/50 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 50. Public release of performance data required under |
| 8 | | B.H. Consent Decree. |
| 9 | | (a) The Department shall publicly release performance data |
| 10 | | that the Department is required to collect under the terms of |
| 11 | | the B.H. Consent Decree and submit that performance data to |
| 12 | | the federal government as required under the consent decree. |
| 13 | | (b) No later than December 31, 2024, and on December 31 of |
| 14 | | each year thereafter, the Department shall prepare and submit |
| 15 | | to the General Assembly annual data reports that include the |
| 16 | | performance data described in subsection (a). |
| 17 | | (c) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall |
| 18 | | implement a data system that allows the Department to quickly |
| 19 | | analyze trends and evaluate multivariate correlations on |
| 20 | | collected performance data.
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| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 22 | | becoming law. |