103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2370

 

Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Cristina Castro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/5-501

    Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall reimburse any county probation department for the costs of placement of any youth in care, whether the youth in care is in the custody of a county juvenile detention center or appropriate placement that meets the needs of the youth in care. Provides that the costs shall include expenditures for transportation and medical or mental health services. Provides that placement costs shall be at the detention center's usual and customary rate. Contains findings.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Findings.
5    (a) The General Assembly finds that:
6        (1) an adequate continuum of care is necessary to
7    better address the needs of juveniles within the court
8    system;
9        (2) the unique partnership of State and local services
10    is needed to provide the right placements, and the right
11    services for justice-involved juveniles; and
12        (3) providing juveniles who are youth in care of the
13    State and in the care or recently in the care of the
14    Department of Children and Family Services, should be
15    receiving a continuum of care and services, even when the
16    juvenile unfortunately becomes involved with the juvenile
17    justice system.
18    (b) The General Assembly recommends that juveniles who are
19youth in care of the State and in the care or recently in the
20care of the Department of Children and Family Services shall
21not have their services interrupted or be left unnecessarily
22in juvenile detention centers.
 
23    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by

 

 

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1changing Section 5-501 as follows:
 
2    (705 ILCS 405/5-501)
3    Sec. 5-501. Detention or shelter care hearing. At the
4appearance of the minor before the court at the detention or
5shelter care hearing, the court shall receive all relevant
6information and evidence, including affidavits concerning the
7allegations made in the petition. Evidence used by the court
8in its findings or stated in or offered in connection with this
9Section may be by way of proffer based on reliable information
10offered by the State or minor. All evidence shall be
11admissible if it is relevant and reliable regardless of
12whether it would be admissible under the rules of evidence
13applicable at a trial. No hearing may be held unless the minor
14is represented by counsel and no hearing shall be held until
15the minor has had adequate opportunity to consult with
16counsel.
17    (1) If the court finds that there is not probable cause to
18believe that the minor is a delinquent minor, it shall release
19the minor and dismiss the petition.
20    (2) If the court finds that there is probable cause to
21believe that the minor is a delinquent minor, the minor, his or
22her parent, guardian, custodian and other persons able to give
23relevant testimony may be examined before the court. The court
24may also consider any evidence by way of proffer based upon
25reliable information offered by the State or the minor. All

 

 

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1evidence, including affidavits, shall be admissible if it is
2relevant and reliable regardless of whether it would be
3admissible under the rules of evidence applicable at trial.
4After such evidence is presented, the court may enter an order
5that the minor shall be released upon the request of a parent,
6guardian or legal custodian if the parent, guardian or
7custodian appears to take custody.
8    If the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
9urgent necessity for the protection of the minor or of the
10person or property of another that the minor be detained or
11placed in a shelter care facility or that he or she is likely
12to flee the jurisdiction of the court, the court may prescribe
13detention or shelter care and order that the minor be kept in a
14suitable place designated by the court or in a shelter care
15facility designated by the Department of Children and Family
16Services or a licensed child welfare agency; otherwise it
17shall release the minor from custody. If the court prescribes
18shelter care, then in placing the minor, the Department or
19other agency shall, to the extent compatible with the court's
20order, comply with Section 7 of the Children and Family
21Services Act. In making the determination of the existence of
22immediate and urgent necessity, the court shall consider among
23other matters: (a) the nature and seriousness of the alleged
24offense; (b) the minor's record of delinquency offenses,
25including whether the minor has delinquency cases pending; (c)
26the minor's record of willful failure to appear following the

 

 

