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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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5 by changing Section 12 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 505/12)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5012)
7     Sec. 12. (a) To provide supervision, housing
8 accommodations, board or the payment of boarding costs,
9 tuition, and treatment free of charge, except as otherwise
10 specified in this Act, for residents of this State who are
11 cared for in any institution, or for persons receiving services
12 under any program under the jurisdiction of the Department.
13 Residents of other states may be admitted upon payment of the
14 costs of board, tuition, and treatment as determined by the
15 Department; provided, that no resident of another state shall
16 be received or retained to the exclusion of any resident of
17 this State. The Department shall accept any donation for the
18 board, tuition, and treatment of any person receiving service
19 or care.
20     (b) By July 1, 1994, to make room and board payments to
21 persons providing foster care under this Act at a rate for each
22 child that is up to 100% of the adjusted United States
23 Department of Agriculture Cost of Raising a Child in the Urban

 

 

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1 Midwest/Low Cost Index.
2     (c) The Department shall work with representatives of
3 voluntary foster care providers and foster parents to determine
4 rates to be paid to foster parents of wards of the State for
5 State fiscal year 2009 that will equitably distribute moneys
6 appropriated to the Department to fund an increase in the cost
7 of care reimbursement rate for foster parents according to a
8 national methodology such as the Foster Care MARC (Minimum
9 Adequate Rates for Children) developed by the Children's
10 Rights/National Foster Parent Association and the University
11 of Maryland School of Social Work. On and after July 1, 2008,
12 the Department shall work with such representatives to
13 establish a methodology for calculating foster caregiver
14 reimbursement rates that shall include an annual review of the
15 cost of care provided by foster parents and increases in the
16 Consumer Price Index. The Department shall adopt rules for the
17 development and review of the methodology no later than January
18 1, 2009.
19 (Source: P.A. 86-1482.)
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
21 2008.