SB1576eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1576 Engrossed LRB096 07713 DRJ 17814 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended by changing Section 12 as follows:

(20 ILCS 505/12) (from Ch. 23, par. 5012)

Sec. 12. (a) To provide supervision, housing accommodations, board or the payment of boarding costs, tuition, and treatment free of charge, except as otherwise specified in this Act, for residents of this State who are cared for in any institution, or for persons receiving services under any program under the jurisdiction of the Department. Residents of other states may be admitted upon payment of the costs of board, tuition, and treatment as determined by the Department; provided, that no resident of another state shall be received or retained to the exclusion of any resident of this State. The Department shall accept any donation for the board, tuition, and treatment of any person receiving service or care.

(b) By July 1, 1994, to make room and board payments to persons providing foster care under this Act at a rate for each child that is up to 100% of the adjusted United States Department of Agriculture Cost of Raising a Child in the Urban Midwest/Low Cost Index.

(c) The Department 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 2010 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. On and after July 1, 2009, the Department shall work with such representatives to establish a methodology for calculating foster caregiver reimbursement rates that shall include an annual review of the cost of care provided by foster parents and increases in the Consumer Price Index. The Department shall adopt rules for the development and review of the methodology no later than January 1, 2010.

(Source: P.A. 86-1482.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2009.