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Rep. Rich Brauer
Filed: 3/21/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4566
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4566 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 8.2a as follows:
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| 6 | | (325 ILCS 5/8.2a new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8.2a. Developmental and social-emotional screening; |
| 8 | | indicated finding of abuse or neglect. The Department shall |
| 9 | | conduct a developmental and social-emotional screening within |
| 10 | | 45 days after the Department is granted guardianship of a |
| 11 | | child. When a child under the age of 3 is engaged in intact |
| 12 | | family services, the Department shall offer to conduct a |
| 13 | | developmental screening within 60 days after the Department |
| 14 | | opens the case. For children in intact cases who are ages 3 |
| 15 | | through 5, the intact caseworker shall refer the child for a |
| 16 | | developmental screening. The Department shall promulgate rules |