99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3172

 

Introduced , by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 505/39.3 new

    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services must place in each residential treatment center that accepts wards of the Department a locked suggestion box into which residents may place comments and concerns to be addressed by the Department. Provides that only employees of the Department shall have access to the contents of the locked suggestion boxes and that an employee of the Department must check the locked suggestion boxes at least once per week. Effective immediately.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5by adding Section 39.3 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/39.3 new)
7    Sec. 39.3. Suggestion boxes. The Department must place in
8each residential treatment center that accepts wards of the
9Department a locked suggestion box into which residents may
10place comments and concerns to be addressed by the Department.
11Only employees of the Department shall have access to the
12contents of the locked suggestion boxes. An employee of the
13Department must check the locked suggestion boxes at least once
14per week.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.