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1issuance of a summons or warrant; (d) the availability of
2non-custodial alternatives, including the presence of a
3parent, guardian or other responsible relative able and
4willing to provide supervision and care for the minor and to
5assure his or her compliance with a summons. If the minor is
6ordered placed in a shelter care facility of a licensed child
7welfare agency, the court shall, upon request of the agency,
8appoint the appropriate agency executive temporary custodian
9of the minor and the court may enter such other orders related
10to the temporary custody of the minor as it deems fit and
11proper.
12    If the court prescribes detention, and the minor is a
13youth in care of the Department of Children and Family
14Services, a hearing shall be held every 14 days to determine
15whether there is an urgent and immediate necessity to detain
16the minor for the protection of the person or property of
17another. If urgent and immediate necessity is not found on the
18basis of the protection of the person or property of another,
19the minor shall be released to the custody of the Department of
20Children and Family Services. If the court prescribes
21detention based on the minor being likely to flee the
22jurisdiction, and the minor is a youth in care of the
23Department of Children and Family Services, a hearing shall be
24held every 7 days for status on the location of shelter care
25placement by the Department of Children and Family Services.
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1minors in the custody or guardianship of the Department of
2Children and Family Services.
3    The Department of Children and Family Services shall
4reimburse any county probation department for the costs of
5placement of any youth in care, whether the youth in care is in
6the custody of a county juvenile detention center or
7appropriate placement that meets the needs of the youth in
8care. Costs shall include expenditures for transportation and
9medical or mental health services. Placement costs shall be at
10the detention center's usual and customary rate.
11    The order together with the court's findings of fact in
12support of the order shall be entered of record in the court.
13    Once the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
14urgent necessity for the protection of the minor that the
15minor be placed in a shelter care facility, the minor shall not
16be returned to the parent, custodian or guardian until the
17court finds that the placement is no longer necessary for the
18protection of the minor.
19    (3) Only when there is reasonable cause to believe that
20the minor taken into custody is a delinquent minor may the
21minor be kept or detained in a facility authorized for
22juvenile detention. This Section shall in no way be construed
23to limit subsection (4).
24    (4) (a) Minors 12 years of age or older must be kept
25separate from confined adults and may not at any time be kept
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1paragraph (4) shall only apply to confinement pending an
2adjudicatory hearing and shall not exceed 40 hours, excluding
3Saturdays, Sundays, and court designated holidays. To accept
4or hold minors during this time period, county jails shall
5comply with all monitoring standards adopted by the Department
6of Corrections and training standards approved by the Illinois
7Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
8    (b) To accept or hold minors, 12 years of age or older,
9after the time period prescribed in clause (a) of subsection
10(4) of this Section but not exceeding 7 days including
11Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, pending an adjudicatory
12hearing, county jails shall comply with all temporary
13detention standards adopted by the Department of Corrections
14and training standards approved by the Illinois Law
15Enforcement Training Standards Board.
16    (c) To accept or hold minors 12 years of age or older after
17the time period prescribed in clause (a) and (b) of this
18subsection, county jails shall comply with all county juvenile
19detention standards adopted by the Department of Juvenile
20Justice.
21    (5) If the minor is not brought before a judicial officer
22within the time period as specified in Section 5-415, the
23minor must immediately be released from custody.
24    (6) If neither the parent, guardian, or legal custodian
25appears within 24 hours to take custody of a minor released
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1shall set the matter for rehearing not later than 7 days after
2the original order and shall issue a summons directed to the
3parent, guardian, or legal custodian to appear. At the same
4time the probation department shall prepare a report on the
5minor. If a parent, guardian, or legal custodian does not
6appear at such rehearing, the judge may enter an order
7prescribing that the minor be kept in a suitable place
8designated by the Department of Human Services or a licensed
9child welfare agency. The time during which a minor is in
10custody after being released upon the request of a parent,
11guardian, or legal custodian shall be considered as time spent
12in detention for purposes of scheduling the trial.
13    (7) Any party, including the State, the temporary
14custodian, an agency providing services to the minor or family
15under a service plan pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Abused and
16Neglected Child Reporting Act, foster parent, or any of their
17representatives, may file a motion to modify or vacate a
18temporary custody order or vacate a detention or shelter care
19order on any of the following grounds:
20        (a) It is no longer a matter of immediate and urgent
21    necessity that the minor remain in detention or shelter
22    care; or
23        (b) There is a material change in the circumstances of
24    the natural family from which the minor was removed; or
25        (c) A person, including a parent, relative, or legal
26    guardian, is capable of assuming temporary custody of the

 

 

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1    minor; or
2        (d) Services provided by the Department of Children
3    and Family Services or a child welfare agency or other
4    service provider have been successful in eliminating the
5    need for temporary custody.
6    The clerk shall set the matter for hearing not later than
714 days after such motion is filed. In the event that the court
8modifies or vacates a temporary order but does not vacate its
9finding of probable cause, the court may order that
10appropriate services be continued or initiated on behalf of
11the minor and his or her family.
12    (8) Whenever a petition has been filed under Section
135-520, the court can, at any time prior to trial or sentencing,
14order that the minor be placed in detention or a shelter care
15facility after the court conducts a hearing and finds that the
16conduct and behavior of the minor may endanger the health,
17person, welfare, or property of himself or others or that the
18circumstances of his or her home environment may endanger his
19or her health, person, welfare, or property.
20(Source: P.A. 102-654, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)