95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2361


 
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Dan Cronin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














20 ILCS 505/12
  from Ch. 23, par. 5012







    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall work with representatives of voluntary foster care providers and foster parents to determine rates to be paid to foster parents of wards of the State for State fiscal year 2009 that will equitably distribute moneys appropriated to the Department to fund an increase in the cost of care reimbursement rate for foster parents according to a national methodology such as the Foster Care MARC (Minimum Adequate Rates for Children) developed by the Children's Rights/National Foster Parent Association and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Requires the Department to work with such representatives to establish a methodology for calculating foster caregiver reimbursement rates. Requires the Department to adopt rules for the development and review of the methodology no later than January 1, 2009.  Effective July 1, 2008.
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended  
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by changing Section 12 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 505/12)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5012)



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    Sec. 12. (a) To provide supervision, housing 
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accommodations, board or the
payment of boarding costs, 
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tuition, and treatment free of charge, except as
otherwise 
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specified in this Act, for residents of this State who are 
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cared
for in any institution, or for persons receiving services 
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under any program
under the jurisdiction of the Department. 
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Residents of other states may be
admitted upon payment of the 
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costs of board, tuition, and treatment as
determined by the 
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Department; provided, that no resident of another state
shall 
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be received or retained to the exclusion of any resident of 
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this
State. The Department shall accept any donation for the 
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board, tuition, and
treatment of any person receiving service 
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or care.

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    (b) By July 1, 1994, to make room and board payments to 
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persons
providing foster care under this Act at a rate for each 
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child that is up to
100% of the adjusted United States 
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Department of Agriculture Cost of
Raising a Child in the Urban 
 


 






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Midwest/Low Cost Index.

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    (c) The Department shall work with representatives of 
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voluntary foster care providers and foster parents to determine 
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rates to be paid to foster parents of wards of the State for 
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State fiscal year 2009 that will equitably distribute moneys 
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appropriated to the Department to fund an increase in the cost 
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of care reimbursement rate for foster parents according to a 
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national methodology such as the Foster Care MARC (Minimum 
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Adequate Rates for Children) developed by the Children's 
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Rights/National Foster Parent Association and the University 
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of Maryland School of Social Work. On and after July 1, 2008, 
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the Department shall work with such representatives to 
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establish a methodology for calculating foster caregiver 
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reimbursement rates that shall include an annual review of the 
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cost of care provided by foster parents and increases in the 
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Consumer Price Index.  The Department shall adopt rules for the 
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development and review of the methodology no later than January 
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1, 2009. 
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(Source: P.A. 86-1482.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2008.