Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB1530

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that no facility authorized by the Department of Children and Family Services to provide temporary residential shelter services to wards of the Department shall permit any child under the age of 18 to leave the facility for any period of time prior to the child's complete discharge from the temporary shelter program, unless the child is accompanied by a responsible adult or the facility authorizes the child to leave the facility for a particular purpose. Requires the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement this provision. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that any child care facility authorized by the Department of Children and Family Services to provide temporary residential shelter services to children in the guardianship, temporary custody, or protective custody of the Department shall: provide interventions and activities that engage the children and youth in its care; maintain staffing levels that ensure a safe environment; implement protocols that require screening and assessment upon admission to evaluate behaviors that indicate the risk of elopement and physical aggression, with the findings reflected in the individual service plan and updated periodically as new behaviors manifest; establish rules and procedures that prevent the violation of curfew laws and that do not permit any child under the age of 18 to leave the facility for any period of time prior to the child's complete discharge from the temporary shelter program, unless the child is accompanied by a responsible adult or the facility or the Department authorizes the child to leave the facility for a particular purpose; and whenever a child or youth is absent from the facility without authorization, utilize the standards of best practice and adopt actionable steps to locate and return the child or youth to the facility. Provides that a child care facility shall have its admissions placed on hold by the Department whenever unauthorized absences from the facility are excessive; and that the admissions hold shall remain in effect until the facility has complied with a corrective action plan prescribed by the Department, and if the facility is non-compliant, the Department shall impose licensing sanctions up to and including the revocation of the facility's license. Provides that the Department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement these requirements and shall monitor a child care facility to ensure that the facility establishes and adheres to these requirements. Provides that nothing in this provision shall be interpreted to create a "secure child care facility" as defined in the Child Care Act of 1969.

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