Appropriations-Human Services Committee

Filed: 5/20/2008

09500HB6546ham001 HDS095 00183 CIN 20183 a

AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6546

    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6546, by deleting everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ARTICLE 1

    Section 5.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Children and Family Services for:

PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND

  For Independent Living Initiative............. 10,300,000

  For all expenditures related to the

   collection and distribution of Title

   IV-E reimbursements for counties included

   in the Title IV-E Juvenile Justice Pilot

   Program to be implemented in one county in

   each of the DCFS regions of Cook, Northern,

   Central, and Southern in accordance with an

   intergovernmental agreement to be developed

   with each pilot county........................ 5,000,000

  For SSI Reimbursement.......................... 1,513,300

PAYABLE FROM C&FS FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND

  For Federal Child Welfare Projects............. 2,775,000

  For Federal Child Protection Projects.......... 5,292,600

GRANTS-IN-AID

REGIONAL OFFICES

PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND

  For Foster Homes and Specialized

   Foster Care and Prevention.................. 189,660,000

  For Counseling and Auxiliary Services......... 12,893,000

  For Institution and Group Home Care and

   Prevention.................................. 125,980,600

  For Services Associated with the Foster

   Care Initiative............................... 6,812,200

  For Purchase of Adoption and

   Guardianship Services....................... 202,384,100

  For Health Care Network........................ 4,198,500

  For Cash Assistance and Housing

   Locator Service to Families in the

   Class Defined in the Norman Consent Order .... 1,432,000

  For Youth in Transition Program.................. 944,700

  For MCO Technical Assistance and

   Program Development........................... 1,650,000

  For Pre Admission/Post Discharge

   Psychiatric Screening......................... 8,671,800

  For Assisting in the Development

   of Children's Advocacy Centers................ 2,069,500

  For Psychological Assessments

   including Operations and

   Administrative Expenses....................... 3,200,000

    Total                                      $559,896,400

PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND

  For Foster Homes and Specialized

   Foster Care and Prevention.................. 141,570,500

  For Cash Assistance and Housing Locator

   Services to Families in the

   Class Defined in the Norman

   Consent Order................................. 2,162,600

  For Counseling and Auxiliary Services......... 12,568,900

  For Institution and Group Home Care and

   Prevention................................... 99,174,500

  For Assisting in the development

   of Children's Advocacy Centers................ 1,505,400

  For Children's Personal and

   Physical Maintenance.......................... 3,198,100

  For Services Associated with the Foster

   Care Initiative............................... 1,733,500

  For Purchase of Adoption and

   Guardianship Services........................ 75,854,800

  For Family Preservation Services.............. 18,528,300

  For Purchase of Children's Services............ 1,355,300

  For Family Centered Services Initiative....... 16,999,700

    Total                                      $374,651,600

    Section 10.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of Children and Family Services:

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION

PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND

  For Department Scholarship Program.............. 842,500

    Total                                          $842,500

    Section 15.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Children and Family Services for:

CHILD WELFARE

PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND

  For Reimbursing Counties......................... 338,500

    Total                                          $338,500

    Section 20.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Children and Family Services for:

GRANTS-IN-AID

SUPPORT SERVICES

PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND

  For Tort Claims.................................. 233,800

    Total                                          $233,800

CHILD PROTECTION

Payable from the General Revenue Fund

  For Protective/Family Maintenance

   Day Care..................................... 25,928,500

    Total                                       $25,928,500

Payable from the Child Abuse Prevention Fund

  For Child Abuse Prevention...................... 600,000

    Total                                          $600,000

CLINICAL SERVICES

Payable from the DCFS Children’s Services Fund

  For Foster Care and Adoption Care Training.... 15,171,500

ARTICLE 999

Section 999.  Effective Date.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2008.”.