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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB1212 Introduced 1/30/2013, by Sen. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 505/1 | from Ch. 23, par. 5001 |
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
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| | SB1212 | | LRB098 06217 KTG 36258 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 1 as follows:
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6 | | (20 ILCS 505/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5001)
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7 | | Sec. 1.
The purpose of this this Act is to create a |
8 | | Department of Children and
Family Services to provide social |
9 | | services to children and their families,
to operate children's |
10 | | institutions, and to provide certain other
rehabilitative and |
11 | | residential services as enumerated in this Act.
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12 | | It is the intent of this Act that the child welfare |
13 | | services herein provided
do not release the parent or guardian |
14 | | from responsibility to provide for
the financial support of |
15 | | their children.
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16 | | This primary and continuing responsibility applies whether |
17 | | the family unit
of parents and children remain intact and |
18 | | reside in a common household or
whether the unit has been |
19 | | temporarily broken by reason of child abuse, neglect,
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20 | | dependency or other reasons necessitating state care and |
21 | | training.
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22 | | It is the purpose of this Act to provide for determination |
23 | | for the appropriate
level of support, from parents given their |